Power San Marin

By: Andersen Teoh, Cooper

Hochman, Evan
Colenbrander, and Kian
Namiranian
 San Marin uses about 1756
How much kilowatt hours per day, at
electricity is about 17 cents per kilowatt
hour. San Marin needs 290.8
used at San kilowatts to operate.
Marin?
How will our
grid generate The water going from one reservoir to

this electricity? another spins a moderately sized turbine

underground, that generates electricity
through its movement. The water in a lower
reservoir is then pumped back to the top
using energy from the existing solar panels.
Pumped Storage Hydroelectricity
GE Pump Hydro PIT Turbine

Turbine outputs up to 20 MW and up to a 20 meter change in elevation

20 meter elevation change over 325 meter distance

Reservoir Locations:
15 meter diameter by 3 meters deep 15 meter diameter by 3 meters deep
(behind baseball field) (near cafeteria)

Top Reservoir Bottom Reservoir

 -10 Tesla Powerpacks
How much -Solar panels already in use
of each item
-1 industrial inverter
do we need?
-500 meters of electrical wiring and piping

-1 turbine

-Reservoir materials such as concrete and

binding
How will our grid store electricity?

We need to store 1756 kilowatt hours of electricity

51.5 inches in length

3575 pounds 32.4 inches in width
85 inches in height

We will use 10 Tesla Powerpacks, which can store 210 kWh each
We also need to have one industrial inverter to convert AC/DC
Location of the Tesla Powerpacks:
How will we transfer
the energy?
-The energy will transfer through
the solar panels to the hydro-
pumping station then to the
wires connected to the school

-These wires will be

underground and inside of pipes
to protect them from
deteriorating
Total Costs Pt.1

Inverter: $52,500

Tesla Powerpacks: $1,451,000

Solar Panels: Free

- We will use the pre existing solar panels

Turbine price is not listed until purchased

Reservoir - About $150,000 for materials and labor

Total Costs Pt.2

Maintenance: We need water to refill the hydro pumping reservoirs every once in a while from
evaporation at $0.004 per gallon

Wiring and Piping - Approximately $2,000, most of the cost for the underground piping

Wire is sold at 1 cent per pound

 ● Clean
● Relatively hidden
Pros: ● Renewable
● Will not intrude on plants
● Doesn’t rely fully on sun to run
hydro pumping
● Runs year round

Cons:
● Very costly
● Takes up a lot of campus space
underground
● Turbine might be a little loud
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