Conference Session

Design Experiences in Energy Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

William Leighty; Recayi Pecen

and seasonability effectof both locations, it is determined that an average capacity factor of 40% for the wind generators inboth locations results in annual average generation of approximately 35 Million MWh. The costassumptions of the wind farm installations in North Dakota, converter/inverter stations, AC lines, andthe HVDC lines are set based on the year 2010 component installed capital costs, in $US 2002 asshown in Table 1 [26-27].The annual energy production (AEP) considering an average wholesale price of $0.034/kWh forelectric energy delivered to northern California, the total annual revenues is calculated as $1.1Billion. The total capital cost as shown in Table 1 is approximately $10.9 Billion. The ratio of totalcost to annual

Conference Session

Trends in Energy Conversion/Conservation

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Keith Sylvester

balance method. To significantly increase the use of clean and renewable resources, President Clintonannounced the Million Solar Roofs Initiative for the United States in 1994. Working withbusinesses and communities, the U.S. Department of Energy is coordinating the installation ofsolar panels on one million new roofs by the year 2010. The President’s program targets: 1)electric utilities and energy service organizations, 2) PV manufacturers and PV infrastructureorganizations, 3) community, city and corporate personnel, 4) community developmentorganizations, 5) residential and commercial real-estate developers, 6) architects and energyconsultants and 7) local and regional financial institutions (UPG, 1997). Likewise, the Department of

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Dyani Saxby; Saeed Foroudastan

from thirty-one to only seventeen percent. At the same timehighways and interstates climbed from fifty-five to seventy-four percent. 18 In addition, theEuropean Commission expects a forty-two percent highway freight volume increase between1990 and 2010. The fear of “completely unmanageable” highways has influenced the EuropeanCommunity’s executive to move toward a shift from trucks back to railroads. 18Many developing countries are experiencing problems as a direct result of rapid urbanization.The amount of freight being shipped coincides with population growth. If the United States, oneof the wealthiest nations in the world cannot afford to keep up with this kind of growth, how isthe rest of the world going to do it? If countries continue to

Conference Session

Pre-College Initiatives in Engineering Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Lawrence Genalo

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