Researchers Find Americans’ Misconceptions on Solar Installation Cost

Researchers Find Americans’ Misconceptions on Solar Installation Cost

Solar data available for the northern Caribbean

Solar data available for the northern Caribbean

Daily and hourly data are available for download. The download site also includes images of yesterday’s solar radiation for Puerto Rico (INSOLRICO.JPG) and Hispaniola (INSOLCARB.JPG). Some example data are given below.

 

DOWNLOAD HOURLY AND DAILY SOLAR RADIATION DATA FOR THE NORTHERN CARIBBEAN REGION.

DOWNLOAD HOURLY AND DAILY SOLAR RADIATION DATA FOR THE NORTHERN CARIBBEAN REGION.  Image

Solar market to heat up this summer in Puerto Rico

Solar market to heat up this summer in Puerto Rico

 

 

A Closer Look at Watts and Joules, Power and Energy

A Closer Look at Watts and Joules, Power and Energy

This article makes a good point about the distinction between energy and power.  We really don’t want energy (all the wind and sunshine around us represents energy), what we want is power.

 

 

Renewable energy growth helps offset greenhouse gas increases

Renewable energy growth helps offset greenhouse gas increases

The strong growth in renewable energy sources has helped offset an increase in greenhouse gas emissions, according to official figures released today by the European Environment Agency (EEA).  more

RENEWABLE ENERGY IN PUERTO RICO

Renewable Energy in Puerto Rico – Presentation to PR Senate

Achievable Renewable Energy Targets For Puerto Rico’s Renewable Energy Portfolio  Standard – Final Report

By Agustín A. Irizarry-Rivera, Ph.D., P.E.
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
agustin@ece.uprm.edu
José A. Colucci-Ríos, Ph.D., P.E.
Department of Chemical Engineering
biodieselpr1@aol.com
Efraín O’Neill-Carrillo, Ph.D., P.E.
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
oneill@ece.uprm.edu

Denmark Passes Legislation: 100% Renewable Energy by 2050!

Denmark Passes Legislation: 100% Renewable Energy by 2050!
from sustainablebusiness.com

Monthly Average Solar Radiation Images Available for Puerto Rico

Monthly average solar radiation images for Puerto Rico can be downloaded at the following link:
http://academic.uprm.edu/hdc/GOES-PRWEB_MONTHLY_RESULTS/solar_radiation/

The images includes 26 months of data starting in January 2010.  Other atmospheric/hydrologic data images are also available at the following link:

https://pragwater.com/goes-puerto-rico-water-and-energy-balance-goes-web-algorithm/

GOES-PUERTO RICO WATER AND ENERGY BALANCE (GOES-PRWEB) IS NOW OPERATIONAL

GOES-PRWEB is finally operational.  I would like to thank my student, Victor Reventos, who made it possible through his Python programming skills.  Here is a link to the results:

http://academic.uprm.edu/hdc/GOES-PRWEB_RESULTS/

New results will be published daily.  Historical results are available from January 1, 2010. A list of the available output is provided below.

For information on GOES-PRWEB please visit the following link:

https://pragwater.com/goes-puerto-rico-water-and-energy-balance-goes-web-algorithm/

Eric Harmsen

GOES-PRWEB RESULTS


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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: This research received partial funding from the following sources: NOAA-CREST (grant NA06OAR4810162) and USDA Hatch Project (Hatch-402). Special thanks to Dr. John Mecikalski for providing the solar radiation data, and Alejandra Rojas for providing various GIS maps used in this research.

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