Welcome to Soler energy course 1
in the NewWay Academy We will be your lecturers for the coming 7 sections. 2
This course is a general introduction into the variety of technologies which harvest the energy in solar light 3
and convert it into electricity, heat or fuels 4
In this first block, I would like to give you a short overview of the course. 5
The course can be divided into three major part. 6
The first part is section. 7
One up to three which covers the fundamental physics principles on which the solar energy technology 8
are based. 9
The second part Section 4 and 5 discusses the solar energy technologies the third part 10
The third part and the last part Section 6 and 7 discuss solar energy systems. 11
At the end you are expected to be able to design your own solar system. 12
the lectures are given in short videos around 10 minutes like this one. 13
Between all videos you will find many exercises. 14
In addition we have included more generic question which can act as discussion material for the students 15
on the course blog we encourage you to participate in this life discussion my experience is that we 16
can learn a lot from each other. 17
Last course we had some great interaction between the student on the firms (Q&A). 18
Later in the course you will have the opportunity to share the solar energy technology from your home 19
neighborhood or city through picture. 20
Self-made YouTube video 21
at the end of each three parts. 22
We will have a short exam which should cover the material discussed in the part of this course this 23
mean you can do an exam at the end of section 3, 5 and 7 supplementary to the lectures exercise assignment 24
and exams we offer you our new educational research for the photovoltaic material and devices group 25
at the NewWay academy 26
Academy entitled solar energy fundamental technology and system. 27
Now I will give a more detailed overview of this course content for each section 28
in Section 1 I will give you a general introduction into solar energy. 29
I will discuss the variety technology for energy conversion. 30
We are using today for our energy needs I will try to put the rule of solar energy in prospective in 31
reference to other energy sources. 32
I will teach you the difference between photovoltaic and solar heat you will be introduced to the concept 33
of photovoltaics and its related technologies the current status and prospect of solar energy will be 34
discussed as well 35
in Section 2 is the most fundamental section of that course. 36
I will introduce you to semiconductor physics and How we use semiconductor material in devices 37
to that it converts solar light into electricity. 38
Don't be afraid if physics is into your thing. 39
I am using many animations to explain that physics principle of semiconductor material and photovoltaic 40
devices in section 3 where we will discuss how we determine the performance of solar cells using the 41
external parameter like open circuit voltage. 42
Short circuit Caron then factor maximum power point and efficiency. 43
In addition I will discuss the decision that I'll design the rules for solar cell the basics you learn 44
in the first three sections forms an excellent tool box to understand the various solar technologies 45
and solar systems we introduce in the last the four sections note that that section 3 has the highest 46
workload. 47
So please divide your time wisely after Section 3. 48
You will have your first small exam based on part 1 in Section 4. 49
We will discuss the most dominant solar cell technology which is based on silicon crystalline wafer. 50
We will discuss that processing methods the various different device concepts and the challenges of 51
silicon crystalline PV technology for the future and we will discuss the other PV technologies based 52
on thin films. thin films PV technology use less material and it's produced by cheaper processing 53
methods to further reduce the cost price of solar energy 54
in Section 5 we will start to discuss the PV system. 55
We will introduce you to other component of PV such as batteries, Inverters and maximum 56
power point tracker and charger controller in section 6 57
we will discuss the most popular system technology like off grid and on grid system 58
in Section 7. 59
We will provide you the tools to be able to design any PV system on paper for any application after section 60
7. 61
You will have your last exam one of the most beautiful aspects of this course is that solar energy is 62
interesting for many people from different study to come and learn about it. also so this course is aimed 63
at bachelor level students. 64
Anybody with a good grasp of high school physics and mathematics and especially an open mind can not 65
only understand but enjoys this course experience only a very few exercises or assignments. 66
Question requires a basic calculus but don't worry if you are into skilled in calculus you are still 67
able to successfully completes this course. 68
In addition I realize that people with the various background participate in this course successfully 69
so in the first section we will start with exercise to make people familiar with typically unit used 70
during this course. 71
So as the course has been designed to take you through the various aspects of solar energy discussed 72
before over the 7 sections in general the way the exercises will increase your comfort level was using 73
the basic math to understand solar energy better. 74
so after the introduction let's get the start so that energy technology is based on conversion of 75
the energy of light into electricity heat and solar feul. 76
It means we are going to talk about energy conversion. 77
We will discuss that in great detail in the next block. 78
So see you in the next block.