Current Science

Nallapaneni Manoj Kumar ¹

Affiliations
1 Universiti Malaysia Pahang, 26600 Pekan, Pahang, MY

Abstract

Many of us have witnessed new trends in renewable energy technologies which could offer their services in meeting the energy requirements at the load centres itself. These technologies have become popular among many nations due to the numerous benefits they could provide. Depending on the renewable resource availability, suitable techniques can be adopted. If a place has abundant solar irradiation potential, then solar photovoltaics or thermal collectors can be used for energy generation¹. If the place is close to coastal areas, then wave energy converters, and tidal energy systems can be adopted depending upon the wave and tide potential². In recent years, we have witnessed new possibilities in the installation of photovoltaic systems on the roof of building³, as the integral part of the buildings⁴, and on water bodies as floatovoltaics⁵ due to land scarcity. Solar photovoltaics have also entered into agriculture, especially in grape fields, as agrivoltaics⁶. In all these installations photovoltaic systems can generate electricity with some added benefits than conventional photovoltaic installations. These added benefits include land-use mitigation, improved energy and material efficiency, etc. Keeping such developments in mind, here we introduce a novel hybrid energy device called wavevoltaics.

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