The present invention provides a solar panel float in which an increase in the number of components is prevented and which is easy to assemble. A float for mounting a solar panel is provided with: an annular float portion; a first support portion that supports an edge on one side of the solar panel; and a second support portion that supports an edge on the other side of the solar panel. The first support portion includes a first support plate portion rising from a wall surface on one side of an inner periphery of the annular float portion. The first support plate portion is formed of a cut-and-raised piece that has been cut and raised, from a flat plate portion integrally formed so as to close the inner periphery during molding of the annular float portion, using a lower-side portion of the flat plate portion as a bending-fulcrum point.

Waves introduce stresses in a floating object, such as a pontoon. The stresses can be introduced by multiple mechanisms, such as waves crashing onto the pontoon, an imbalance in buoyancy and weight load causing hogging and sagging Alternating movements and stresses may result in fatigue in the material. Multiple pontoons can be moored next to each other. When placed on a body of water with a higher wave intensity, such as open sea, the wave induced motions and stresses may cause failures in the pontoons or connections between individual pontoons. A network of pontoons is provided, interconnected with connection modules. The connection modules allow the network of pontoons to resist the loads and movements from the waves or to follow the shape of the, thus preventing failures in the connection modules and in the pontoons. The pontoons may be used to provide a mounting surface for photovoltaic panels.

The present invention has been devised to solve the problem mentioned above and a purpose thereof is to provide a solar panel support having a buoyant body, which has excellent buoyancy retention, enables easy maintenance, and even during maintenance, can maintain maximum supportability. A solar panel support according to one aspect of the present invention comprises a buoyant body for supporting a solar panel, wherein the buoyant body comprises: a parent buoyant body including a coupling hole formed therethrough; and a child buoyant body detachably and fittedly inserted to the coupling hole.

Present invention provides a float capable of suppressing deformation of the synthetic resin body even if internal gas expands and contracts due to environmental temperature change.

A float 10 comprises a float body 20 made of a synthetic resin molded in a hollow shape, a projecting portion 202 projecting from the upper surface of the float body 20 and having a vent hole 201, and a microporous membrane 203 adhered to the outside of the vent hole 201.

Devices and methods with a radiant energy convertors on a flotation module operable to dispose the radiant energy convertor in a first direction. A plurality of magnetic connector elements is disposed near one or a plurality of sides of the flotation module and each magnetic connector element is coupled to the radiant energy convertor, wherein said magnetic connector elements operate to magnetically attract and physically couple one or a plurality of adjacent flotation modules and electrically couple a set of electrodes that operate to connect to an adjacent magnetic connector element located on a second similar adjacent flotation module when at least two magnetic connector elements are located in proximity to one another thereby providing a power grid of floating solar power modules.

A floating photovoltaic power station and a load-bearing system thereof are provided according to the present application. The load-bearing system of the floating photovoltaic power station includes an aisle floating body providing buoyancy and forming a first operation and maintenance passage. The aisle floating body is provided with a fixing portion for fixedly connecting with a front side of a photovoltaic assembly, and one photovoltaic assembly is only fixedly connected to one aisle floating body located on the front side of the photovoltaic assembly. In the load-bearing system of the floating photovoltaic power station, the aisle floating body can support the photovoltaic assembly, and can provide buoyancy at the same time.

A floating structure having at least one row of floating rectangular parallelepipedal modular blocks, one block having four vertical peripheral faces that meet at four vertical edges, each vertical edge bearing an assembly lug in which an assembly system can be received in order to join the block to one or more adjacent blocks, each row having a plurality of blocks joined to one another by assembly systems arranged in two diagonally opposite lugs of each block, with the exception of two end blocks, the floating structure being configured so that each block is joined to an adjacent block by a single assembly lug.

The present invention provides a float capable of suppressing deformation of the synthetic resin body even if internal gas expands and contracts due to environmental temperature change. A float 10 comprises a float body 20 made of a synthetic resin molded in a hollow shape, a projecting portion 202 projecting from the upper surface of the float body 20 and having a vent hole 201, and a microporous membrane 203 adhered to the outside of the vent hole 201.

A water-surface wave-absorbing structure comprises an equipment cabin and an airbag cabin vertically mounted below the equipment cabin; a solar cell module and an energy storage device in the equipment cabin are mounted on an upper surface of the equipment cabin, a signal transceiver is mounted on top portions of the solar cell module and the energy storage device, a central air distributing device is mounted in the equipment cabin, two ends of the central air distributing device are respectively connected to an air compressor and an air storage tank through vent pipelines, and a central controller is arranged in the central air distributing device and sends control instructions to the central air distributing device and the air compressor; and the airbag cabin comprises a plurality of airbag units, each airbag unit is provided with a plurality of mutually independent air chambers.

Disclosed herein are hydrofoil vessels and systems integrated with renewable energy sources. In one aspect, the hydrofoil vessel includes one or more hulls, an omni-directional platform connecting the one or more hulls of the hydrofoil vessel. The omni-directional platform may include at least one of: a sail, a wind turbine, a solar panel, a hydroelectric motor, a hydrofoil controller platform, and a battery component. Also disclosed herein are methods and computer readable medium for controlling an omni direct modular hydrofoil vessel having one or more hulls integrated with renewable-energy sources.