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= Description=  
= Description=  
After the terrorist attacks on WTC in Ney York City in 2001, security regulations have increased. Transportation is increasingly confronted with new measures to provide safe and secure transportation of goods. Port security refers to the defense, law and treaty enforcement, and counterterrorism activities that fall within the port and maritime domain. It includes the protection of the seaports themselves, the protection and inspection of the cargo moving through the ports, and maritime security.
Solar power is the generation of electricity from sunlight. The biggest advantage of this method of power generation is that it is clean. Additionally sunlight is considered to be an abundant and sustainable natural resource. This can be done directly using photo-voltaics (PV), or indirectly by concentrating solar power (CSP), where the sun's energy is focused to boil water which is then used to provide power. Solar power provided 0.02% of the total world energy consumption in 2008. <br><br>
Internationally, port security is governed by rules issued by the International Maritime Organization and its 2002 International Ship and Port Facility Security Code. Additionally, some U.S.-based programs have become de facto global port security programs, including the Container Security Initiative and the Customs Trade Partnership against Terrorism.
Terrestrial solar power is a predictably intermittent energy source, meaning that although solar power is not available at all times, it is possible to accurately predict when it will and will not be available. Orbital solar power collection (as in solar power satellites) avoids this intermittent issue, but requires satellite launching and beaming of the collected power to receiving antennas on Earth. The increased intensity of sunlight above the atmosphere also increases generation efficiency.<br><br>


=Enablers:=
=Enablers:=
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1. R&D in solar panel <br>
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2. Acceptance of carbon emission reduction legislation<br>
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3. Cost reduction of solar panels <br>
4. Efficiency growth of solar panels<br>
5. Public interest in going green<br>
6. Adoption of smart grid<br>
7. Green financing<br>
8. Depletion of oil and natural gas<br>


=Inhibitors:=
=Inhibitors:=
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1. Development of nuclear power<br>
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2. Dependency on sun<br>
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3. Requirement of large land usage for a comparatively lesser power yield<br>
4. Cheap and easy to use coal <br>


=Paradigms:=
=Paradigms:=
Security is becoming a major influence on the way international flow of goods and services is realised. The ability to meet regulatory demands and standards regarding (port)security is crucial is the ability to grow international trade
A growth in the usage of solar energy could change the outlook on the climate change negotiations. Power hungry developing nations like India and China have a considerable supply of sunlight all along the year. Therefore, radical shifts in solar technology could make it highly attractive as a cheap and easy energy source for these nations.


=Experts:=
= Web Resources =
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==Articles==
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1. http://solarpanelspower.net/solar-power/future-of-solar-power<br>
2. http://edition.cnn.com/2010/TECH/05/12/solar.energy.iea.report/index.html<br>
3. http://www.green-planet-solar-energy.com/<br>
4. http://www.alternate-energy-sources.com/facts-about-solar-energy.html<br>
5. http://news.cnet.com/Cutting-solar-panels-high-price-tag/2100-11392_3-6209791.html<br>
6. http://www.timeslive.co.za/business/article567242.ece/Bright-future-for-solar-power<br>
7. http://future-solarpanel.com/<br>
8. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/letters/7506294/Renewable-energy-can-generate-enough-power-to-meet-the-worlds-needs.html<br>
9. http://www.greenpeace.org/raw/content/international/press/reports/concentrating-solar-power-2009.pdf<br>


=Timing:=
==Videos==
The timing started after 9/11/2001. Security regulation has been rolled out since and is forcing all fields of international transportation to commit to complex
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzYN81k4L3Y Solar Panel Break Even Point]
 
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1assaZd49A What Affects Solar Panel Costs]
= Web Resources =
1. [http://web.mit.edu/nuclearpower/ The Future of Nuclear Power]<br>
2. [http://www.scientificamerican.com/report.cfm?id=nuclear-future Future of Nuclear Power]<br>
3. [http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=the-nuclear-option The Nuclear Option  ]<br>
4. [http://www-formal.stanford.edu/jmc/progress/nuclear-faq.html Nuclear Energy]<br>
5. [http://content.usatoday.com/communities/greenhouse/post/2010/01/is-nuclear-power-the-future-obama-backs-gop-call-for-more-plants/1 Is nuclear power the future? Obama calls for more plants]<br>
6. [http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/reactors.html World Nuclear Power Reactors & Uranium Requirements]<br>

Latest revision as of 17:37, 10 September 2010

Description

Solar power is the generation of electricity from sunlight. The biggest advantage of this method of power generation is that it is clean. Additionally sunlight is considered to be an abundant and sustainable natural resource. This can be done directly using photo-voltaics (PV), or indirectly by concentrating solar power (CSP), where the sun's energy is focused to boil water which is then used to provide power. Solar power provided 0.02% of the total world energy consumption in 2008.

Terrestrial solar power is a predictably intermittent energy source, meaning that although solar power is not available at all times, it is possible to accurately predict when it will and will not be available. Orbital solar power collection (as in solar power satellites) avoids this intermittent issue, but requires satellite launching and beaming of the collected power to receiving antennas on Earth. The increased intensity of sunlight above the atmosphere also increases generation efficiency.

Enablers:

1. R&D in solar panel
2. Acceptance of carbon emission reduction legislation
3. Cost reduction of solar panels
4. Efficiency growth of solar panels
5. Public interest in going green
6. Adoption of smart grid
7. Green financing
8. Depletion of oil and natural gas

Inhibitors:

1. Development of nuclear power
2. Dependency on sun
3. Requirement of large land usage for a comparatively lesser power yield
4. Cheap and easy to use coal

Paradigms:

A growth in the usage of solar energy could change the outlook on the climate change negotiations. Power hungry developing nations like India and China have a considerable supply of sunlight all along the year. Therefore, radical shifts in solar technology could make it highly attractive as a cheap and easy energy source for these nations.

Web Resources

Articles

1. http://solarpanelspower.net/solar-power/future-of-solar-power
2. http://edition.cnn.com/2010/TECH/05/12/solar.energy.iea.report/index.html
3. http://www.green-planet-solar-energy.com/
4. http://www.alternate-energy-sources.com/facts-about-solar-energy.html
5. http://news.cnet.com/Cutting-solar-panels-high-price-tag/2100-11392_3-6209791.html
6. http://www.timeslive.co.za/business/article567242.ece/Bright-future-for-solar-power
7. http://future-solarpanel.com/
8. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/letters/7506294/Renewable-energy-can-generate-enough-power-to-meet-the-worlds-needs.html
9. http://www.greenpeace.org/raw/content/international/press/reports/concentrating-solar-power-2009.pdf

Videos

Solar Panel Break Even Point What Affects Solar Panel Costs

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