.70%
Square Miles Water Net Land Sq Miles Net Land Acres
56,272 393 sq mi 55,879 35,762,560
Electric Power Net Generation by Primary Energy
Source and Industry Sector - March 2016
(Megawatthours)
Other Spent Energy Same Source Data: Lithor
Conversion Tool: "Online Conversion"
http://www.onlineconversion.com/
(Includes production less power generation)
To replace Iowa's energy and fuels consumption with solar PV the estimates are as follows.
Iowa
626,791,122 megawatthours divided by 8,760 hours per year = 71,551 megawatts per hour averaged
x 6.43 (multplier) = 460,072 mW p/hr minimum under ideal weather averaged - accessible with battery storage
x 6 acres = 2,760,432 acres
= 1 acre of solar PV in every 12.95 acres
= 49.42 acres of every sq mile of Iowa's land surface. (excluding surface water acreage)
U.S. Department of Energy
1000 Independence Ave., SW
Washington, DC 20585
Coal Fired
Natural Gas Fired
Motor Gasoline
Distillate Fuel Oil
LPG
Residual Fuel
Other Petroleum
Nuclear Electric Power
Hydroelectric
Biomass
Other Renewables
BioFuels
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Cost: $2,760,432,000,000 USD
($6,000,000 USD per installed megawatt - BP Solar quote 2001, and others. +)
Iowa Energy Consumption Estimates - 2014
Other Iowa Spent Same Source Consumption
Trillions of btu's converted to megawatthour equivalents
2
Note; The replacement of gasoline combustion vehicles replaced by electric vehicles would have net reduction of energy effect of approximately 4,624 megawatts per hour. (Example; Chevy Volt automobile with a rating of 100 miles per 38 kilowatt hours with an 80% recharge in 20 minutes.) This would have a net reduction of 40,514,035 mWh's annually and 32,599 installed megawatts on 195,594 acres. Currently Iowa consumes 1,494,982,814 gallons of gasoline annually which is equivalent to 54,716,371 megawatt hours. Electric vehicles similar to the Chevy Volt would only utilize about 14,202,336 megawatt hours for the same rated miles when compared to an automobile combustion ratio of 25 mpg for a total of 37,374,570,350 miles driven in Iowa. This would also have the affect of reducing the consumption of gasoline in terms of energy by 1,106,940,847 gallons of gasoline. This would also reduce the equivalent of 10,681,979 tons of carbon dioxide emissions. One gallon of U.S. automotive gasoline is equivalent to 36.6 kilowatt hours of electricity.
116,131,118
90,992,028
54,716,371
42,641,842
19,958,140
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5,681,579
12,265,285
2,461,797
70,659,438
52,865,678
154,389,846
622,763,122
4,028,000
626,791,122
Source: Independent Statistics Analysis
U.S. Energy Information Administration
The above megawatt estimated requirements are for the replacement of energy and fuels consumed for electricity, heating and cooling, gasoline transportation fuels converted to its electric megawatt equivalent utilizing solar PV. We utilize Iowa's minimum annual ideal weather 30-year monthly-averaged useful daily hours of solar concentration. These conversions would be Iowa's approximate energy demand equivalents in terms of energy, land, and cost. For this conversion data set, one solar PV megawatt is equal to approximately six acres. However, other solar PV installations are currently utilizing up to ten or more acres per installed megawatt. There are thermal solar installations utilizing 44 acres per installed megawatt. ("resulting in a land-to-power ratio of 44 acres (180,000 m ) per 1 megawatt.") ref; Thermal Power Towers - "Power Tower Designs" wikipedia
U.S. Accumulative + DC Solar PV To Replace Fuels & Energy (2014)
15 State Subtotal: $59,769,624,000,000 USD
15 State Subtotal Acreage: 59,769,624
This installed PV solar energy estimate does not include land cost, taxes, additional infrastructure, or any other cost. And, additional at-load losses when the solar collection minimum service hours can not be met because of less than ideal weather, nor the cost of future growth.
Coal Fired
Natural Gas Fired
Motor Gasoline
Distillate Fuel Oil
LPG
Residual Fuel
Other Petroleum
Nuclear Electric Power
Hydroelectric
Biomass
Other Renewables
Average Available Sunlit Hours: Minimum Maximum Multiplier
SolarDirect.com 3.73 4.8 6.43 (24/3.73)
2
Solar PV to replace all of Iowa's spent fuels: 4,313 sq miles
= 1 square mile of solar PV in every 12.95 square miles of Iowa's land surface (excluding surface water)
"Electric Power Net Generation by Primary Energy Source and Industry Sector" Public Information
1,449,000
241,000
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4,000
454,000
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1,880,000
4,028,000
"Solar Radiation for 2-Axis Tracking Flat-Plate Collectors (kWh/m /day) Uncertainty ± 9%" Iowa
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