Floating Solar PV Performance Data with High-Resolution Temperature Measurements

High-Resolution Floating Solar PV Data contains over two years of 1-minute resolution data from four floating solar sites and a co-located land-based system. The dataset includes highly granular module temperature measurements, with five modules per floating site and three sensors per module, totaling 15 sensors per site, alongside meteorological and traditional PV system parameters.

Use Cases

• Analyze module temperature variations across 15 sensors per floating site to study heat dissipation effects on efficiency.
• Correlate 1-minute resolution meteorological data with PV system-level parameters to model energy production under different weather conditions.
• Compare performance and degradation trends between floating and co-located land-based PV systems using over two years of data.

Strengths

• Over two years of temporal coverage provides a substantial baseline for longitudinal performance analysis.
• High granularity with 1-minute resolution data for detailed time-series modeling of solar energy production.
• Unique comparative data from four floating solar sites and a co-located land-based PV system.

Limitations

• The dataset's geographic scope is limited to four specific floating solar sites, which may not be representative of all floating PV installations.
• Unknown row and column counts make it difficult to assess the dataset's scale and structure prior to download.
• Data is provided in multiple file formats (XLS, CSV, TEXT) which may require consolidation and format-specific parsing.

Provenance

Source

Department of Energy

Collection Method

Collected from instrumentation at four floating solar sites and a co-located land-based PV system.

Time Range

Over two years

Freshness

Last updated on 2024-09-17.

Geography

Four floating solar sites (specific locations not provided).