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=== Solar updraft tower ===
 
=== Solar updraft tower ===
  
Estimates of total costs range from 7 (for a 200 MW plant) and 21 (for a 5 MW plant) euro cents per kWh to 25-35 cents per kWh.<ref>{{note|PhysicaPlus}} {{cite journal | last = Zaslavsky | first = Dan | authorlink =  | coauthors =  | title = Energy Towers | journal = PhysicaPlus — Online magazine of the Israel Physical Society | volume =  | issue = 7 | pages =  | publisher = Israel Physical Society | year=  2006 | url = http://physicaplus.org.il/zope/home/en/1124811264/1137833043_en | doi =  | id =  | accessdate = 30 March 2007}}</ref> [[Levelized cost]] are approximately 3 Euro cents per KWh for a 100 MW wind or natural gas plant.<ref>[http://www.energy.ca.gov/electricity/levelized_cost.html Levelized Costs of Electricity Production by Technology] California Energy Commission, 2003</ref> No actual data are available for a utility scale power plant.<ref>{{cite web | last = Groenendaal | first = B.J. | title = Solar Thermal Power Technologies | work = Monograph in the framework of the VLEEM Project | publisher = Energy research Centre of the Netherlands: ECN | month=  July | year=  2002 | url = http://www.ecn.nl/docs/library/report/2002/c02062.pdf | format = PDF | accessdate = 30 March 2007 }}</ref>
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Estimates of total costs range from 7 (for a 200 MW plant) and 21 (for a 5 MW plant) euro cents per kWh to 25-35 cents per kWh.<ref> http://physicaplus.org.il/zope/home/en/1124811264/1137833043_en </ref>  
  
 
Capacity (guesstimate) 10 Watt x 10,000 = 100 MW
 
Capacity (guesstimate) 10 Watt x 10,000 = 100 MW
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Average electricity use: <ref> http://www.nibud.nl/uitgaven/huishouden/gas-elektriciteit-en-water.html</ref> 5 x ... 4,800 EUR
 
Average electricity use: <ref> http://www.nibud.nl/uitgaven/huishouden/gas-elektriciteit-en-water.html</ref> 5 x ... 4,800 EUR
  
Energy saved by replacing televisions and desktop computers by beamers and ipads seems to be a factor 10. Combining that with the lowest price comes to a favorable result (613 EUR / 7,000 EUR).
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Energy saved by replacing televisions and desktop computers by beamers and ipads seems to be a factor 10. Combining that with the lowest price comes to a favorable result (613 EUR / 7,000 EUR). This is all without heating and cooling, and a lot of other things.
  
 
== References ==
 
== References ==
 
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Revision as of 06:19, 26 February 2013

Energy can be saved through sharing appliances (for instance by using a beamer to watch film and television). Energy plays an important part in automation.


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Energy generation

Centralized

Solar updraft tower [1]

+ Low maintenance cost.

+Uses greenhouses that can be used for agriculture.

-Takes in a relatively large amount of space.

-Solar has a variable output.

Solar power tower

+Desalinizes water.

+Contains a furnace (that can be used for melting iron for instance).

-Solar has a variable output.

Energy use

  • Beamer

100-300 Watts. Can provide for +- 100 people. Per person: 2 Watt.[2]

  • Small led television

57 Watt. Per person: 14-57 Watt.[3]

  • Xbox

185 Watts [4]

  • Wii

18 Watts[5]

  • Desktop (with peripherals):

60-250 Watts[6]

  • Laptop:

40 Watts[7]

  • Netbook:

16 Watts[8]

  • Tablet (Ipad2)

1-3 Watts [9]

  • Iphone

Less than tablet[10]

  • Amplifier

40 Watts and up [11]

  • DVD player

10 Watts and up


  • Nanolight (100W equivalent, 30,000 hours)

12 Watts [12]

  • Led lamp (50-60W equivalent, 50,000 hours)

6 Watts [13]


  • Washing machine

0,81kwh/wash average 9 year average 500 EUR[14] (If 10 people share one machine: 36 years = 200 EUR per person)

  • Dishwasher

175 Kwh [15]

  • Refrigerator

16 Watt [16]

Monetary cost

Solar updraft tower

Estimates of total costs range from 7 (for a 200 MW plant) and 21 (for a 5 MW plant) euro cents per kWh to 25-35 cents per kWh.[17]

Capacity (guesstimate) 10 Watt x 10,000 = 100 MW

kwh per person 0,6 x 365 x 40 x 0,07 = 613 EUR out of total budget 7,000 EUR

0,9 x ... = 920 EUR

Highest kwh price: ... x 0,35 = 3,000 EUR

Average electricity use: [18] 5 x ... 4,800 EUR

Energy saved by replacing televisions and desktop computers by beamers and ipads seems to be a factor 10. Combining that with the lowest price comes to a favorable result (613 EUR / 7,000 EUR). This is all without heating and cooling, and a lot of other things.

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