Question 7: Certain areas in Arizona, Nevada, California and Texas can have up to 4000 sunny hours a year. The fact that these vast lands are less populated and agriculturally not suitable makes them ideal for solar power plants. Though most commercial solar panels have efficiencies from 15% to 20%, researchers have now developed solar cells with efficiencies approaching 50%. If you are asked to plant a solar energy system in these areas using the newest technology, how much land do you need to produce enough energy for the US. Make the conservative assumptions that the average light energy landing to the Earth' surface is 1.0 cal/(cm2 min). An estimate for the US energy consumption by major sources is given below. U.S. primary energy consumption by major sources, 1950-2019 quadrillion British thermal units 110 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 renewables nuclear petroleum natural gas coal

Question 7: Certain areas in Arizona, Nevada, California and Texas can have up to 4000 sunny hours a year. The fact that these vast lands are less populated and agriculturally not suitable makes them ideal for solar power plants. Though most commercial solar panels have efficiencies from 15% to 20%, researchers have now developed solar cells with efficiencies approaching 50%. If you are asked to plant a solar energy system in these areas using the newest technology, how much land do you need to produce enough energy for the US. Make the conservative assumptions that the average light energy landing to the Earth' surface is 1.0 cal/(cm2 min). An estimate for the US energy consumption by major sources is given below. U.S. primary energy consumption by major sources, 1950-2019 quadrillion British thermal units 110 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 renewables nuclear petroleum natural gas coal

College Physics

11th Edition

ISBN:9781305952300

Author:Raymond A. Serway, Chris Vuille

Publisher:Raymond A. Serway, Chris Vuille

Chapter1: Units, Trigonometry. And Vectors

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 1CQ: Estimate the order of magnitude of the length, in meters, of each of the following; (a) a mouse, (b)...

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