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☀️ Renewable Energy for the Apiary

An interactive 3D apiary microgrid: adjust time of day, cloud cover and wind speed to see solar panels and a small turbine charge a battery that powers the honey house.

Energy & Thermodynamics3DAdvanced60 FPS💨 Air & Wind

An off-grid apiary microgrid: rooftop solar panels and a small wind turbine feed a battery bank that powers a honey house, with output driven by real daylight and wind curves.

🔬 What It Demonstrates

Solar output follows a daylight arc scaled by cloud cover; wind output follows a cube-law turbine curve up to its rated speed. Battery charge integrates the net of generation minus load over time.

🎮 How to Use

Slide time of day, cloud cover and wind speed, and switch the honey house between Idle, Normal and Extracting loads. Watch glowing particles show which source is charging the battery and how fast it drains under load.

💡 Did You Know?

Wind power scales with the cube of wind speed, so doubling wind speed gives roughly eight times the power — which is why small turbines are so sensitive to siting and gusts.

⚙ Under the hood

An interactive 3D apiary microgrid: adjust time of day, cloud cover and wind speed to see solar panels and a small turbine charge a battery that powers the honey house.

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3D · Three.js / WebGL renderer · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install