San Marin Micro Grid

Tanner, Jada, Jake, and Joey

top photo of san marin showing where the power source
comes from
top view of san marin showing the connection of wires
top view of san marin with the connections from the fuel cells
to the solar panels
 How much power is used at San Marin?
San Marin uses on average 630,515 kilowatts per year, but thanks to Mr

Himes, we have decreased that to less than half a million kilowatts. To

avoid problems with clouds, we plan to generate this during summer.

Grand
Jan 1 Feb 2 Mar 3 April 4 May 5 June 6 July 7 Aug 8 Sep 9 Oct 10 Nov 11 Dec 12 total
12 71,127 68,270 71,920 62,448 65,940 65,001 34,326 40,096 74,269 71,494 68,487 79,223 772,601
13 60,013 71,398 60,365 49,674 53,780 48,551 34,205 35,146 64,891 60,581 62,795 63,913 665,312
14 57,554 61,028 53,658 45,574 55,600 45,980 30,404 39,829 53,498 53,328 50,460 44,311 591,224

15 49,948 48,269 46,428 43,059 53,302 37,858 28,390 36,528 51,446 50,108 47,585 492,921
Average 59,661 62,241 58,093 50,189 57,156 49,348 31,831 37,900 61,026 58,878 57,332 62,482 630,515
 How will the grid generate electricity?
The grid will generate power with 5000 solar panels, or 7800 if we get the budget,

and a C30 turbine. We plan to vastly over produce during summer, and store until

winter using fuel cells, about 3000 of them, and it will be transported via copper

cabling.
Cost of the solar panels

$500 each

3x6ft each

Can fit over 7,000 panels using all of the roofs

Need at least 3,000 panels

Getting 5,000 which will cost $2,500,000

7,000 will cost $3,500,000

Hydrogen Fuel Cells
- We would have 3,300, 125 liter tanks full of hydrogen

- 4,000 square feet of space required for storage

- Must be placed away from students, hydrogen is explosive, very,
very explosive.
Why we chose it?
In a summary we chose it because we can store power almost
indefinitely