Despite numerous benefits, there are potential negative impacts from rooftop PV implementation. Currently installed photovoltaic panels typically convert only 15–18% of the incoming solar radiation into electricity . As a result, most of the incident radiation is absorbed into the panel as heat and released into the urban environment.
Our study also reveals that rooftop photovoltaic solar panels significantly alter urban surface energy budgets, near-surface meteorological fields, urban boundary layer dynamics and sea breeze circulations.
Changes in underlying surfaces are likely to affect local climate. 25,26,27 The large-scale deployment of rooftop solar photovoltaics will alter the energy balance and turbulent exchange processes of existing rooftops, thereby affecting the urban climate.
However, their implementation on rooftops poses potential (positive and negative) impacts on the heating and cooling energy demand of buildings, and on the surrounding urban climate. The adverse consequences can be compounded if PV is installed on top of an otherwise highly reflective (“white”) rooftop.
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