ET4580

GREEN ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
Thomas Stangl
TStangl@itt-tech.edu

Piesl Final Project

Final Project

You want to buy a house in either El Cajon or Oceanside/Carlsbad. The roof area is 2000sqft. You intend to install solar panels on the roof. When do the costs amortize? Where to would you move (all other criteria being equal)?  Create a .ppt showing ALL of the following data incl. references and pictures:

  • Avg. yearly sunshine duration in both locations

  • Raw material costs – solar panels & aggregates like battery and power converter (est.)

  • Installation costs (est.) and state subsidies (if any, est.)

  • Efficiency of commercial solar cells used incl. ageing effects over time impacting efficiency?

  • Would you install the cells in a static manner or tilting with the sun position?

  • Yearly power output of solar cell system – calculated (incl. formulas)

  • Avg. yearly power consumption of a typical household

  • Difference = Net power available for feeding back into the grid

  • Assuming 10cts/kWh how long does it take to amortize system?
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