Feasibility Study for the Application of Solar Energy to Proposed Facilities of Maryland State Highway Administration

摘要

The contemporary and future challenges to energy utilization must recognize and cope with freshly perceived, finite limits to the available supply of fuels. These limits to supply result in a steady pattern of unit cost increases. Coping takes many forms, including more efficient conversion, loss reduction, waste energy recovery, and increased use of alternate energy sources. One of these alternate sources is solar energy. The utilization of solar energy is governed by a completely different body of rules and characteristics. The high cost of collection and utilization systems makes it mandatory to limit demand. This is balanced by a source of energy which, although irregularly available, has a low intensity, has no cost and no finite limit on supply. This report will analyze the feasibility of utilizing solar energy in certain SHA facilities.