Elaborating Pv Lab And Gis Equipment For Teaching Solar Energy

Abstract

The solar industry and growing PV market is looking for young people with a good background in solar energy, and students are demanding to learn more about clean renewable energy. There is a pressing need for improving solar energy education and for corresponding hands-on experience either of lab equipment (indoors) and or photovoltaic systems installed in test fields (outdoors). This paper is ascribing photovoltaic (PV) lab developed at the UNESCO Chair on Renewable Energy in the All Russian Research Institute for Electrification of Agriculture (VIESH) and at some Russian universities to help teaching the principles of solar energy using. A number of lab kits were developed: for studying solar cells, solar module, solar cells with reversible fuel cell, concentrators, electrolyzer and fuel cell, simulating of Sun path on the sky, tracking solar module. Also a special satellite receiver and soft is discussed and how to use information from Geographical Information Systems (GIS).