Floating platform to help generate green power
Chennai: Researchers from city-based CSIR-Structural Engineering Research Centre (CSIR-SERC) developed a hybrid floating platform that can support the generation of both wind and solar power from the same structure. The platform can be deployed in offshore and inland water bodies, enabling the use of ocean and lake surfaces for clean energy generation.
The new platform combines horizontal-axis wind turbines and vertical-axis wind turbines with solar photovoltaic panels mounted on a single floating structure. The small and compact vertical-axis wind turbines were incorporated between the primary and large horizontal-axis wind turbines to capture wind from all directions.
