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floatovoltaic

floatovoltaic adjective: of or referring to a photovoltaic cell designed to float in a water environment.

Adjective

floatovoltaic (not comparable)

  1. Of or referring to a photovoltaic cell designed to float in a water environment.
    • In May 2008, the Far Niente Winery in Oakville, California, pioneered the world's first floatovoltaic system by installing 994 solar PV modules with a total capacity of 477 kW onto 130 pontoons and floating them on the winery's irrigation pond.2018, Hazell Marshall, Environmental Nanotechnology, page 46

Origin of floatovoltaic

Blend of float + photovoltaic.

Questions about floatovoltaic

What does floatovoltaic mean?
Floatovoltaic means of or referring to a photovoltaic cell designed to float in a water environment.
What part of speech is floatovoltaic?
Floatovoltaic is an adjective.

Words near floatovoltaic in the dictionary

  1. floatlines
  2. floatmaker
  3. floatmakers
  4. floatover
  5. floatovers
  6. floatovoltaic
  7. floatovoltaics
  8. floatplane
  9. floatplanes
  10. floats
  11. floats around

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