{"id":1035,"date":"2025-03-13T16:25:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T15:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orbisterrarum.es\/?p=1035"},"modified":"2025-05-29T16:27:20","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T14:27:20","slug":"are-hydrological-risks-being-adequately-considered-in-the-design-of-photovoltaic-plants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orbisterrarum.es\/en\/are-hydrological-risks-being-adequately-considered-in-the-design-of-photovoltaic-plants\/","title":{"rendered":"Are hydrological risks being adequately considered in the design of photovoltaic plants?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\udcac We value your opinion. How can studies and designs be improved to better withstand extreme hydrometeorological events?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recent torrential rains have left <strong>shocking images<\/strong>, and in the coming days, we will see more <strong>flooded photovoltaic plants<\/strong>. This is not the first time it has happened, and it certainly won\u2019t be the last.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As weather conditions become more extreme, it is inevitable to ask:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udca5 Are hydrological and hydraulic models being applied with appropriate return periods for estimating peak flows and their impact on infrastructure?<br>\ud83d\udca5 Do we have <strong>rainfall and flow measurement data<\/strong> with the necessary <strong>density and quality<\/strong> for proper calibration of <strong>rainfall-runoff models<\/strong>?<br>\ud83d\udca5 Are <strong>runoff coefficients, soil characteristics, and infiltration capacity<\/strong> being properly considered in hydrological studies?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udccc Beyond the obvious damage, excessive humidity accelerates #corrosion, weakens foundations, and causes #expansive clays to undergo significant volume changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At Orbis, we identify these risks, analyze them, and develop effective solutions to mitigate their impact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\ude80 <strong>Let\u2019s open the discussion and work towards more resilient photovoltaic projects!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>#Orbis #ProfoundKnowledge #Hydrological #Hydraulic #Corrosion #Engineering #Photovoltaic<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\udcac We value your opinion. How can studies and designs be improved to better withstand extreme hydrometeorological events? Recent torrential rains have [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1026,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hydrological-risk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orbisterrarum.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/orbisterrarum.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/orbisterrarum.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orbisterrarum.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orbisterrarum.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1035"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/orbisterrarum.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1035\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1036,"href":"https:\/\/orbisterrarum.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1035\/revisions\/1036"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orbisterrarum.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orbisterrarum.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orbisterrarum.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orbisterrarum.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}