Course content

-The sun as an energy source and a brief history of solar energy -Use of solar energy in the Nordic region and globally -Resources, technical and financial framework for: -Solar energy estimation -Solar collectors -Solar photovoltaics, and -Combined solar collector/ solar cell systems -Environmental aspects and sustainability perspective with solar energy -Techno-economic assessment of solar collector / solar cell systems

Learning outcome

• After completing the course the student should have knowledge about: • Have basic knowledge about sun for energy purposes. • Access and distribution of solar resources nationally and globally. • Analysis of solar geometry. • The various conversion components and applications. • Efficiency and capacity factor. • Explain the most important conversion processes. • Integration of solar energy into the energy system. Skills: •The student should be able to calculate power, energy, efficiency and capacity factor in connection with solar energy. •The student should be able to calculate the necessary construction effect when using solar energy. •The student should be able to make economic and environmental appraisals when using solar energy. •The student should be able to use computer tools to evaluate energy solutions. General competence: •The student should be able to account for environmental aspects when developing solar, wind, geothermal and marine energy concepts, as well as consequences and measures that can be resulted in such contexts.

Compulsory assignments

• Assignment

Recommended previous knowledge

Basic knowledge on mathematics, physics and chemistry.

Course materials

Books • Photovoltaics: Fundamentals, Technology and Practice. (Textbook) Author: Konrad Mertens, År: 2018 (2. utgave) • SOLAR ENERGY the physics and engineering of photovoltaic conversion technologies and systems (Reference book) Authors: Arno Smets et al., Year: 2016 Webresources • pveducation.org • https://re.jrc.ec.europa.eu/pvg_tools/en/tools.html • https://power.larc.nasa.gov/data-access-viewer/ • PVSyst students' version download: https://www.pvsyst.com/download-pvsyst/

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