Abstract: Floating solar power plant is aninnovative approach of using photovoltaic modules on water infrastructures toconserve the land along with increase in efficiency of the module.Additionally, the water is also conserved due to reduction in evaporation ofwater from the water body. The plant can be installed on a pond, lake,reservoir, or on any other water body. This paper focuses on the floating PVtechnology, describing the types of floating PV plant along with studiescarried out on some floating solar plants. India, with huge energy demand andscarcity of waste land for solar photovoltaic plant in cities, can harnesssolar energy through floating PV plant technology for sustainable energyproduction. In this paper, some of the floating PV plants installed in Indiaare reviewed. Feasibility of installing 1 MW floating PV plant each at Kotabarrage and Kishore Sagar lake in Kota, Rajasthan are also presented. Energythat could be produced by the two plants along with amount of water saved fromevaporation and reduction in CO2 emissions are also calculated in this paper. 1MW floating plant at Kota barrage could produce 18,38,519 kWh energy per yearand could save 37 million litres of water and can reduce about 1,714 tonnes ofCO2 emissions annually. 1 MW floating plant at Kishore Sagar lake could produce18,58,959 kWh electrical energy per year and could save 37 million litres ofwater and can reduce about 1,733 tonnes of CO2 emissions annually.
Keywords:PV modules,Inverters, Cabling, Dual-axis-trackingTechnology, FSPV(Floating solar power plant), Grid.