Potential of different floating solar technologies - SUT+ webinar

Sara Pinto is a Principal Engineer at Equinor, with more than 9 years of experience in offshore technology, ranging from subsea structures, to wave energy technology, floating solar PV structures and offshore wind. Sara has a solid background from renewable energy, being involved over the last years with Solar (both in-land and floating PV projects), Wave energy and now Offshore Wind. Her career path started in the O&G business, working with project development, as a subsea engineer. While working in the research unit, Sara led several R&T projects on Floating Solar (FPV) and represented Equinor in external consortiums for floating solar new technology qualification. Her expertise also extended in providing support to solar projects (both ground-mounted and floating solar), being responsible for solar resource assessments, yield studies, conceptual designs, technology evaluations and selection. Sara is the author of scientific peer-reviewed publications in international journals. She also participated on the Joint Industry Project lead by DNV GL to develop a Recommended Practice for Floating Solar Projects, bringing her holistic background across all project lifecycle stages. Sara will cover the following in her presentation: Overview of floating solar market Floating PV benefits, drivers & challenges Technology landscape Economy of sector Case studies, methodology, and results Conclusions What’s next for Floating PV? SUT+ Webinar 31 August 2021 To find out more about SUT or to become a member go to https://www.sut.org/