Fuel Cells and Solar Photovoltaics: Working Together to Bury Coal

Fuel Cells and Solar Photovoltaics: Working Together to Bury Coal

Joshua M. Pearce Department of Mechanical & Materials Engineering

Applied Sustainability Research Group

Outline

• Motivation 
• Introduction To Photovoltaic Technology 
• PV Penetration Levels 
• Why PV needs Fuel Cells 
• Photovoltaic + Combined Heat and Power Home Design 
• Beating Clouds 
• PV+CCHP – Optimization Simulation 
• Results, Going Big, Future Work

Motivation

J. Pearce and A. Lau, “Net Energy Analysis For Sustainable Energy Production From Silicon Based Solar Cells”, Proceedings of American Society of Mechanical Engineers Solar 2002: Sunrise on the Reliable Energy Economy, editor R. Cambell-Howe, 2002.

Sustainable Electricity: Solar Photovoltaic Technology

PV represents one of the most promising means of maintaining our energy intensive standard of living while not contributing to global warming and pollution.

Residential Rooftops

Built in PV

Solar Shingles

Roof Tiles in Japan

Carports

ORIGINAL: http://www.fcrc.ca/documents/FuelCellsandSolarPhotovolatics.pdf