Selection of Floating Photovoltaic System Considering Strong Sustainability Paradigm Using SSP-COPRAS Method

This paper presents research involving the selection of floating photovoltaics (FPV) system constructions under Polish conditions using a multi-criteria method incorporating criteria compensation reduction following the strong sustainability paradigm. The applied method is called SSP-COPRAS (Strong Sustainability Paradigm based Complex Proportional Assessment). The selection was carried out among four FPV designs and one reference conventional ground-mounted PV (GMPV) system. Data were obtained from the reference research paper. The results proved that the FPV system has a noticeable potential for making it competitive with GMPV, especially when technical criteria and criteria compensation reduction play an important role. However, GMPV's higher ratings, especially in terms of economics, show that FPV would have to reach a higher product maturity to become realistically competitive.