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Garima Raheja, Miguel Martinez, Patrick Baker, Victoria Salova July 2013 Cluster 3 With Special Thanks to Prof. Jan Kleissl, Mr. Filipe Mejia, Dr. Joel Norris, Ms. Megan Jones. The Key to a Sustainable Future: Wind and Solar Energy. Background. Renewable energy wind solar - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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The Key to a Sustainable Future: Wind and Solar Energy
Garima Raheja, Miguel Martinez, Patrick Baker,
Victoria SalovaJuly 2013Cluster 3
With Special Thanks to Prof. Jan Kleissl, Mr. Filipe Mejia, Dr. Joel Norris, Ms. Megan Jones
Background Renewable energy
wind solar
11.86% of world's energy: 1.7% is solar energy 12.6% is wind power
Problem: Storage
Electrical demand in California is largest on hot and humid days when people turn on air conditioning. Are solar power and wind power also large on hot and humid days?
Met
hods
20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 280
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
Temperature vs Solar Radiation
Temperature (°C)
Sola
r Rad
iatio
n (W
/m2)
20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 280
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
4
4.5
5
Temperature vs Wind Speed
Temperature (°C)
Win
d Sp
eed
(met
ers/
seco
nd)
15 15.5 16 16.5 17 17.5 18 18.5 19 19.5 200
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
4
4.5
5
Dew Point vs Wind Speed
Dew Point (°C)
Win
d Sp
eed
(met
ers/
seco
nd)
15 16 17 18 19 20 210
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
Dew Point vs Solar Radiation
Dew Point (° C)
Sola
r Rad
iatio
n (W
atts/
m2)
With every 1 degree Celsius increase in temperature,
the increase in the solar radiation is 198 Watts/m2
(±31).
With every 1 degree Celsius increase in temperature,
there is an increase in wind speed of 0.36 meters/second (±0.14)
With every 1 degree Celsius increase in dew point, the solar radiation increases by 231
Watts/m2(±71).
With every 1 degree Celsius increase in dew point, there is an increase in wind speed of 0.32
meters/second (±1.6)
7/12 - 12 AM7/12 - 12 PM7/13 - 12 AM7/13 - 12 PM7/14 - 12 AM7/14 - 12 PM7/15 - 12 AM22
2324252627
Time vs. Temperature
Date and Time
Tem
pera
ture
(°
C)
7/12 - 12 AM 7/12 - 12 PM 7/13 - 12 AM 7/13 - 12 PM 7/14 - 12 AM 7/14 - 12 PM 7/15 - 12 AM0
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
Time vs. Solar RadiationSo
lar R
adia
tion
(Watt
s/m
2)
Conclusion• Solar radiation• Wind power
• Limitations•Time constraints•Place constraints
• Future experiments
