Question: 1C is not a question just info to help with 1B 1. The town of Greenbe wants to convert its coal power plant to a

1C is not a question just info to help with 1B

1C is not a question just info to help with 1B 1.

1. The town of Greenbe wants to convert its coal power plant to a solar field. The plant burns 10,000,000 kg a day. Given the following data, how many panels will the solar field need to have? The coal plant is 35% efficient, while the solar field has a 75 % efficiency (including due to transmission and storage loss). Each solar panel is rated at 320 W. Assume the panels produce for 6 hours a day at maximum capacity. Coal energy content is 19.78 x10 BTU per 2,000 lb. Note: they will use battery storage to distribute the energy throughout the day. B. The above proposition was not motivated by finance. Still, they would like to know how many years of operation it would take to recover the cost of the solar installation if they were able to get a good deal on solar installation at $2.25 per watt? C. The cost of coal is $ 400 per metric ton (1000 kg). In addition, they get carbon credits of $ 6 /1000 kg of CO2. Pounds of CO2 emitted per million British thermal units (Btu) of energy for coal is 220 lb. (Make sure you do the unit conversions)

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