Research progresses of the impacts of photovoltaic power plants on local climate

doi:10.12006/j.issn.1673-1719.2018.072

Abstract

Abstract:

The rapid development of new energy not only reduces human’s reliance on traditional fossil energy, but also makes a significant contribution to mitigating global warming. With the growing installed capacity of photovoltaic (PV) power, people pay more and more attention on influences of PV power stations on climate and environment. To solve this problem, scholars at home and abroad began to do research on this field in 2000. This paper depends on the large amount of research results, summarizes the research methods, mechanism of influences and the influences of PV power stations on climate. The researches show that, PV power stations will produce PV heat island effect in desert areas, which causes a rise of local surface air temperature, while they could reduce the energy consumption in urban areas and reduce the urban heat island effect. Besides, PV power stations also have influences on albedo and the land surface balance, which has effects on local and even global climate, the scope and extent of the impacts have not been accurately concluded, and still need more researches.

Key words: Photovoltaic (PV) power station, PV power, Climate effect, Radiation balance, Albedo

Yang CUI, Zheng-Hong CHEN. Research progresses of the impacts of photovoltaic power plants on local climate[J]. Climate Change Research, 2018, 14(6): 593-601.

Figures/Tables 5

References

[1]	金投网. 2017年全球光伏市场新增装机容量增长超37% [EB/OL]. 2018 [ 2018- 03- 20].
[2]	中国产业信息. 2017年全球光伏行业市场需求状况分析[EB/OL]. 2017 [ 2018- 03- 20].
[3]	Zhai P, Larsen P, Millstein D , et al. The potential for avoided emissions from photovoltaic electricity in the United States[J]. Energy, 2012,47(1):443-450
[4]	IPCC, 2011. IPCC special report on renewable energy sources and climate change mitigation [M]. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011
[5]	Lovins B A B . Energy strategy: the road not taken?[J]. Foreign Affairs, 1976,55:65-96
[6]	Tsoutsos T, Frantzeskaki N, Gekas V . Environmental impacts from the solar energy technologies[J]. Energy Policy, 2005,33(3):289-296
[7]	Masson V, Bonhomme M, Salagnac J L , et al. Solar panels reduce both global warming and urban heat island[J]. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2014 (2):14
[8]	卢霞 . 荒漠戈壁区光伏电站建设的环境效应分析[D]. 兰州: 兰州大学, 2013: 29-36
[9]	殷代英, 马鹿, 屈建军 , 等. 大型光伏电站对共和盆地荒漠区微气候的影响[J]. 水土保持通报, 2017,37(3):15-21
[10]	赵鹏宇, 高永, 陈曦 , 等. 沙漠光伏电站对空气温湿度影响研究[J]. 西部资源, 2016 (3):125-128
[11]	高晓清, 杨丽薇, 吕芳 , 等. 光伏电站对格尔木荒漠地区空气温湿度影响的观测研究[J]. 太阳能学报, 2016,37(11):2909-2915
[12]	高晓清, 杨丽薇, 吕芳 , 等. 光伏电站对格尔木荒漠地区土壤温度的影响研究[J]. 太阳能学报, 2016 (6):1439-1445
[13]	杨丽薇, 高晓清, 吕芳 , 等. 光伏电站对格尔木荒漠地区太阳辐射场的影响研究[J]. 太阳能学报, 2015,36(9):2160-2166
[14]	Chang R, Shen Y, Luo Y , et al. Observed surface radiation and temperature impacts from the large-scale deployment of photovoltaics in the barren area of Gonghe, China[J]. Renewable Energy, 2018,118:131-137
[15]	Li S, Weigand J Ganguly S, . the potential for climate impacts from widespread deployment of utility-scale solar energy installations: an environmental remote sensing perspective[J]. Journal of Remote Sensing & GIS, 2017 ( 6):1-5
[16]	Taha H . The potential for air-temperature impact from large-scale deployment of solar photovoltaic arrays in urban areas[J]. Solar Energy, 2013,91(3):358-367
[17]	Salamanca F, Georgescu M, Mahalov A , et al. Citywide impacts of cool roof and rooftop solar photovoltaic deployment on near-surface air temperature and cooling energy demand[J]. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 2016,161(1):1-19
[18]	Fthenakis V, Yu Y. Analysis of the potential for a heat island effect in large solar farms [C]. Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, IEEE, 2014: 3362-3366
[19]	Oke T R . The energetic basis of the urban heat island[J]. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 2010,108(455):1-24
[20]	Millstein D, Menon S . Regional climate consequences of large-scale cool roof and photovoltaic array deployment[J]. Environmental Research Letters, 2011,49123(6):98-204
[21]	Solecki W D, Rosenzweig C, Parshall L , et al. Mitigation of the heat island effect in urban New Jersey[J]. Global Environmental Change Part B Environmental Hazards, 2005,6(1):39-49
[22]	Michalek J L . Satellite measurements of albedo and radiant temperature from semi-desert grassland along the Arizona/Sonora border[J]. Climatic Change, 2011,48(2-3):417-425
[23]	Burg B R, Ruch P, Paredes S , et al. Placement and efficiency effects on radiative forcing of solar installations [C]// AIP Conference Proceedings, AIP Publishing LLC, 2015: 676-677
[24]	Liang S L . Narrowband to broadband conversions of land surface albedo I algorithms[J]. Remote Sensing of Environment, 2000,76:213-238
[25]	陈正洪, 李芬, 成驰 , 等. 太阳能光伏发电预报技术原理及其业务系统[M]. 北京: 气象出版社, 2011
[26]	Barron-Gafford G A, Minor R L, Allen N A , et al. The photovoltaic heat island effect: larger solar power plants increase local temperatures[J]. Scientific Reports, 2016 (6):1-7
[27]	Sato K, Sinha S, Kumar B , et al. Self cooling mechanism in photovoltaic cells and its impact on heat island effect from very large scale PV systems in deserts[J]. Journal of Arid Land Studies, 2009,19(1):5-8
[28]	汤懋苍, 孙淑华, 钟强 , 等. 下垫面能量储放与天气变化[J]. 高原气象, 1982,1(1):24-34
[29]	Zhou L, Dickinson R E, Tian Y , et al. A sensitivity study of climate and energy balance simulations with use of satellite-derived emissivity data over Northern Africa and the Arabian Peninsula[J]. Journal of Geophysical Research, 2003,108(24):4795-4804
[30]	Dirmeyer P A, Shukla J . Albedo as a modulator of climate response to tropical deforestation[J]. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, 1994,99(D10):20863-20877
[31]	周秀骥 . 高等大气物理学[M]. 北京: 气象出版社, 1991: 54-60
[32]	赵鹏宇 . 光伏电板对地表土壤颗粒及小气候的影响[D]. 内蒙古: 内蒙古农业大学, 2016: 30-36
[33]	Dominguez A, Kleissl J, Luvall J C . Effects of solar photovoltaic panels on roof heat transfer[J]. Solar Energy, 2011,85(9):2244-2255
[34]	Scherba A, Sailor D J, Rosenstiel T N , et al. Modeling impacts of roof reflectivity, integrated photovoltaic panels and green roof systems on sensible heat flux into the urban environment[J]. Building & Environment, 2011,46(12):2542-2551
[35]	Scherba A . Modeling the impact of roof reflectivity, integrated photovoltaic panels and green roof systems on the summertime heat island[D]. Portland State University, 2011: 51-57
[36]	Genchi Y, Ishisaki M, Ohashi Y, et al. Impacts of large-scale photovoltaic panel installation on the heat island effect in Tokyo [C]. Fifth Conference on the Urban Climate, Lodz, 2003
[37]	Hernandez R R, Easter S B , Murphy-Mariscal M L , et al. Environmental impacts of utility-scale solar energy[J]. Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2014,29(7):766-779
[38]	Hsu D D, O’Donoughue P, Fthenakis V , et al. Life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of crystal line silicon photovoltaic electricity generation[J]. Journal of Industrial Ecology, 2012,16(S1):122-135
[39]	Kim H C, Fthenakis V, Choi J K , et al. Life cycle green house gas emissions of thin: film photovoltaic electricity generation[J]. Journal of Industrial Ecology, 2012,16(S1):110-121
[40]	Turney D, Fthenakis V . Environmental impacts from the installation and operation of large-scale solar power plants[J]. Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2011,15(6):3261-3270
[41]	Smith S D, Patten D T, Monson R K . Effects of artificially imposed shade on a Sonoran desert ecosystem: microclimate and vegetation[J]. Journal of Arid Environments, 1987,13(3):245-257
[42]	Kawajiri K, Oozeki T, Genchi Y . Effect of temperature on PV potential in the world[J]. Environmental Science & Technology, 2011,45(20):9030-9035
[43]	Nemet G F . Net radiative forcing from widespread deployment of photovoltaics[J]. Environmental Science & Technology, 2009,43(6):2173-2178
[44]	Hernandez R R, Hoffacker M K, Field C B . Land-use efficiency of big solar[J]. Environmental Science & Technology, 2014,48(2):1315-1323