Living Laboratory Case Study: Renewable Energy

Course: Science of Renewable Energy 

Instructor: Dr. James Doyle 

As a class assignment, students analyze the energy output from the campus wind turbine as well as from the solar array on Markim hall. The annual energy production from the wind turbine is used to calculate the turbine capacity factor and this is compared to typical capacity factors at large wind farms. We also estimate what fraction of Olin Rice office lighting can be supplied by the turbine. THe Markim Hall solar array is used to estimate the capacity factor for solar power generation, and to study daily and seasonal variations in solar energy production. 

Markim Hall Solar Array