Floating solar power generation is rapidly emerging as an alternative technology to land-based solar power generation around the world, and there are many advantages to developing and operation floating solar power, but it is a buoyant body that floats solar power modules and structures such as typhoons, tsunami, and wave heights. Research and development is actively underway, and in particular, as damage to buoyancy bodies, which is a vulnerability of floating solar power generation facilities, has been highlighted as a cause of eco-friendly(EVA) buoyancy bodies to improve buoyancy excellence was also achieved in various aspects such as resilience, environmental friendliness, maintenance, and durability.

The government is implementing a policy to expand eco-friendly energy as a power source. However, the output of new and renewable energy is not constant. It is difficult to stably adjust the power supply to the power demand in the power system. Therefore, the government predicts day-ahead the amount of renewable energy generation to cope with the output volatility caused by the expansion of renewable energy. It is a system that pays a settlement amount if it transitions within a certain error rate the next day. In this paper, Machine Learning was used to study the prediction of power generation within the error rate.

For the Floating Photovoltaic development project, economic analysis is conducted by predicting the amount of power generation in consideration of climate factors. Among the climate factors, the outside temperature increases the temperature of the module. As a result, the efficiency of the module is reduced. Due to global warming, the outside temperature is rising every year, when estimating the amount of power generation over the next 20 years, a more accurate prediction will be possible only when considering the temperature rise.

국가 신재생에너지개발 장려정책으로 농업용저수지 내 수상태양광 발전시설 설치가 확대되고 있음에도 불구하고, 수상태양광 발전시설 설치가 수생태계에 미치는 영향을 판 단할 수 있는 장기적인 조사나 과학적 연구가 부족한 실정 이다(노 등, 2015). 일반적으로 수상 태양광 발전시설 설치 지역은 수온, 증발량 등의 물리적 환경변화가 국지적으로 발생하기 때문에(노 등, 2014; Melvin, 2015; Sahu, 2016), 미소생태계(microecosystem)가 형성되어 수생생물의 분포 및 군집특성의 변화로 이어진다. 따라서 수상태양광 설치지 역과 설치가 되지 않은 지역 간 어류군집 특성을 비교함으 로서 수상태양광 설치가 수생태계에 미치고 있는 영향을 간접적으로 유추할 수 있다. 특히, 수생태계의 영양단계 (trophic level)에서 상위단계에 해당하는 어류의 군집 특성 및 분포는 미소생태계의 형성유무와 형성된 미소생태계의 영양구조를 설명할 수 있는 근거가 된다. 수상태양광이 설치되어 있는 2개의 저수지는 실험군으로 하였고, 기후, 수상태양광 규모(전력생산량), 저수지 규모, 유역특성이 비슷한 인근의 저수지 1개소는 대조군으로 선 정하였다. 조사지점은 수상태양광 설치지역으로부터 일정 거리별(200~250m)로 6지점(수상태양광 발전시설 설치지 점을 기점으로 1~6번으로 지점번호 부여)을 선정하였으며, 지점별로 12절 자망(50m)을 설치한 후 24시간이 경과된 시점에서 어류를 채집하여 동정하였다. 장마기간 전·후로 총 2회의 어류조사를 실시하였으며, 현장조사 결과를 토대 로 종다양도를 산출하고 지점 간 유사도를 살펴보기 위해서 군집분석을 실시하였다. 현장 조사결과, 실험군인 A저수지는 총 8종 129개체가 채집되었으며, 블루길이 전체 개체수의 78.3%로 우점하였 다. 상대적으로 수변지역과 가까운 2번과 6번 지점이 각 5종, 7종으로 종수가 많았으며, 수상태양광 발전시설이 설 치된 지역과 가장 인접한 1번 지점에서는 타 조사지점에서 도 공통적으로 관찰되는 2종(백조어, 블루길)이 유사한 개 체수로 관찰되었다. 군집의 유사도 역시 1, 3번 지점과 4, 5번 지점, 그리고 2번, 6번 지점으로 그룹화되어, 수상태양 광 발전시설 설치지역으로부터 이격거리별로 종다양도 변 화는 없는 것으로 나타났다. 실험군인 B저수지는 총 3종만 이 관찰되어 어류 군집특성을 파악하기에 어려움이 있었다. 대조군인 C저수지는 총 11종 950개체가 채집되었으며, 치 리와 모래무지가 전체 종조성의 83.2%를 차지하였다. 출현 종수가 6~7종으로 조사지점별로 종조성이 유사하였으며, 군집분석 결과 역시 1, 3, 4번 지점과 2, 6번, 5번 지점으로 그룹화되어 특별한 경향성을 보이지 않았다. 본 연구결과로부터 수상태양광 발전시설 설치로 인한 물 리적 환경변화는 어류 군집특성의 변화를 유도할 만큼 크지 않다는 것을 알 수 있다. 실제 실험군에 설치된 수상태양광 발전시설은 수면과 접촉되지 않고 일정한 높이로 이격되어 있고, 태양광 패널을 지지하는 부력체 역시 수평적인 물순 환을 저해하지 않아 인근 수체와 연속적인 생태계로 볼 수 있다. 다만 본 연구의 조사방법이 수상태양광 발전시설 설 치지역과 그렇지 않은 지역의 어류군집 특성을 구분할 만큼 정밀도가 높지 않았다는 연구의 한계가 있을 수 있다. 따라 서 태양광 발전설비에 의한 수생태계 영향 규명을 위해서는 저수지 전체를 대상으로 수상태양광 발전시설 설치로 인한 에너지유입량, 1차 생산량 변화, 수생태계 영양구조 및 먹이 그물 변화 등에 대한 시스템적 연구가 함께 이루어져야 할 것으로 판단된다.

Floating PV generation system, renewable energy power plant, is able to overcome the disadvantages of ground PV generation system and improve generating efficiency. The frame structural system is an established technology among a diversity of structural technologies which has been developed for related fields. In this paper, the both structural safety and characteristics of floating PV generation structures depend on the different placement angle of solar module are investigated to improve the commercial viability, the structural safety, and characteristics of floating PV generation structures. In addition, for the estimation of structural safety, FE analyses are conducted. From the results, the lower placement angle of solar module improves the structural safety of floating PV generation system.

Recently, environmental problems associated with the excessive use of fossil fuel are hot issue throughout the world. As an alternative energy resource, the importance of renewable energy is continuously rising. Especially, growth rate of photovoltaic energy generation is one of the best. In this paper, floating PV generation system made of pultruded fiber reinforced polymeric plastic (PFRP) is discussed. It is well known that PFRP has many advantages such as high corrosion resistance, high specific strength/stiffness, etc. Compared with conventional construction materials. To investigate the structural behavior under flow induced dynamic loading, members and connections of members are tested under cyclic loading. It was found that the structural system is strong enough to resist such a cyclic loading.

The floating PV generation structure installed on the surface of water has been recently issued as a representative items for the low carbon and green growth campaign. Moreover, the studies and developments for the structure and construction improvements of floating PV generation structure have been in progress. For example, in the previous research, the floating PV generation structure consisted of pultruded FRP and SMC FRP members is suggested. In this study, we conduct the analytical and experimental studies for estimating the structural characteristics of SMC FRP vertical members. From the analytical and experimental results, it is found that SMC FRP vertical members used for floating PV generation structure have sufficient structural safety and stability.

Pultruded glass fiber reinforced polymeric plastic (PFRP) and FRP member manufactured by sheet molding compound (SMC) have superior mechanical and physical properties compared with those of conventional structural materials. Since FRP has an excellent corrosion-resistance and high specific strength and stiffness, the FRP material may be highly appreciated for the development of floating-type photovoltaic (PV) power generation system. In this paper, advanced floating PV generation system made of PFRP and SMC is designed. In the design, it includes tracking solar altitude by tilting photovoltaic arrays and tracking solar azimuth by spinning structures. Moreover, the results of the finite element analysis (FEA) are presented to confirm stability of entire structure under the external loads. Additionally, installation procedure and mooring systems in the Hap-Cheon Dam are discussed and the measurement of strain under the actual circumstances is conducted for assuring stability of actually installed structures. Finally, by comparison with allowable stress, appropriate safety of structure is confirmed to operate the system.

In this study, we conduct the economical analysis about the floating tracking PV generation structure manufactured by steel, aluminum, and GFRP (glass fiber reinforced polymeric plastic) structural member. The structural safety of floating PV generation structure has been proved through numerous previous researches. Moreover, the generating efficiency of tracking PV generation system can be more larger than immobile system. In this study, structural analysis using the FEM method has been performed to establish the safety of the floating tracking PV generation structure and commercial viability evaluation has been performed through the cost of materials.

In this paper, the structural characteristics of the tracking-type floating PV generation system are presented. Moreover, the structural safety of each tracking-type floating PV generation system is estimated from the analytical results obtained by the finite element analyses.

The floating PV generation system is consisted of unit structures linked by the hinge type connection because the effect of bending moment in the structural system loaded due to the unstable movement of water surface can be minimized. In this paper, the investigation and development process of floating PV generation unit structure is presented.