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https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1aYgWpFFk-lqRv5v3Ux4bUaiv1Dg-hU9a/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=106512679800684572834&rtpof=true&sd=true

https://github.com/mostafa3zazy/solar

What exactly does our app do ? 

Solar Support provides the sufficient information to user to get into renewable energy world , based on the location of the user the app provides him with the sunshine information in his location , Also an easy way to get the information we creates it in a graph so that it would be much easier for user to understand the amount of sunshine in his location.

Plus , we provide some information that will help the user like calculating the estimated energy produced from PV systems to help him decide if he will get use of going solar or not.

What do we hope to achieve? 

Our team is looking forward to providing effective way to user (especially the new one ) to get to know the amount of sunshine in the selected location , estimated energy produced from using solar radiation , what it takes to have solar panels and the information to deal with a solar panel itself.

How does our app Work ? 

App design will be as following: -

First page: contains the logo of our app .

Second page: the user put the date he wants to display sunshine data in .

Then a graph will be shown to display the amount of sunshine in the location in the previous months .

Under the graph there is a button to calculate the estimated electricity that can be produced from installing solar panels.

These will be displayed in a graph

Also, There are instructions in each page for helping user understanding all information in the page.

What tools, coding languages, hardware, or software did you use to develop our project?

we develop the app using flutter tool in android studio platform to make the app suitable to be used in different devices ( android , iPhone , windows ) and we used the API from NASA POWER website portal to get the parameters we need in visualizing sunshine in the location.

**due to time some ideas we couldn't apply :-

1) make a profile for each user to make it easy to retrieve and restore the information without doing the steps again

2) adding section in the app to inform him about types of solar panels , how much electricity produced from each type and recommendations from experts 

3) adding some features i.e. temp and clouds in the sky and energy savings calculation  

we used data from NASA POWER website portal in the form of an API in json format and processed it in flutter to get the parameters we need . the API we used is available at this link : https://power.larc.nasa.gov/api/temporal/monthly/openapi.json

After using it in our App , we request the parameter 'All Sky Surface Shortwave Downward Irradiance' as it is the best parameter that define sunshine in the location.

After requesting the parameter ,we displayed it as a graph with time on X axis and the amount of sunshine in the Y axis

then we used the parameter values to estimate the energy produced from installing PV system in thee location using equations to do that similar to the equation used in PVWatts website

It was such a nice chance to connect with all that great minds. we learned a lot on both technical and life levels like how to listen to people's ideas and see a lot of diversity of ideas to the exact same challenge is an eye opening for us . It was also a great opportunity to leave our mark on preserving the environment, protecting our planet, and striving to serve humanity for a better life.

We learned a lot of things starting with the skills and information that were displayed during the NASA Space Apps Cairo camp, then learned how to obtain data from NASA Power and the calculations that were made to estimate the amount of energy produced and look at the Nasa ARSET course of NASA power , as well as remote teamwork and organization of time and persistence and how to overcome Obstructions and solve problems facing us, we also learned a lot about efforts to protect the environment.

So , what inspired our team to choice that challenge ?

All of the NasaSpaceApps Challenges cares about environmental improvement but You Are My Sunshine caught our most attention as the need for electricity worldwide is increasing as more innovative technologies are added to the mix of things powered by electricity to find an effective solution that protect the environment ,This challenge is also important in simplifying solar energy information, making it available to the general public, in disseminating a solar culture, and making optimal use of NASA Power data with the ultimate goal of protecting the environment.

 How did my team resolve setbacks and challenges?

My team was compassionate, Moreover The Planning Part was so useful as every member in the team knows his role well so he can deal with the challenges that meet them in that part , but slicing the project doesn’t prevent us from helping each other in searching and analyze the challenge well .We also did a lot of digging and asking experts to try to solve the problems that we faced and deal with them on a sound scientific basis to reach the final solution.

Our approach to developing the app ?

we shared different tasks to finish the app , I and Noran searched for equations to calculate estimated electricity reading more than 10 publications to reach the final format of equations and we write most of the proposal and the presentation. Bassant developed the app using flutter. Yasmin helped us in research and designing the plan.

At the end I 'd like to thank all the team members for welling to search and learn from the challenges we met and dedicated to the work till the very last minute .

1) https://power.larc.nasa.gov/docs/services/api/

2) https://power.larc.nasa.gov/api/pages/?urls.primaryName=Monthly%20%26%20Annual

3) https://power.larc.nasa.gov/api/temporal/monthly/openapi.json

4) https://pvwatts.nrel.gov/

5) https://pvwatts.nrel.gov/downloads/pvwattsv5.pdf

#solar_panels #environment #renewable_energy

This project has been submitted for consideration during the Judging process.