Essays on Solar Panels

Are Solar Roadways Viable Technologies for the Future?

Solar roadway refers to road surfaces that are capable of generating electricity through photovoltaic solar power cells (Aggrawal, Mehta and Tiwari 161). One of the existing proposals involves the use of panels that encompass LED signage as well as solar panels that vehicles can be driven on. It is a concept that requires the replacement of roads, highways, sidewalks, driveways, and parking lots with the panels. The layers embedded with LED can be utilized for creating crosswalks and traffic warnings (Hartwig 1). Extra electricity can be used for charging electric vehicles or can be routed into the power grid. ...

Introduction

Certain factors such as the need to conserve environmental purity as well as the increasing pressure on fossil fuels have prompted the increased use of alternative sources of fuel, renewable energy to be precise. Renewable energy has been cited as not only cheap to exploit but also the most environmentally friendly sources of energy due to the reduced instances of environmental pollution associated with such energy (Pasqualetti 204). Solar energy, for instance, has been largely exploited globally due to its free availability, especially along the tropics where it is abundant throughout the year. Despite the increased preference of solar ...

Corporate citizenship, or Corporate social responsibility is the way every firm influences on the environmental and social wellbeing. CSR refers not only to the environmental protection groups or social institutions. Every company, large or small is interested in performing CSR. Even though most of the actions do not bring the firm fast financial benefits, still being people oriented is paramount for the business’ success, especially in the innovative market. Based on the company’s approach, there are three main types of CSR defined, namely: (1) Business case model; (2) Social values model; and (3) Syncretic Stewardship model. Thus, CSR ...

Solar energy harnessing through the use of solar panels installed in small homes presents better alternative to the hydroelectric provided through the national grid. While the use of solar panels may provide several advantages over the use of hydroelectricity, its usage presents several pitfalls to the user. It is imperative to investigate and outline the possible costs and advantages associated with the use of solar panels as a source of harnessing solar energy before installation is started. In most cases, the decisions concerning the installation of solar panels as the primary source of electricity are normally based on the ...

at Rex Hill Winery

Management of Rex Hill Winery has been highly concerned about climate change. They have heard about the Solar Sprint campaign to go solar now before the federal tax credit expires at the end of 2016. They also knew about the other incentives available on installation of solar electrical systems. Considering environmental benefits, they desired to install a PV solar panel system at their property. However, they wished to take a final decision on the project based on a feasibility study. As Rex Hill’s consultant, I have been entrusted the job of preparation of a ...

A History of Innovation

Tesla was founded in 2003 by engineers who wanted to capitalize on the growing market for electric vehicles (Tesla, 2016). Tesla was named after Nikolai Tesla, and the corporation uses several of his patents in the construction of its vehicles. Our major production was the Tesla Roadster, created in 2008. The Roadster could go from zero to sixty MPH in 3.7 seconds, making it one of the quickest vehicles on the market, let alone one of the fastest electric vehicles. The company would sell 2,400 of the Roadsters in total. In 2012, the company launched the Model S ...

If you pay attention to too much of the mass media, you might think that renewable energy is a pipe dream proposed to solve a nonexistent problem. After all, the presumptive nominee for the Republican Party in the upcoming U.S. presidential election, Donald Trump, sat down with the editorial board of the Washington Post back in March and told them, “If you look, they had global cooling in the 1920s and now they have global warming, although now they don’t know if they have global warming” (Leber & Aldern 2016, web). Trump has even gone so far as to ...

Executive Summary

Lehigh Valley Campus in Pennsylvania is proposing to incorporate renewable sources of energy (Hybrid Photovoltaic Cells and Thermal Collector) into the campus and a cybercafé/bookstore business venture in honor of the recently deceased alumnus of PSU, Wayne K. Newton. It is our firm belief that this project will fulfill the Late Wayne Newton’s visionary dream and fulfill the family’s wishes to donate the funds. The campus aims to use these funds to procure hybrid solar module and design a cybercafé/bookstore business premise

The total cost of the project will be $87120.

The remaining funds will cater for future needs should they arise before the ...

Introduction

The concept of sustainable development was first introduced in 1987 by the United Nations as part of the Report of the World Commission on Environment and Development, in which it was stated that sustainable development implies “meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs” (United Nations General Assembly, 1987). The World Conservation Strategy published in 1980 served as prelude to the conception of this notion, as the UN recognized the importance of minimizing the impact of human activity over the earth’s ecosystems and adopting models inclined towards sustainability ...

Introduction

The SA Aquatic & Leisure Centre is located in the City of Marion, South Australia, and provides 1,000 square meters of leisure water. It was built after an increase in demand for more comprehensive sporting facilities in the area. With the support of the local government, the centre was built to host international and national aquatic sporting events. The motivation for this was to bring back elite sport into the state of South Australia. Not only does the centre host elite sporting events, but it also has facilities for the general public to enjoy all year around. In addition ...

Internal analysis of Enbridge Inc.

Introduction Enbridge Inc. a distribution and transportation of energy company operating in the United States and Canada. The company is divided into five segments to facilitate its operations and achieve its long-term corporate objectives. The sections include Liquids Pipelines; Gas Distribution; Sponsored Investments and Corporate and Gas Pipelines, Processing and Energy Services (Finance.yahoo.com, 2016). The company operates a common carrier through the Liquids Pipelines segment by contrasting natural gas liquids, refined products, and crude oil pipelines as well as terminals. The Gas Distribution Segment is a natural gas utility serving industrial, commercial and residential customers in Quebec, New York, ...

Microeconomics assignment 3

Demand for oil elasticity occurs when there is a rapid change in ultimatum for fuel products with respect to price fluctuations. Several factors can be attributed to this phenomenon of elasticity demand for oil. For instance, existence of close substitutes for fuel such as natural gas and solar panels. If people progressively opt to buy vehicles which consume alternative sources of energy other than petrol, a slight change in the price of the commodity will adversely affect its demand. In addition, if the general levels of income for majority of the nations in the world continue diminishing, then a ...

Solar Energy

Solar Energy Background What can be more useful for humanity if not an unlimited power source, which we can use without any harm to the environment? Probably nothing, but solar power. Humanity has always tried to conquer the unlimited power of the sun – the history of solar technology dates back to the 7th Century B.C. and continues to this day. In the beginning, we tried to concentrate the sun’s heat by using glass, mirrors or other devices to light fires. From those times, we greatly progressed, but still we did not conquer this magnificent source of power. Why ...

A Fossil fuel power station is a plant location where fossil fuels are burned producing electricity. Such fossil fuels include petroleum, natural gas, and coal. There are power plants which are designed for continuous operations for large scale purposes called central station fossil fuel power plants. Fossil fuel plants in many countries are used in the provision of electricity. They have machines for conversion of heat energy from combustion of fossil fuels into mechanical energy that operates an electrical generator producing electric currents (Camus et al. 154). The Samso Island is planning to exhaust the application of fossil fuels ...

ENGL 303-005: Technical Writing

Feasibility Study on Solutions to efficiently power an electrical vehicle Abstract “Feasibility Study on Solutions to Efficiently Power and Charge Electrical Vehicles” The future of electric vehicles needs to shift toward the use of solar charging stations which can increase the feasibility of electric vehicles outside of urban areas. The solar powered charging stations can revolutionize the way the world views vehicles powered by renewable energy sources. These solar stations can be placed in rural areas which can allow the drivers to store and charge their vehicle, which will minimize the prevalence of vehicles being stranded without access to ...

Fossil fuels refer to those sources of energies which are underneath the earth surface as a result of the decomposition of the dead plant and animal remains. They include coal, oil, natural gas and others. The excessive use of these fuels led to diverse impacts on the natural environment, which can be seen through increasing rate of global warming. For that reason, the paper, therefore, aims at coming up with different alternatives which will help in stopping the use of fossil fuels in Japan. The plan has been developed to assist the islands which are commonly affected by the ...

Climatic Design Houses in Halls Creek, WA

Climatic design housing in Western Australia remains extremely hot and mostly dry, even though torrential rain may fall with less warning and leads to destructive, localized flooding. During the relatively short winter, days could be pleasurably warm, or cold and cloudy with consistent cold winds. Night temperatures can fall well below zero.

Influence of Climate Conditions to Building Designs in Halls Creek, WA

Western Australia has numerous climate zones dues to its big size. There is summer, winter, autumn, and spring patterns within the temperate zone, likewise affecting Grassland and Desert climatic areas and, wet and dry patterns. The Southwest features mild, wet winters as well as hot, dry summer. ...

Results and Discussions

As mentioned in the research strategy section of this paper, a combination of quantitative and quantitative data was utilized during the study’s implementation phase in an effort to systematically answer the research question. The main research question basically asks whether it is feasible to establish solar energy as a main source of energy for majority of Saudi Arabian households by the year 2020. The expected answer to this question is a yes, as defined by the perceptions of the individual households in the country and the projections and expert opinions of a professional working in the energy industry ...

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The largest problems of humanity are not the technology centered issues. However, they are large problems that can be fixed with future inventions of better technology. For example, in order for humans to live healthy, we rely on clean air, clean water, and clean soil. We need a planet that can sustain us. In order for that to happen, the planet Earth needs to have the help from humans to maintain its ability to provide clean air, water, and soil. Humans use tons of dirty energy that pollutes the air, water, and soil. The logical solution is to ...

Benefits of Green Schools in Kuwait

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION Kuwait is a country located in the Middle East, which is a region characterized by severe water shortages as its located in the middle of a desert. Also, nearly all the electrical energy consumed in Kuwait is generated from fossil fuels such as natural gas and diesel. This situation poses several challenges. For example, the lack of enough clean water for domestic use could lead to serious problems such as waterborne diseases, such as cholera or typhoid. Also, water shortages can affect businesses such as agriculture and hospitality businesses. On the other hand, over reliance on ...

Persuasive Memo

Our Ref: EmPower Solar Street Lighting CSR Plan Executive Summary The CSR department commissioned its members to explore insecurity in the Island Park area as an issue that needs urgent attention and recommend a perfect solution. This memo excites emphasis on the idea that in the over the past one year, the crime rates in Island Park have been on a record High. Upon a comprehensive research, the department determined that the primary cause of these rates was poor lighting networks in the city’s hotspots. Further considerations revealed that implementing a street lighting program as part of the ...

Travelling to another planet is referred to interplanetary spaceflight. The term is usually used when travelling to a planet within the same planetary system (Fisher 1). The human race has made tremendous strides in space exploration. Man has made it to the moon and back, which was a great achievement for science as well as the human race. Man may not have stepped onto another planet yet, but significant achievements have been made in interplanetary exploration. There have been explorations using probes that have flown by every planet in the solar system. The New Horizons recently flew by the ...

Abstract

The environmental problem has reached the level to become a global issue that needs to be addressed by all countries and steps that are already decided between nations have to be implemented at the earliest to ensure a sustainable environment for generations to come. Almost every country has assembled various organizations, media sectors and societies all over the world from the past three decades. The study investigates the major environmental issues that are currently taking place in the environment and the activities that are associated with this major problem. In particular, the report discusses environmental issues related to the ...

The standards of any factory setting need to maintain and comply with specific ethical standards according to the laws and regulations that are set for manufacturing. However, that is not always possible, especially if the factory is based in an area that does not require certain common health standards. Workplace ethics need to hold everyone accountable for the workers as well as the product. A factory should put the workers first and keep them in mind to set and maintain a standard that will keep everyone safe. End customer safety is a large concern for most manufacturing businesses. Basically, ...

Internal proposal for solar and nuclear energy

The purpose of this internal proposal is to propose the use of solar and nuclear energy as the main sources of energy to generate electricity to solve the current energy problems that face individual households, industries, and organizations across the globe.

Summary

The current energy crisis existing across the world is pushing countries to come up with effective sources of energy that are cost effective and friendly to the environment. Energy shortage and blackouts cause a lot of financial problems to people and industries. These energy shortages are as a result of economic, environmental and social problems. The decrease in ...

Innovation and Technology Management Individual Report

Innovation and Technology Management Individual Report

The research idea selected is the tesla Model 3 electric vehicle. This vehicle the most recent innovation in the transport industry since it offers environmental sustainability as a benefit to users. The company has developed the vehicle as an electric vehicle with zero carbon emissions. It is expected by Tesla Motors that the new and innovative vehicle will be ready for shipping to consumers by the end of 2017. According to the Tesla website, the vehicle is highly efficient in energy consumption since it allows a range of up to 215 miles per ...

Solar Power Generation

Sustainable Technology – Solar Power Generation Power Generation from Fossil Fuels and Global Warming Global warming, as defined by Lineman, Do, Kim and Joo (2015), is the long-term trend of increasing average temperature of the lower atmosphere. It is widely known that this phenomenon is related to the concentration of greenhouse gases that trap heat in the atmosphere, such as carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, among others. Activities related to human development such as industrial processes, agriculture, cattle raising for meat consumption, transportation, deforestation and power generation are the major causes of greenhouse gases emissions. Specifically, power generation based on ...

            The generation of electric power through the exploitation of fossil fuels, such as coal, oil and natural gas, is one of the main factors influencing climate change due to the greenhouse gases emissions resulting from the process. In consideration, there is an increasing need to shift towards systems of power generation derived from renewable sources, which have a significantly lower environmental impact; among these are solar, wind, geothermal, hydraulic and ocean power generation. This essay will focus on solar power generation. The energy contained in sunlight can be converted into electricity through the use of Concentrated Solar Power systems ( ...

Introduction:

Historically, photovoltaic (PV) market in this country was dominated by residential PV application (Ted 23). Among the revolutions made by the then government of Japan was to invent and promote other renewable sources of energy (Paxson 201). This paradigm shift by the Japanese government has been motivated by the craving to put some environmental factors in check. Also, the energy demand not only in Japan but also all over the world has increased. This has reached a level where the existing energy sources are unable to meet the current market demand. This paper seek to address various concerns of ...

Introduction

There has been a growing need worldwide for alternative energy solutions to that of the traditional fossil fuel and mined coal. The need for sustainable renewable power sources can be attributed to the growing concern over the state of the area in which we live. Global warming is fast becoming the modern time's biggest threat to human life. Solar energy is one of the best answers to the energy problem that the world is currently facing. Solar power harnesses the energy from the ultraviolet rays emitted by the sun and converts it into electric energy. The determinants of the ...

What is renewable energy? Renewable energy is defined as a form of energy that is collected from sources that are naturally replenished on human timescale, this include the sun, tides, wind, rain and geothermal heat. Starting a company in the field of renewable energy would involve deciding from the major sources which of the renewable energy source is best suited for their endeavor. The area of renewable energy can be divided into four main areas that it provides energy for; electricity generation, a transportation, water and air cooling/heating, and rural energy services. Based on a report by REN21 2014 ...

Abstract

Montreal is concentrating on making the city appealing to the general public and by extension the entire globe. Considering the possibility of wider and heated sidewalks alongside fewer cars and more trees, Montreal has decided to launch the future of Saint Catherine Street. The street being the most important in the city requires innovation, flexibility and audacity in an effort to offer a description of the dynamic and greener look on the streets. The street is the largest and this means it requires more attention than any other street in the country. There is a dire need for infrastructure ...

Re: extended definition of solar power and nuclear power

Purpose This memo is an extended definition of solar power and nuclear power as sources of energy. Introduction Solar power is energy from the sun. This energy is harnessed by collecting sunlight and converting it to electricity (Winter et al. 4). The cells found in the solar panels make this conversion possible. The conversion of sunlight to electricity can either be done indirectly by the use of a concentrated solar panel or directly by use of the photovoltaic cell. Nuclear power, on the other hand, utilizes nuclear reactions to produce nuclear energy (Murray 495). This energy is found in ...

Q1: Provide at least two examples of EACH type of Intellectual Property.

Patents, copyrights, trade secrets and trademarks are the four forms of intellectual property. Utility, design, and patents are the three kinds of patents. On the other hand, the different forms of trademarks are brands, company names, and logos. On the contrary, the different forms of trade secrets are marketing plans, product formulas and employee rosters. Copyrights take forms in live recordings, photos or artistry (Bouchoux 4).

Q2: How can an intangible asset create value for an organization? Explain with examples.

An intangible asset such as trademark increases the organizational value by safeguarding the company production secrets from being stolen. An example of a trade secret is the coke’s formula. Nonetheless, an intangible ...

Executive Summary

In view of the issues facing the ABC management, the key solutions identified relates to three issues on cash and budget, innovation and product development as well as theft and fraud reduction. With that, The Cost and budget management solution is meant to enhance the business performance by reducing the excessive and unnecessary use of the company resources. That would be achieved through key initiatives involving effective management of the sales and expense as well as debt management that would cut on expenses and the interest paid on debt by having more responsible personnel overseeing the accounts and their ...

There is a great sense of community in Island Park that stems from the residents’ pride and traditional values of being part of the North American dream. The problem of inadequate street lights in the area has had a negative effect on the lives of the residents. EmPower Solar, is part of this community because it Island Park serves as its headquarters. It can gainfully contribute towards solving this problem by implementing a low-cost street lighting program. Herein is a suggestion on how EmPower can actively participate in the facilitation of a solar street lighting program at the lowest ...

Solving Social Problems: Solar Energy in Rural India

The developing world grapples with the lack of access to electricity. Third world countries have poor electrical infrastructure which is still in the nascent stages of development. As a result, majority of people, especially those living in rural areas, have no access to electricity. The reach of the electrical grid in countries is limited to towns, and the poor who have access to electrical power supply suffer frequent and prolonged power blackouts. As a result, people in such countries result to unclean and unhealthy means of lighting, such as kerosene and diesel generators. The kerosene lamps cause respiratory problems ...