A5015024557- Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies
- Photovoltaic Systems and Sustainability
- Coastal and Marine Management
- Marine and coastal ecosystems
- Energy and Environment Impacts
- Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
- Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy
- Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy
- Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
- Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
- Integrated Energy Systems Optimization
Lancaster University
2020-2023
Floating solar photovoltaics, or floatovoltaics (FPV), are a relatively new form of renewable energy, currently experiencing rapid growth in deployment. FPV decarbonises the energy supply while reducing land-use pressures, offers higher electricity generating efficiencies compared to ground-based systems and reduces water body evaporation. However, effects on lake temperature stratification both sheltering water's surface from wind limiting radiation reaching column unresolved, despite being...
Floating solar photovoltaic (FPV) installations are increasing globally. However, their interaction with the hosting water body and implications for ecosystem function is poorly understood. Understanding potential impacts critical as bodies provide many services on which humans rely integral delivering United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Here, we used scientific evidence from a systematic review stakeholder expertise, captured through an international survey workshop,...
Floating photovoltaic solar energy installations (FPVs) represent a new type of water surface use, potentially sparing land needed for agriculture and conservation. However, standardized metrics the resource use efficiencies FPVs are absent. These critical to understanding environmental ecological impacts that may exhibit. Here, we compared techno-hydrological spatial attributes four spanning different climatic regimes. Next, defined quantified efficiency (WSUE) each FPV. Lastly, coined...
Floating solar photovoltaic (FPV) deployments are increasing globally as the switch to renewable energy intensifies, representing a considerable water surface transformation. FPV installations can potentially impact aquatic ecosystem function, either positively or negatively. However, these impacts poorly resolved given challenges of collecting empirical data for field modelling experiments. In particular, there is limited evidence on response phytoplankton changes in body thermal dynamics...
Anthropogenic eutrophication caused by excess loading of nutrients, especially phosphorus (P), from catchments is a major cause lake water quality degradation. The release P bed sediments to the column, termed internal loading, can exceed catchment load in eutrophic lakes, those that stratify during warm summer periods. Managing challenging, and although range approaches have been implemented, long-term success often limited, requiring lake-specific solutions. Here, we assess manipulation...
Abstract Natural capital and ecosystem services have emerged as fundamental concepts of management strategies in the past two decades, particularly within major international land assessment frameworks, including UN's Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Intergovernmental Science‐Policy Platform on Biodiversity Services' Global Report. Despite recent development several analytical methods models to quantify changes natural resulting from use change, incorporating them into planning process can be...
<p>Floating solar photovoltaic installations are an emerging form of energy deployed on varying types water bodies globally. Deployments have proliferated in recent years, particularly land-scarce areas, as the drive to decarbonise energy-mix intensifies. However, potential ecosystem opportunities and trade-offs floating remain unclear, often acting a barrier deployment. Exploiting knowledge systems, we synthesise evidence insight from scientists industry stakeholders, through...
<p>Floating solar photovoltaics (FPV) are deployed on aquatic systems worldwide as an alternative to ground- and roof-mounted installations. FPV installations represent a considerable water surface transformation, the consequent threats opportunities for hosting poorly understood. Moreover, we must consider any impacts within context of changing climate, given operational lifetimes.</p><p>Impacts may be significant that can perturb two key drivers...