High-Level Project Summary
Our project arises with the objective of making information on solar energy more accessible to everyone.Knowledge is power, but if we only have data that we do not know how to use, it is as if it doesn't exist at all. That is why we decided to work on the development of a mobile application that allows the user to view data on solar energy production for their area in an understandable way.The end is that the user can make smart decisions. That's why we have incorporated extra parameters to make that possible and with this persuade more people to work on projects of clear energy.Global warming is a reality and each of us has to take our part. Now.
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Detailed Project Description
Using the information of the NASA POWER, we have developed a mobile app that shows the annual and monthly estimates of energy production based on the user location. In order to achieve optimal development of the application, we decided to use Android Studio as a development IDE because JAVA became a familiar language. Our application relies on information from weather reports to display data on UVB irradiation of the sky surface, UVA irradiation on the sky surface, among others.
What's more, using that data you have the opportunity to calculate your potential saving in two dimensions. First, there is an option to introduce the local cost of energy to estimate how much money is being saved. Second, given the local parameter of ton CO2/kWh, you can also calculate how much emissions of carbon dioxide are being reduced thanks to the usage of your solar panel.
In short, the app will provide highly relevant information that lets people make the right analysis about the performance of their panel or make decisions to possible future investments with data up to date.
BONUS! This is the initial sketch of the app prototype: Switch on Green
Beware that is in our native language: Spanish.
Space Agency Data
We use the POWER Nasa data and, specifically, we worked with the following parameters:
- All Sky Surface PAR Total: Based on this, we estimate the potential solar energy that could be produced in the pointed location.
- Temperature at 10 Meters: This factor was considered because the energy output of the installed solar panel will be affected by -3% of its final output that it would have in a suitable environment.
Hackathon Journey
Our journey has been a roller coaster, but we enjoyed the ride!
It was interesting since the beginning because first, this was the first time our country was one of the official locations. Known as the Thumbelina from America, El Salvador not always takes part in this kind of international event, much less from NASA! That made it more exciting.
Also, this was the first time we participated in a hackathon and without knowing each other! So we got to know great and talented people with different skills from storytelling to programming.
That being said, we just wanna say thank you for everything we have learned with the challenge and of such a relevant topic. We hope to see you next year.
Some thoughts of the team members:
It was a pleasure working with you all. —Tatiana
The main thing was to learn from each other, we succeeded. —Patricia
Although our team was improvised, each one contributed a lot in their own way. —Leonardo
We were brave enough to try. Let's be proud of it! —Nicole ABC
Hello from El Salvador!
References
National Aeronautics and Space Administration. (s. f.). NASA POWER | Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources. Retrieved from: October 3, 2021, of https://power.larc.nasa.gov/
M. S. Khan, V. Hegde and G. Shankar, "Effect of Temperature on Performance of Solar Panels- Analysis," 2017 International Conference on Current Trends in Computer, Electrical, Electronics and Communication (CTCEEC), 2017, pp. 109-113, doi: 10.1109/CTCEEC.2017.8455109.
Tags
#solarenergy #app #ods #clearenergy
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