https://padlet.com/20beckera/jfoe7qj92bom Performance essay en-us 2016-11-21 16:17:28 UTC 2016-11-21 18:49:16 UTC hello@padlet.com 20beckera https://padlet.com/20beckera/jfoe7qj92bom/wish/139140953 I Chose Alert Canada because according to BBC It receives the most sunlight out of anywhere on Earth for the seven months it does get sunlight. ]]> 2016-11-21 16:18:49 UTC https://padlet.com/20beckera/jfoe7qj92bom/wish/139140953 20beckera https://padlet.com/20beckera/jfoe7qj92bom/wish/139146731 For the 7 months alert gets sunlight it generate 1,155 kilowatts of energy per meter squared. That is only 500 kilowatts less on average then the sunniest place year round, Yuma Arizona which generates around 1600 kilowatts per meter squared. 1155 kilowatts is around 1.155 megawatts which is roughly enough power to power up 1000 Homes. ]]> 2016-11-21 16:35:42 UTC https://padlet.com/20beckera/jfoe7qj92bom/wish/139146731 20beckera https://padlet.com/20beckera/jfoe7qj92bom/wish/139148415 Now your probably wondering if Alert is on an island up near the north pole with little inhabitants how are you going to transfer energy to cities that need it. According to most scientists electricity can travel up to 4300 miles thats the distance from Alert to Cancun Mexico. And submarine power cables can be used to transfer the energy underwater to many different cities, such as Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Ottawa, Oslo, London, Boston, Madrid and even Miami. ]]> 2016-11-21 16:40:51 UTC https://padlet.com/20beckera/jfoe7qj92bom/wish/139148415 20beckera https://padlet.com/20beckera/jfoe7qj92bom/wish/139161455 Toronto consumes 4907 megawatts of electricity in a year. So if a company sets up 5000 solar panels in Ellesmere Island which is huge that collects enough energy to power the biggest city in canada, which means it could power up any city in canada.


]]> 2016-11-21 17:23:28 UTC https://padlet.com/20beckera/jfoe7qj92bom/wish/139161455 20beckera https://padlet.com/20beckera/jfoe7qj92bom/wish/139163814 Solar Farms typically cost 500,000 grand per acre, which is alot but with the revenue of powering up Canadas largest city it would definitely be doable, also submarine power cable technology has increased in the past years and is getting cheaper, therefore if the canadian government or government of another country were to fund this it could easily be done. ]]> 2016-11-21 17:31:35 UTC https://padlet.com/20beckera/jfoe7qj92bom/wish/139163814 20beckera https://padlet.com/20beckera/jfoe7qj92bom/wish/139164884 In the end I believe Alert would be a great place for solar farming and i believe the canadian government should definitely look into the abundance of land they have up near the poles and use them to stop fossil fuels and help our earth continue to thrive. ]]> 2016-11-21 17:35:25 UTC https://padlet.com/20beckera/jfoe7qj92bom/wish/139164884