1. Estimating Olympia’s
potential for roof mounted
photovoltaic's.
http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2002/solarcells/429,r:0,s:0

2. Motivation
 To provide clean energy to Olympia
 To test assumptions about P.V in the
Northwest.
 Miles of empty roof’s

3. Do photovoltaic's have potential
inOlympia?
 Fastest growing energy technology
 Clean
 Dropping costs
 High energy incentives
 Better solar resource then Germany, the world leader in installed
solar capacity.
 Questions: what makes for good potential?
 Roofspace
 Insolation
 Economics

4. Hypotheses:
 H1.a:
 H1.b:
 H1.c
 H1. null

5. Contribution

6.  Include screen shot (how do you take a
screen shot?)
 Estimate 10% of each land type
(residential, apartment, farm, industrial
etc..)
Software augmented estimation

7.  Using the estimated power produced in
10% of an areas buildings, find power
density (w/m^2).
 Apply power density to the rest of the
area.
 Olympia’s solar potential is the sum of its
areas.
Power density

8.  Areaswith high potential power density
will be the most economic.
 Wooded areas will be less economically
feasible
 A significant fraction of Olympia's power
may be met by P.V power.
Expected Outcomes