Portable solar power: Mobile elemental power plant II

Abstract

The design of portable power utilizing renewable energy sources has been instrumental in getting power to remote locations around the world. The Mobile Elemental Power Plant II is a small scale, off-grid, battery-based, portable system. It uses solar energy to provide 3000W of AC power from a battery bank, sustained by a 2160W array. The MEPP II is a self contained, towable system that can be quickly setup or torn down. The usefulness of MEPP II extends to remote medical sites, disaster relief locations, humanitarian projects, military applications, and rescue missions. The Engineering Technology department at Weber State University is using the various MEPP projects as instructional tools and for student capstone research projects.