TITLE:
Analysis of Technical Properties of Wind and Solar Photovoltaic Power
AUTHORS:
Guanjun Ding, Bangkui Fan, Teng Long, Haibin Lan, Yan Liu, Jing Wang
KEYWORDS:
Wind Power; Solar Photovoltaic Power; Technical Properties; Environmental Impacts
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Applied Mathematics and Physics,
Vol.1 No.4,
November
6,
2013
ABSTRACT: Most of electricity power in China comes from coal and
hydropower. Already, China
must import nearly half of its oil. Concerns about power capacity shortages and
air pollution are all adding urgency and pressure to switch to alternative
technologies and renewable energy. Among renewable energy sources, wind power
and solar photovoltaic power are playing key roles in China, and are the fastest-growing
power generation technologies. So this paper focuses on them and analyzes the
corresponding technical properties of them. First of all, wind power transforms
the kinetic energy from the wind into electricity by using wind turbines. Thus
the basic components of wind turbines are described. Wind speed is an important
factor to wind energy. So the features of wind speed are analyzed, and the wind
energy is calculated. Second, the technical properties of solar photovoltaic
power are discussed, including photovoltaic cells and modules, battery,
inverter and photovoltaic controller. Photovoltaic energy is also analyzed and
calculated. Third, the environmental impacts of wind power and solar photovoltaic
power are presented. Finally, the relevant conclusions are drawn.