Abstract
This project is about generation of power through the solar panels in Californian highways and storing it in a storage system. The plan is to build up charging stations for electric vehicles on highways and this stored form of energy can be used in these charging stations which would be helpful in charging of hybrid and electric cars that pass through the highways. It would boost the usage of electric vehicles. We could also use the generated electricity to light the interchange at night as it was implemented by the Oregon Solar Highway Project. A lot of energy saving could be done if we implement the installation of the solar panels on the highways. Our main focus in this project would be to determine the solar insolation levels for different targeted areas, getting estimates on the generation of electricity on the basis of different conditions prevailing in those areas and on the maximum power point tracking system for the PV (Photovoltaic) cells in different conditions which helps to maximize the power output of the solar panel. We would be using Matlab for doing our simulations for the solar insolation and Maximum Power Point Tracking System. We would also be using the NREL data for our Calculations for different areas to determine the estimates.