Floating Sun Tracking Solar Panel

The future of renewable power generation is Solar power. The main problem with solar power generation is solar panels occupy more area on roof tops, open areas and they are not easy to mount. The concern with solar panels is that they are difficult to install, maintain, and clean on a regular basis. They also take up a lot of room on roofs or other open spaces. Additionally, shifting the solar panels in accordance with the position of the sun may produce up to 40% more solar electricity. Here, we suggest a of solar panel that may be placed on bodies of water, like lake pools, freeing up space on the ground. We also provide a novel technique that is sun tracking floating solar for moving solar panels in accordance with the position of the sun using LDR sensors, which would increase power production and the floating system in the water resists the solar panel from overheating. Additionally, the water is also conserved due to reduction in evaporation of water from the water body. In the upcoming 10 years, India proposes the generation 1GW and 1.75 GW of solar Photo Voltaic power from renewable energy sources. As on date around 5000MW has been commissioned in different parts of country, as per the Jawaharlal Nehru Solar Mission. To meet the target, there is a need to produce more solar energy in short span of 10 years. Floating solar Photo Voltaic plants are an emerging form of PV systems, that floats on the water bodies like canals, water reservoirs, lakes, and ponds. This paper proposes a prototype of floating sun tracking solar panel to increase the production of solar energy using floating solar panels, Raspberry Pi Pico microcontroller board, Thonny IDE software