From: Ken Clements (Ken@Innovation-On-Demand.com)
Date: Mon Sep 04 2000 - 02:26:52 MDT
Eugene Leitl wrote:
> But instead of thinking about a $200 1 m^2 panel, one should consider
> the costs of glass facades. This glass facade (which should also
> provide insulation) doubles as power plant, peaking at noon when air
> conditioning is needed most. It could also recharge employee's EV in
> the parking lot during the day.
This is a good point. I think a place to start is with the air conditioner
manufacturers. They could design an electrical port on the devices for a 100VDC
booster input. Then off-the-shelf PV panels can be wired in series/parallel
arrangements and connected to this port. The result is that you use less grid power
at the very time that it is most valuable. A direct feed to the air conditioner can
be much more efficient than phasing up to the grid and transporting the power over
distance, will all the associated losses.
-Ken
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