{"id":45915,"date":"2017-08-17T03:50:49","date_gmt":"2017-08-17T07:50:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/utnews.utoledo.edu\/?p=45915"},"modified":"2017-08-16T16:11:34","modified_gmt":"2017-08-16T20:11:34","slug":"ut-physicists-to-model-and-analyze-power-output-from-the-universitys-solar-panels-during-eclipse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/08_17_2017\/ut-physicists-to-model-and-analyze-power-output-from-the-universitys-solar-panels-during-eclipse","title":{"rendered":"UT physicists to model and analyze power output from the University\u2019s solar panels during eclipse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Physicists at The University of Toledo plan to monitor the power output of its solar panels on Main Campus during the solar eclipse Monday, Aug. 21.<\/p>\n<p>The team plans to display the data in real time during UT Ritter Planetarium\u2019s free, public viewing event from 12:30 to 4 p.m. on the campus lawn between Ritter and McMaster Hall. <\/p>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_45916\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/?attachment_id=45916\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-45916\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-45916\" src=\"http:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/solar-panels-at-Scott-Park.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"470\" height=\"250\" class=\"size-full wp-image-45916\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/solar-panels-at-Scott-Park.jpg 470w, https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/solar-panels-at-Scott-Park-300x160.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-45916\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Solar electricity produced by solar arrays on the Scott Park Campus of Energy and Innovation, shown here, and at the R-1 Building along Dorr Street will be monitored during the eclipse.<\/p><\/div>\u201cIt will be an unusual day for photovoltaic systems, and there is a lot of interest nationally in how the electrical grid responds to the change in solar electricity during the eclipse,\u201d Dr. Randy Ellingson, UT professor of physics, said. \u201cWe are forecasting the solar electricity generated by UT\u2019s solar array systems at the R-1 Building along Dorr Street, and also on the Scott Park Campus of Energy and Innovation. Accurately modeling and predicting solar electricity generation, which depends on weather conditions, will help power companies maintain grid reliability without major disturbance to electricity customers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Toledo is expecting a partial eclipse where the moon will block nearly the entire sun. According to Alex Mak, UT associate planetarium director, Toledoans should see an approximately 80 percent eclipse, weather permitting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs the moon moves into place, it will of course block sunlight that powers the solar panels,\u201d Ellingson said. \u201cIn regions of the country with high penetration of solar photovoltaic arrays, grid operators will need to shift electricity locally and regionally to meet the temporary shortfall from solar arrays.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the Energy Information Administration, no electricity reliability issues are expected in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>During the eclipse viewing celebration, UT astronomers will have several safely filtered telescopes set up outside looking at the eclipse. <\/p>\n<p>In the event of clouds, a web stream of the eclipse from other locations across the country will be playing in McMaster Hall Room 1005.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Solar electricity produced by UT solar arrays on the Scott Park Campus of Energy and Innovation and at the R-1 Building along Dorr Street will be monitored during the eclipse Monday, Aug. 21.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":812,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,39,1,7],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45915"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/812"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45915"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45915\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45919,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45915\/revisions\/45919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}