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Lennar Ventures Power Purchase Agreement Analysis, Florida Solar Energy Center, Philip W. Fairey
Lennar Ventures Power Purchase Agreement Analysis, Florida Solar Energy Center, Philip W. Fairey
FSEC Energy Research Center®
An analysis was performed to determine the cost-effectiveness of photovoltaic (PV) system Power Purchase Agreements for prototype homes in 13 United States climate locations. EnergyGauge® USA v.5.1 software was used to simulate the energy use of one-story, three-bedroom, 2000 ft2 , single-family, frame prototype homes in thirteen representative U.S. climates comprising six IECC climate zones. The same software was used to simulate the power production of PV systems designed to provide approximately 75% of the annual electric energy required by the prototype homes. The net present value (NPV) of the photovoltaic PPA was then calculated as the difference in …
Design And Analysis Of Novel Ge-Gete Pn Junction For Photovoltaics, Andrew M. Jones, Ronald A. Coutu Jr., Robert A. Lake
Design And Analysis Of Novel Ge-Gete Pn Junction For Photovoltaics, Andrew M. Jones, Ronald A. Coutu Jr., Robert A. Lake
Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research and Publications
The continuing rise in demand for energy places a similarly increasing demand to improve power production methods and efficiency. In regards to solar power generation, one major limiting factor with existing photovoltaic (PV) systems is the management of heat produced and photon interactions with the PV device. Typical devices operate within the 300-1000 nm range of the solar spectrum, greatly limiting the range of photons used for power generation. Furthermore, since infrared light (