This capstone project evaluates the current state of floating solar photovoltaic technology and proposesuduse of the technology on water management infrastructure in Arizona. The study finds that floating solarudphotovoltaic has a higher energy density (100 W/m2) than land-based, utility-scale solar and does notudinvolve significant cost increases. The study proposes and models a small pilot installation on LakeudPleasant Reservoir, part of the Central Arizona Project, and finds that lifetime costs per unit energy areudhigher than what the Central Arizona Project currently pays for energy, assuming US median per-wattinstalledudcosts for commercial solar. This cost however does not factor in savings from waterudconservation, existing infrastructure, reduced land costs, or other benefits. The study recommends waterudreservoirs by hydropower dams as ideal locations for floating photovoltaic installations. Justified with audsignificant background on Arizona’s environmental, social, and economic sustainability, as well asudregulations calling for increased renewable energy generation and reduced carbon emissions, this studyudrecommends aggressive implementation of floating solar photovoltaic technology within a sustainableuddevelopment paradigm.
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机译：这个顶峰项目评估了浮动太阳能光伏技术的现状，并提议将该技术用于亚利桑那州的水管理基础设施。该研究发现，浮动式太阳能/超光伏发电的能量密度（100 W / m2）比陆上的公用事业规模的太阳能高，并且不会显着增加成本。该研究建议并模拟了亚利桑那中部湖项目 udPleasant水库中的一个小型试验装置，并发现，假设美国每瓦装机中位数，每单位能源的生命周期成本比中央亚利桑那项目目前的能源成本高。 商用太阳能的成本。但是，此成本不包括节约用水，节约用水，现有基础设施，减少的土地成本或其他收益。该研究建议水电大坝的水多余水库作为浮动光伏装置的理想场所。这项研究具有亚利桑那州在环境，社会和经济上的可持续发展的重要背景，以及要求增加可再生能源发电和减少碳排放的管制规定，因此，该研究建议在可持续发展的范式中积极实施浮动太阳能光伏技术。
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