Tuesday, February 27, 2018

Woods Statistical Package, for Global Change

For those of you having difficulty using either Smith's Statistical Package or JMP, here is an Excel spreadsheet from Barry that will do the job quite easily. Further instruction will be provided today in class:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1f0vqUG-dOXdi-KxJeG14CQNdLmLMzfkJ/view?usp=sharing


Here, additionally, is a paper on using climate data to teach regression in the classroom that Barry provided. It includes a nice sea ice example, among others. If you wish, you may use the sea ice data or other data from this paper to complete your Exam 1 assignment:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nbhlp3jyryBXQO1mK2fitoWoWAc3fNOm/view?usp=sharing





Smith's Statistical Package

Dr. Smith has a new software download page that doesn't come up right away on Google like his old one did. We also are not sure if SSP will load on Windows 10. Let me know if you succeed in doing so.

http://economics-files.pomona.edu/GarySmith/Software.html

Monday, February 12, 2018

LD 1444 amendments

John Luft, our visitor Friday from Revision Energy, wanted you to see and have access to the current LD 1444 (net metering) amendments. These are up for a vote in the Maine legislature shortly.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1k8uPAggWv4r1JKDHMhVBQbvEfTSnAFLi/view?usp=sharing

Tuesday, February 6, 2018

NYT: Why a Big Utility Is Embracing Wind and Solar

This article follows an earlier report by Lazard:

"Xcel Energy is a utility company with millions of electric customers in the middle of the country, from Texas to Michigan. In booming Colorado, the company asked for proposals to construct big power plants using wind turbines and solar panels.

The bids have come in so low that the company will be able to build and operate the new plants for less money than it would have to pay just to keep running its old, coal-burning power plants."

Friday, February 2, 2018

Snow day late start at RSU 3

Dear Sustainable Energy students,

I'll be late today because of a snow day late start at RSU 3. I'll be there by 9.30am. Aimee will be there to open up and give access to materials, but will have to leave before 8.50am to teach her own class.

Please find your small solar modules and follow the following procedures:

1. Make sure the epoxy is set
2. Gently pry the module from the mold
3. Test the output (V) at the window. Make sure to use one of the working VOMs
4. Test for continuity (ohms) in the shade
5. Study this URL list of circuit diagram symbols (list is linked from my blog), where this assignment is repeated in more detail:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_symbol

Sorry for any inconvenience

Mick