Sustainability is a widely discussed topic in engineering disciplines with the concept of renewable energy often serving as a focal point. When considering solar amongst the many resources for energy production there are many different options for converting generated electrical power for storage. For this project a solar energy harvesting board was designed and built that allows for maximum power extraction from solar panels up to 250 watts, and measurement of the power extracted from the solar panels and power input to the energy storage. The system will serve as a foundation for hardware testing and future solar energy projects at WPI.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• VerLee, Nathaniel Louis
• Ducimo, Anthony Paul
• Snieckus, Kurt Ryan

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-042512-162121

Advisor

• McNeill, John A.
• Bitar, Stephen John

Year

• 2012

Date created

• 2012-04-25

Location

• Worcester

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Electrical & Computer Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2020-12-10