Essays on CSP

Slide 1: Title Slide: The graphic was used to illustrate a Daily Telegraph article entitled “Push for solar power that could cover a hundred Olympic parks” which referred to a British government initiative to expand the country’s solar energy resource to 20GW by 2020 – representing an increase of ten times the number of solar farms either existing or planned.

Slide 2: “Two Principal Technologies”: According to Philibert (2010), photovoltaic solar cells, which use semiconductor technology to convert solar energy to electricity, have been most commonly used. However, an indirect method of harnessing the sun’s energy using concentrated solar ...

In comparison with 2012 renewable energy grew up to 19% of global final energy consumption in 2013. Modern renewables reached about 10% of its total share level in 2012. Heat energy accounted for an estimated 4.2% of total final energy use; hydropower gained about 3.8%, and about 2% of the estimated energy was provided by power from wind, solar, geothermal, and biomass. (RENEWABLES 2014 GLOBAL STATUS REPORT 13) - What is the current capacity for solar energy by regions/countries around the globe? Figure 1. Global Cumulative PV Installation until 2013 (Photovoltaics Report 13)

Data: from 2000 to 2011: EPIA; from 2012: IHS and Photon. Graph: PSE AG 2014 (2, 13)

Starting from 2008 in ...

FOR ADDITIONAL POWER GENERATION

Introduction Power shortage in the globe has been one of the major problems our world is experiencing today. One solution to this crisis is through resorting to clean and renewable energy which lets us harness a source of energy that can replenish itself over and over again. Fossil fuels such as coals, diesel, oils, etc. are used worldwide in generating the energy the world needs such as electricity. Electricity is now one of the basic needs the world needs in order to function. Everybody needs electricity, in big industries up to small households, in lighting our light bulbs ...

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Background on Report 3 Current Technologies Photovoltaic (PV) Solar Technology 5 Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) 8 Solar Heating and Cooling (SCH) Technology 10 Analysis and Recommendation 11 Conclusion 12 Figures and Tables Figure 1: Diagram of a P-N junction in a Photovoltaic Cell 6 Figure 2: A Typical Parabolic Through CSP System 9 Figure 3: Wakiki Shore Apartments in Honolulu, Hawaii 11

Used in Contemporary Society

Introduction The use of fossil fuels results in combustion gases which contribute to global warming. Furthermore, these combustion gases result in air pollution which is detrimental to the ...

Figure 1 Schematic parabolic concentrated solar power (Source adopted: Chu, 2011) 5 Figure 2 Systematic mechanism of Dish/Engine System 12 Figure 3 Illustration of section-A of figure-2 12

Recommendation Report: Dish/Engine Type-The Best Concentrated Solar Power Technology

Introduction The sun has provided the earth and everything in it with immense energy for years, and lots of these energies are left untapped. Even with the unprecedented advancement in technology today, only a little solar power is tapped. The studies reported that the side of the Earth having facing towards the Sun, a square kilometer at the outer edge of the atmosphere gets solar power up to 1,400 ...

Abstract

In recent times, solar power has gained immense popularity due to its various advantages over conventional fossil fuels. It is clean, noise free and environment friendly. In the light of these advantages, it is important to study the various technologies used for harnessing the solar energy. This paper explores the various advantages and limitations of these methods in order to apply these for solar power generation. - Introduction As the global demand for energy is growing and environmental issues such as global warming assuming importance, the role of renewable energy sources in energy production is gaining popularity ...

Today, solar energy takes up two- tenths of 1% of total energy consumption in the United States in which its electrical capacity has been continually increasing from 334,244 kilowatts in 1997 to 1,488,500 kilowatts in 2011. Expanding solar energy has been faced with several challenges such as variations on availability of sources of sunlight because of changing weather conditions. Due to its intermittent source it needs a back-up energy system when sunlight is not available making it unreliable. Another issue is that the high costs of installation have been causing disadvantages compared to other renewable resources. These ...

The scenario presented in the case study ought to be considered from an inclusive perspective that takes into consideration of all the interests of the stakeholders. From the Stakeholder Utilitarian Theory, it is advisable that decision making assumes an approach that benefits the majority and disadvantageous the minority. To that extent, it is imperative to appreciate that Valley State Enterprises is justified in its approach by terminating the CSP workers. However, the justification does not necessarily dispense with the ethical issues in question. By isolating a group of disabled persons and thereby terminating their contracts of work, elements of unfairness, ...

Persuasion is an important goal of public discourse and it can be achieved in many ways. However, since ancient times, politicians, salesmen, and public figures, often resort to invalid argument or fallacies to persuade people to accept that what they express is true. This can be made intentionally or not, but the arguments made this way are wrong nonetheless. This work analyzes three arguments taken from different internet sources, to spot fallacies committed identifying the premises used and the conclusions they arrive to. This way, one can find out what the argument is trying to prove and why its ...

Chronological Age: 50

Referral Source: Attorney Primary Evaluator: X Secondary Evaluator: X Testing dates: Reason for Referral LC was referred by attorney X who requested information and comments regarding this client’s competency to stand trial and state of mind at the time of the crime.

Presenting Problem

LC is a 50-year-old African American male with a long history of psychiatric problems. He is from the LA County Jail, August 7 through August 15, 20__ and he experienced difficulties adjusting to prison. While in prison, LC was observed to be “agitated, belligerent, demanding and made verbal threats to a custody officer.” He ...

Engineering

Abstract Continuous Flight Augers (CFA) require special expertise to construct but done properly they are economical and very successful for areas with inconsistent load carrying capacities. Examples include using CFA pilings for guard rails, highway reinforcement, highway junction improvements and buildings. The CFA pilings are similar to driven and bored piles but offer different advantages when working in good to marginal soils and in projects where the load capacity needs vary. An auger with a hollow tube is used to bore the hole and then when the auger tip reaches the final depth concrete is added as the auger ...

Memorandum

RE: Tamara laments that upon trying various diets and many pills in sought for reducing weight, all her efforts have been futile. She is still earning those extra pounds even though she is starving and the weight loss pills do not seem to work. According to her, she could give anything just to get a former weight back.

Background

Barbara Printup-a senior marketing director for Cambridge Sciences Pharmaceuticals (CSP) paid attention to various overweight people as they narrated their numerous struggles to offset overweight. Due to this, he has been appointed to be in charge of the launching of a new ...

Introduction

Many businesses are adopting the elements of corporate citizenship and corporate social responsibility (CSR) in their attempt to meet both organizational and local community needs. All over the world, companies have come to the realization that CSR has the potential of enhancing business competitiveness. Traditionally, the tourism and travel sector have tended to concentrate on short-term objectives by focusing on financial gains, leaving the local communities to bear the consequences of tourism and travel activities. As a result, the host communities have assumed responsibility for sustainable development instead of the business. However, this has changed since the 1980s with tourism ...

Abstract

This paper is devoted to the Clorox Company financial research. The research includes analysis of financial statements, analysis of financial ratios, bonds and stock valuation methods, calculation of dividends growth rate, description of constant-growth model, calculation of beta coefficient of stock, calculation of standard deviation of stock, calculation of weighted average cost of capital. The computations are based on the data collected from annual reports for the years 2007-2011. Calculations were made using appendices and excel spreadsheets. The arguments are supported by analysis of financial performance of the Company.

Introduction

In accordance with Bloomberg (2012), Clorox Company is a large manufacturer ...

The modern pharmaceutical industry appreciates the importance of chirality. Most drugs in the market today, as well as racemic drugs marketed in the earlier years, are chiral compounds. The human body is selective when it comes to chiral drugs, and it interacts differently with racemic drugs (as illustrated in Fig. 1). The human body has receptors for drugs and enantiomers of chiral molecules (contained in the drugs) interact differently with the receptors. As a result, it is possible for one isomer to produce therapeutic activity while the other could be inactive or could produce undesirable effect. Therefore, it is imperative ...

The changing global scenario has resulted in the growth of a global business culture where multinational companies are looking to invest in upcoming emerging markets throughout the world. But in such a scenario it becomes important to study potential markets and screen sites so as to zero-in on the most profitable business culture internationally. The following paper aims to study the various steps involved in screening a site to reach to a conclusion. Apart from that, the paper also studies few of the emerging market trends that promises to deliver good business in the future and can be beneficial to multinational enterprises in ...

ARTICLE REVIEWS

Orlitzky, M., Schmidt F. L. and Rynes, S. L., 2003. Corporate social and financial performance: A meta-analysis, Organization Studies, 24 (3), pp. 403-441. [online] Available at: < http://oss.sagepub.com> [Accessed 13 February 2012]

Article Outline

This study intended to show that sufficient data could be gathered to establish a relationship between CSP (Corporate Social Performance) and CFP (Corporate Financial Performance).

The authors asserted that an organization’s operations and strategies in the non-market and market environment affected the organization’s performance. Despite the inconclusive findings of previous studies on the relationship between CSP and CFP, the authors believed that these studies provided conclusions ...