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Data-Driven Decarbonization Of Residential Heating Systems: An Equity Perspective., John Wamburu, Emma Grazier, David Irwin, Christine Crago, Prashant Shenoy
Data-Driven Decarbonization Of Residential Heating Systems: An Equity Perspective., John Wamburu, Emma Grazier, David Irwin, Christine Crago, Prashant Shenoy
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Since heating buildings using natural gas, propane and oil makes up a significant proportion of the aggregate carbon emissions every year, there is a strong interest in decarbonizing residential heating systems using new technologies such as electric heat pumps. In this poster, we conduct a data-driven optimization study to analyze the potential of replacing gas heating with electric heat pumps to reduce carbon emissions in a city-wide distribution grid. We seek to not only reduce the carbon footprint of residential heating, but also show how to do so equitably. Our results show that lower income homes have an energy usage …
A Moment In The Sun: Solar Nowcasting From Multispectral Satellite Data Using Self-Supervised Learning, Akansha Singh Bansal, Trapit Bansal, David Irwin
A Moment In The Sun: Solar Nowcasting From Multispectral Satellite Data Using Self-Supervised Learning, Akansha Singh Bansal, Trapit Bansal, David Irwin
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ABSTRACT
Solar energy is now the cheapest form of electricity in history. Unfortunately,
signi.cantly increasing the electric grid’s fraction of
solar energy remains challenging due to its variability, which makes
balancing electricity’s supply and demand more di.cult. While
thermal generators’ ramp rate—the maximum rate at which they
can change their energy generation—is .nite, solar energy’s ramp
rate is essentially in.nite. Thus, accurate near-term solar forecasting,
or nowcasting, is important to provide advance warnings to
adjust thermal generator output in response to variations in solar
generation to ensure a balanced supply and demand. To address the
problem, this paper develops a …