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Solar Skyways at Fresno State Lyles College of Engineering
Ron Swenson
Pete Christensen
INIST
Bengt Gusfafsson
Beamways
January 20, 2014
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If climate change doesn’t get us…
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If climate change doesn’t get us…
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If climate change doesn’t get us…
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… peak oil will
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We have gridLock now & we will see gas lines in the future
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What can be done?
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1992+ Tonatiuh, Coche Solar de Carreras
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1992+ Tonatiuh, Coche Solar de Carreras
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In Silicon Valley, a dollar can get you 10!
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We must raise the bar to succeed
10 X
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How can we deliver this performance?
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San José introduced solar in their first Automated Transit Network RFP
• Ensure that the ATN system is built … utilizing renewable energy
• … maximize energy efficiency and potentially be powered in whole or part by renewable energy.
• … and calculating carbon emissions reductions achievable through renewable energy
• evaluate cost/benefits of using renewable energy to offset all or a portion of the energy requirements
• Provide analysis of cost/savings and recommend specifications to execute energy-efficiency and renewable energy strategies…
••••
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How can we deliver on the solar skyways challenge?
2 seconds apart @ 90 km/hr = 50 m
Solar Race Car averages 90 km/hr with 6 m2 solar panel
… Podcars have 50 m ÷ 3 m = 17 X more collection area than solar race cars!
17 X17 X
2m
3m
Knowing it can be done, let’s ramp onto the Solar Highway …
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What can we do in Fresno?
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Much has already been done here
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Much has already been done here
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There is a unique and challenging approach
1. Technology: Engaging Universities with focus:• High capacity electronics• Suspended system
3. Economics: Engaging Industry • first as mentors to students• then as vendors building ATN• then as buyers of ATN services
2. Government: Engaging Cities• Encitra Modeling with UP students• join ATNA
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San José State has accepted the challenge
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Solar Skyways: More Info
www.oilcrisis.com
www.inist.org
www.encitra.com
www.podcar.org
www.podcarcity.org
www.superway.us
www.solarskyways.com
“Lvcem Accipe Vt Reddas" "Receive the light that you may give it forth"
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Wake Up!!!… to the Power of Solar
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Thank you!