Najafi, F. T., & Cuilla, J. (2025, March), Cost-Reduction of Solar Power Plants by Utilizing Plant Byproducts  Paper presented at 2025 ASEE Southeast Conference , Mississippi State University, Mississippi. 10.18260/1-2--54152

\bibitem{asee_peer_54152}
  Najafi, F. T., \& Cuilla, J. (2025, March), \emph{Cost-Reduction of Solar Power Plants by Utilizing Plant Byproducts}
  Paper presented at 2025 ASEE Southeast Conference , Mississippi State University, Mississippi.
  10.18260/1-2--54152

Fazil T. Najafi and Jack Cuilla.  "Cost-Reduction of Solar Power Plants by Utilizing Plant Byproducts".  2025 ASEE Southeast Conference , Mississippi State University, Mississippi, 2025, March.  ASEE Conferences, 2025.  https://peer.asee.org/54152 Internet.  08 May, 2025

\bibitem{asee_peer_54152}
  Fazil T. Najafi and Jack Cuilla.
  "Cost-Reduction of Solar Power Plants by Utilizing Plant Byproducts".
  \emph{2025 ASEE Southeast Conference , Mississippi State University, Mississippi, 2025, March}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2025.
  https://peer.asee.org/54152 Internet.  08 May, 2025

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TY  - CPAPER
AB  - As fossil fuels continually become unfeasible as a utilizable energy source to meet human needs for energy in the future, it is increasingly necessary to determine which renewable energy resources (e.g., wind, hydropower, biothermal, solar) are feasible and cost-efficient. Solar power is a clean, environmentally harmless, sustainable, and easily obtainable renewable energy resource. The increased entrance of harmful greenhouse gasses into the environment and the rising human demand for energy make it imperative that clean energies, such as solar power, be developed and utilized with a system that allows solar power to be market competitive. 
Employing current technologies will take many years until solar power plants can compete with or match the current price of fossil-fuel power plants. One method to allow solar power to compete earlier is to explore and develop possible byproducts that can lower costs associated with constructing and maintaining solar power plants by generating revenues and reducing the price of energy/electricity for the consumer. Our research aims to use an existing solar energy powerplant in Gainesville, Florida, as a case study to investigate the utilization of the plant byproduct and its use with concrete mixture, reducing the quantity of cement in the construction of different parts of a building structure. And explore its benefits and cost-effectiveness. The research will be accomplished through a comprehensive national and international literature review to assist us in the condition assessment of any possible solar plant byproducts, which will then be analyzed to establish revenue-generation/cost-reduction benefits from generating electricity.   

AU  - Fazil T. Najafi
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CY  - Mississippi State University, Mississippi
DA  - 2025/03/09
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