GC23G:
Renewable Energy: Solar, Marine, Hydrokinetic, and Open Topics II

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Session ID#: 32609

Session Description:
This session will focus on the science, technology, and policy issues of renewable energy with a special focus on solar, marine, wave, current, and tidal energy conversion. Solar renewable energy is a critical part of the discussion as the Earth’s land, water, energy and food needs are being reconsidered to support stability and sustainability. The Earth Sciences plays a large role in identifying locations for optimal solar use, and the reliability and the effects of solar power. Studies focusing on environmental effects of marine hydrokinetic energy devices   risk evaluation, and uncertainty are all of interest. Studies in riverine environments and of wave-energy converters are also appropriate. This session welcomes all Earth Sciences research as it pertains to solar and hydro renewable energy, energy transmission and the impacts of renewable energy on the environment. This session is coordinated with the other session on renewable energy focusing on Wind (GC065).
Primary Convener:  Elizabeth C Weatherhead, U. Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States
Conveners:  Scott C James, Baylor University, Geosciences and Mechanical Engineering, Waco, TX, United States, Laura M Hinkelman, Univ of WA-JISAO, Seattle, WA, United States and Aditya Choukulkar, Vibrant Clean Energy, LLC, Boulder, CO, United States
Chairs:  Aditya Choukulkar, Vibrant Clean Energy, LLC, Boulder, CO, United States and Elizabeth C Weatherhead, U. Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Elizabeth C Weatherhead, U. Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States
Index Terms:

1622 Earth system modeling [GLOBAL CHANGE]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Opportunities for co-location of solar PV with agriculture for cost reductions and carbon, water, and energy footprint mitigation in the tropics (281605)
Chong Seok Choi, Temple University, Department of Earth & Environmental Science, Philadelphia, PA, United States, Jordan Macknick, National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, United States and Sujith Ravi, Temple University, Earth & Environmental Science, Philadelphia, PA, United States
Evaluation of the National Solar Radiation Database (NSRDB) Using Ground-Based Measurements (294286)
Manajit Sengupta, Aron Habte, Anthony Lopez and Yu Xie, National Renewable Energy Laboratory Golden, Golden, CO, United States
Advanced Cloud Forecasting for Solar Energy Production (225978)
David W Werth, Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC, Aiken, SC, United States and Matthew J Parker, Savannah River National Laboratory, North Augusta, SC, United States
The NASA POWER SSE: Deriving the Direct Normal Counterpart from the CERES SYN1deg Hourly Global Horizontal Irradiance during Early 2000 to Near Present (262798)
Taiping Zhang, Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Lanham, United States, Paul W Stackhouse Jr, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, United States and David J Westberg, Science Systems and Applications, Inc. Hampton, Hampton, VA, United States
Estimation of time-series properties of gourd observed solar irradiance data using cloud properties derived from satellite observations (239783)
Takeshi Watanabe, Central Research Institute of Electic Power Industry, Tokyo, Japan and Daisuke Nohara, CRIEPI, Abiko, Japan
Opportunities for wind and solar to displace coal and associated health impacts in Texas (260483)
Daniel S Cohan, Rice University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Houston, United States, Brian Strasert, Rice University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Houston, TX, United States and Joanna Slusarewicz, Rice University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Houston, TX, United States
Assessment of the biophysical impacts of utility-scale photovoltaics through observations and modelling (233239)
Ashley Mark Broadbent, Matei Georgescu, Eric Scott Krayenhoff and David Sailor, Arizona State University, School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, Tempe, AZ, United States

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