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Clouds vs. Solar and Wind Energy
Organization(s):Toledo Technology Academy of Engineering
Country:United States of America
Student(s):Piper Smith and Cameron Sopher
Grade Level:Secondary School (grades 9-12, ages 14-18)
GLOBE Educator(s):Laura Kubiak
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Report Type(s):International Virtual Science Symposium Report, Mission Earth Report
Protocols:Clouds, Wind
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Language(s):English
Date Submitted:03/03/2025
Solar and wind are two well-known sources of renewable energy. Appearing in Future Internet and writing “Harnessing the Cloud: A Novel Approach to Smart Solar Plant Monitoring,” M. I. Ali et al. argue, “renewable energy sources (RESs) such as solar, wind, hydro, and biomass are emerging as optimum solutions for sustainable energy generation.” Both of them have downsides and things that negatively impact them. Comparing the outputs of solar and wind energy compared the cloud coverage; this research was conducted to see how both would be affected. Going off the gathered results, it was found that clouds affect solar energy output more than wind energy output; however, solar energy still produced more overall power.