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US 2026/0021875 A1Published application
A floating solar photovoltaic system
AssigneeSolarmarine Energy Ltd
InventorsEamon HOWLIN, Jonathan HANCOCK, Marco ROSA-CLOT
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AssigneeSolarmarine Energy Ltd
InventorsEamon HOWLIN, Jonathan HANCOCK, Marco ROSA-CLOT
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A floating photovoltaic system (1) comprising a flotation unit (100) and a mooring system (30), wherein the flotation unit (100) comprises at least one sail (2) having at least one vertical or near vertical photovoltaic panel (20) mounted on a mast (3) and supported on a base (5), wherein the base (5) further comprises at least one buoyancy element (10); and wherein the mooring system (30) comprises a single point mooring buoy (32) connected to at least one buoyancy element (10) or the base (5) via mooring lines (33), and at least one mooring line (34) from the single point mooring buoy (32) tethered to at least one anchor point (36).
A floating solar panel system (1) comprising a flotation unit (100) and a mooring system (30), wherein the flotation unit (100) comprises at least one sail (2) having at least one vertical or near vertical photovoltaic panel (20) mounted on a mast (3) and supported on a base (5), wherein the base (5) further comprises at least one buoyancy element (10);
The floating solar panel system (1) according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the mooring system allows the flotation unit (100) to rotate about the single point mooring buoy (32).
The floating solar panel system (1) according to anyone of the preceding claims, wherein the at least one vertical or near vertical photovoltaic panel (20) is aligned to be in-line with a downwind direction of the single point mooring buoy (32).
The floating solar panel system (1) according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein two or more flotation units can be connected together via a horizontal element (8).
The floating solar panel system (1) according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the at least one buoyancy element (10) is connected to the base (5).
The floating solar panel system (1) according to anyone of the preceding claims, wherein the photovoltaic panels (20) are monofacial or bifacial, or a combination thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.