This document provides an introduction to solar cells and discusses the global energy challenge. It outlines how solar cells work and notes that the sun is the primary energy source on Earth. The document discusses how meeting increasing global energy demand in a sustainable way is a challenge and introduces organic photovoltaics as a potential solution. It provides a basic overview of organic PV technology and its potential advantages over traditional silicon-based solar cells.
Photovoltaic Solar Energy Systems: Market Trends In The United StatesIJAPEJOURNAL
The world today uses more energy than ever before. As a global society we must find more renewable and efficient sources to obtain our energy. One of these sources might come in the form of something that we interact with everyday, the sun. Photovoltaic solar cells are a growing market in the renewable energy sector. Basic PV cell materials are discussed and the PV market in the United States is analyzed; are PV solar energy systems the answer to our current and future energy needs?
Lattice Energy LLC-Minuscule Cumulative Investment in LENRs vs Nuclear Weapon...Lewis Larsen
Factoid: Fareed Zakaria, CNN – journalist and host of GPS show that aired on August 11, 2013, he stated that, “Between 1945 and the 1990s, we produced more than 70,000 total warheads and spent at least $8 trillion in present-day terms on nuclear weapons development.”
Key take-aways from this presentation: perhaps more major corporations/governments should increase R&D spending on LENRs:
- R&D investments by governments and corporations have disproportionately favored nuclear fission and fusion technologies, especially weapons-related work, for 71 years
- Virtually everyone agrees that development of lower-risk, ecologically ‘clean’, low cost sources of energy is crucial to future world economic growth and overall quality of life, especially for people now living in rural areas without any electricity
- Over the past 63 years, enormous financial investments have been made in D-T fusion technology, yet today there are still no operating commercial power plants
- During last 24 years, tens of billions of dollars, euros, rubles, yuan, yen, and rupees were spent on fusion R&D; by contrast, less than ~US$200 million has gone into LENRs during that time; vast majority of that money came from the private sector
- Maybe it’s time for both corporations and governments to start making greater parallel R&D investments in LENRs in addition to fusion and fission technologies
- By pursuing multiple synergistic paths toward the same common goal we could, collectively all “hedge our bets” on the development of new, non-polluting, inexpensive energy sources that can ultimately supplant fossil fuels
Photovoltaic Solar Energy Systems: Market Trends In The United StatesIJAPEJOURNAL
The world today uses more energy than ever before. As a global society we must find more renewable and efficient sources to obtain our energy. One of these sources might come in the form of something that we interact with everyday, the sun. Photovoltaic solar cells are a growing market in the renewable energy sector. Basic PV cell materials are discussed and the PV market in the United States is analyzed; are PV solar energy systems the answer to our current and future energy needs?
Lattice Energy LLC-Minuscule Cumulative Investment in LENRs vs Nuclear Weapon...Lewis Larsen
Factoid: Fareed Zakaria, CNN – journalist and host of GPS show that aired on August 11, 2013, he stated that, “Between 1945 and the 1990s, we produced more than 70,000 total warheads and spent at least $8 trillion in present-day terms on nuclear weapons development.”
Key take-aways from this presentation: perhaps more major corporations/governments should increase R&D spending on LENRs:
- R&D investments by governments and corporations have disproportionately favored nuclear fission and fusion technologies, especially weapons-related work, for 71 years
- Virtually everyone agrees that development of lower-risk, ecologically ‘clean’, low cost sources of energy is crucial to future world economic growth and overall quality of life, especially for people now living in rural areas without any electricity
- Over the past 63 years, enormous financial investments have been made in D-T fusion technology, yet today there are still no operating commercial power plants
- During last 24 years, tens of billions of dollars, euros, rubles, yuan, yen, and rupees were spent on fusion R&D; by contrast, less than ~US$200 million has gone into LENRs during that time; vast majority of that money came from the private sector
- Maybe it’s time for both corporations and governments to start making greater parallel R&D investments in LENRs in addition to fusion and fission technologies
- By pursuing multiple synergistic paths toward the same common goal we could, collectively all “hedge our bets” on the development of new, non-polluting, inexpensive energy sources that can ultimately supplant fossil fuels
Georgia Southeastern Solar Summit KeynoteBill Nussey
How Georgia Can Help Lead the Global Energy Transformation by Bill Nussey, presented at the 10th anniversary of the Southeastern Solar Summit in October 2018
This presentation was intended to convey the status of utility PV power generation, and the impact that affordable and abundant power from the Sun will have on society, the environment, and future opportunities.
Should Vermont's Ridges Be Developed For Wind Power?Energize Vermont
Professor Ben Luce analyzes whether it makes sense to develop Vermont's wind resource atop its many ridgelines or if there are better alternatives with less impact on natural resources and communities.
The second presentation for the book examining why we look at our debt based market ecosystem numbers as finite while assuming that human and natural capital are infinite. Suggesting solutions for crowd sourced development of new energy innovations featured in the book to stop the madness!
STUDY OF THERMAL MAPPING FOR HEALTH MONITORING OF GAS TURBINE BLADEIJRISE Journal
Thermal mapping for health monitoring of gas turbine is essential as modern day gas turbine subjected to very
high temperature applications, gas turbines are used extensively for aircraft propulsion, land -based power
generation, and industrial applications. Developments in turbine cooling technology play a critical role in
increasing the thermal efficiency and power output of advanced gas turbines. Gas turbine blades are cooled
internally by passing the coolant through several rib-enhanced Some tine passages to remove heat conducted
from the outside surface. External cooling of turbine blades by film cooling is achieved by injecting relatively
cooler air from the internal coolant passages out of the blade surface in order to form a protective layer between
the blade surface and hot gas-path flow. For health monitoring of gas turbine blade, this presentation focuses on
the effect of critical zone and hot spot along temperature distribution by using thermal paint. The comp utational
flow and heat transfer results are also presented. This presentation includes unsteady high free -stream
turbulence effects on film cooling performance with a discussion of detailed heat transfer coefficient and filmcooling
effectiveness distributions for standard and shaped film-hole geometry using the newly developed
transient liquid crystal image method.
Urban Ecologies Information and ComplexityCarl Hastrich
Over the past two years we have researched how biomimicry, at organism and ecosystem levels, can inform building science and the urban landscape. This presentation summarizes key findings that we see emerging of increased complexity, especially around nutrient and information exchange.
Beginning from understanding the need to shift from conventional energy sources to Renewable Energy Sources (RES), the presentation talks about various technical and economic challenges faced in the process of increasing its penetration into the grid. The later half of the presentation describes various solar policies both at National (JNNSM) and State levels in India with emphasis on Gujarat and Karnataka state solar policies.
Briefing for the RSA International Solar Challenge. Delivered by Rob Treharne on Thurs 25 Feb 2016 @ 11am, Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy, University of Liverpool
Georgia Southeastern Solar Summit KeynoteBill Nussey
How Georgia Can Help Lead the Global Energy Transformation by Bill Nussey, presented at the 10th anniversary of the Southeastern Solar Summit in October 2018
This presentation was intended to convey the status of utility PV power generation, and the impact that affordable and abundant power from the Sun will have on society, the environment, and future opportunities.
Should Vermont's Ridges Be Developed For Wind Power?Energize Vermont
Professor Ben Luce analyzes whether it makes sense to develop Vermont's wind resource atop its many ridgelines or if there are better alternatives with less impact on natural resources and communities.
The second presentation for the book examining why we look at our debt based market ecosystem numbers as finite while assuming that human and natural capital are infinite. Suggesting solutions for crowd sourced development of new energy innovations featured in the book to stop the madness!
STUDY OF THERMAL MAPPING FOR HEALTH MONITORING OF GAS TURBINE BLADEIJRISE Journal
Thermal mapping for health monitoring of gas turbine is essential as modern day gas turbine subjected to very
high temperature applications, gas turbines are used extensively for aircraft propulsion, land -based power
generation, and industrial applications. Developments in turbine cooling technology play a critical role in
increasing the thermal efficiency and power output of advanced gas turbines. Gas turbine blades are cooled
internally by passing the coolant through several rib-enhanced Some tine passages to remove heat conducted
from the outside surface. External cooling of turbine blades by film cooling is achieved by injecting relatively
cooler air from the internal coolant passages out of the blade surface in order to form a protective layer between
the blade surface and hot gas-path flow. For health monitoring of gas turbine blade, this presentation focuses on
the effect of critical zone and hot spot along temperature distribution by using thermal paint. The comp utational
flow and heat transfer results are also presented. This presentation includes unsteady high free -stream
turbulence effects on film cooling performance with a discussion of detailed heat transfer coefficient and filmcooling
effectiveness distributions for standard and shaped film-hole geometry using the newly developed
transient liquid crystal image method.
Urban Ecologies Information and ComplexityCarl Hastrich
Over the past two years we have researched how biomimicry, at organism and ecosystem levels, can inform building science and the urban landscape. This presentation summarizes key findings that we see emerging of increased complexity, especially around nutrient and information exchange.
Beginning from understanding the need to shift from conventional energy sources to Renewable Energy Sources (RES), the presentation talks about various technical and economic challenges faced in the process of increasing its penetration into the grid. The later half of the presentation describes various solar policies both at National (JNNSM) and State levels in India with emphasis on Gujarat and Karnataka state solar policies.
Briefing for the RSA International Solar Challenge. Delivered by Rob Treharne on Thurs 25 Feb 2016 @ 11am, Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy, University of Liverpool
This is a presentation I did recently to Secondary School Children as part of the Singapore Science festival. Realized that its both easy and also difficult to explain the technology and benefits of solar energy to school children.
Photovoltaics constitutes a new form of producing electric energy that is environmentally clean and very modular. In stand-alone installations, it must use storage or another type of generator to provide electricity when the sun is not shining.
Photovoltaics is very suitable as the power supply for remote communication equipment. Its use is increasing rapidly to produce electricity in grid-connected houses and buildings in industrialized countries, despite a 5 to 10 times higher cost than conventional electricity. Crystalline Si technology, both monocrystalline and multicrystalline is today clearly dominant, with about 90% of the market.
Thin-film technology is one of the candidates to take over from Si technology. There are many technological options regarding thin-film materials and methods of deposition but their primary claim to the throne currently occupied by Si is that they can be ultimately produced at much lower cost.
Copper oxide is a good candidate for low cost photovoltaic element. It is non toxic and has high absobtion in visible spectra of light. In order to improve it performance doping methods and “partner” component for hetero- or homo –junction have to be studied.
In summary, it is very likely that photovoltaics will become in the next half century an important source of world electricity. Public support and global environmental concerns will keep photovoltaics viable, visible, and vigorous both in new technical developments and user applications. Nations which encourage photovoltaics will be leaders in this shining new technology, leading the way to a cleaner, more equitable twenty-first century, while those that ignore or suppress photovoltaics will be left behind in the green, economic energy revolution.
Here are the notes from my presentation on nuclear energy at the Goulburn Soldiers Club on 3rd November 2022.
The presentation focused on the policy aspects of nuclear and addressed the following issues:
Why nuclear?
The policy landscape and nuclear
Arguments against nuclear
The wind and sunshine gap, Victoria 2019
Greenflation?
Rewiring the Nation
Policy impacts
Climate Change: Are We Losing the Carbon-Free Energy Market to ChinaPaul H. Carr
A description of trends in clean energy market and how can U.S regain its leadership. In 1995, the US had 43% of the solar manufacturing market compared to China at 1%. Now the US market share has declined to 6%, as compared to China’s 60%. China dominates wind turbines with 40% of the market share with the US at 14%. Fear of nuclear energy is hurting our environment.
Alternative Energy Facts - Between a ROC and a Green PlaceBrian Catt
An engineer, physicist and businessman's independently verifiable fact based take on the big green energy fraud, as run by government for the profit of banks and generators to make every on of its supposed benefits expensively worse.
All the energy that humans use comes directly or indirectly from the sun. In the
beginning, humans used their own strength, which came from their food. That was the
only energy source for hundreds of thousands of years, until fire was discovered
350,000 years ago, burning wood as fuel. They had discovered the biomass as energy
source.
Professor Prashant Kamat presents how solar energy can meet our future energy demand in his ND Thinks Big talk.
Sponsored by The Hub and CUSE, ND Thinks Big features 10 of Notre Dame’s most exciting and engaging professors sharing the impact of their work in action-packed, accessible 10 minute talks.
Visit our website, KamatLab.com, for the latest news, publications, and research from our group.
Wireless communications is a type of data communication that is performed and delivered wirelessly.This is a broad term that incorporates all procedures and forms of connecting and communicating between two or more devices using a wireless signal through wireless communication technologies and devices.This Presentation is about ' WIRELESS POWER TRANSMISSION ' which is the most important & interesting topic in electrical & electronics branch.
This presentation is about the brief introduction about the wireless power transfer. It is capable to grow the knowledge for the futuristic technologies.
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
Slack (or Teams) Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Soluti...Jeffrey Haguewood
Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
91mobiles recently conducted a Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey in which we asked over 3,000 respondents about the TV they own, aspects they look at on a new TV, and their TV buying preferences.
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdfCheryl Hung
Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
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Today, after several years of existence, an extremely active community and an ultra-dynamic ecosystem, Kubernetes has established itself as the de facto standard in container orchestration. Thanks to a wide range of managed services, it has never been so easy to set up a ready-to-use Kubernetes cluster.
However, this ease of use means that the subject of security in Kubernetes is often left for later, or even neglected. This exposes companies to significant risks.
In this talk, I'll show you step-by-step how to secure your Kubernetes cluster for greater peace of mind and reliability.
Elevating Tactical DDD Patterns Through Object CalisthenicsDorra BARTAGUIZ
After immersing yourself in the blue book and its red counterpart, attending DDD-focused conferences, and applying tactical patterns, you're left with a crucial question: How do I ensure my design is effective? Tactical patterns within Domain-Driven Design (DDD) serve as guiding principles for creating clear and manageable domain models. However, achieving success with these patterns requires additional guidance. Interestingly, we've observed that a set of constraints initially designed for training purposes remarkably aligns with effective pattern implementation, offering a more ‘mechanical’ approach. Let's explore together how Object Calisthenics can elevate the design of your tactical DDD patterns, offering concrete help for those venturing into DDD for the first time!
Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
FIDO Alliance Osaka Seminar: Passkeys and the Road Ahead.pdf
Energy pv splash
1. The Energy Challenge and
Introduction to Solar Cells
Splash program for High School Students, MIT 2011
Burhan Saifaddin
2. Outline
• The importance of Energy
• The energy Challenge
• Introduction to Solar Cells
• Organic Photovoltaic Research
3. What is Energy !!
• Brain storm the importance of energy and its uses:
Examples on the impact of energy :
– Transportation
– Housing
– Industry
• Materials
• Manufacturing
– Information Technology
– Food
– People and every living being
The Sun is the main source of energy at our planet.
4. What is Energy !!
• Discovery of Energy.
• Matter is Energy. Everything is Energy.
– The Big bang started the universe.
– Biological Life is based on the consumption of energy.
– Fire discovery ended Stone Age
More recently :
– Steam Engine started the industrial revolution
– Electricity started communication, tranportation and
information revolution
– Nuclear energy started the nuclear age.
5. Do we consume Energy more than we
drink water *?!
• How are we spending energy ?
• World wide : ~0.5 Zetta-Joules (10^21)
– What does one Joule means ?!
• ~ 2.9 MJ to boil 1 kg of water from zero degrees.
• In the US 100 Quadrillions(10^15) BTU
– 5% consumes 22% of global energy use.
In lay terms
– this is 1.5 Gallon /person/day.
– Average US is 7.5 Gallon/person/day.
– How much water do you drink a day ?
But more than 1.6B people have Zero electricity
* Ignore other industrial, agricultural etc… uses of water
9. 100 MW Solar Cells Power Planet
Adopted from Prof Tonio Buonassisi
10. The Energy Challenge
1- Meet Huge Energy Demands Sustainably:
• 2010, 6.8 Billion People 12TW
– 2kW/person over the year.
– 1.5 Gasoline Gallon/day.
• Increasing population. By 2050, 10-12 Billion People 20-24TW
(conservative estimate).
• Raising standards of Living for over than 2 Billions people.
• Nations wants energy security and green energy.
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12. Why meet the Energy Challenge
• Meet Global Energy Demands in a sustainable
way.
• Big economic growth: Energy is a Trillions of
Dollars Industry.
– 30% growth in photovoltaic market in the past 6
years.
• Enable cheap and distributed power sources.
• Empower people around the world.
– 25 % of humanity have no electricity.
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19. Review
• What are the main energy challenges facing
our world ?
• Design a Solar System to Generate
– 10KWh/day at peak sun conditions.
• How much area , roughly, we need to
generate
1 TW ?
20. Difficulties with the sun’s light
spectrum:
-Very
Wideband
-Low power
density ,
Maximum
(peak) ~
1000 W/m2
-Capacity
factor ~
20%.
21. Three generation of Photovoltaic in 50
Years
Main Problem for
wide adoption
is Cost $$
22. Polymer and Silicon PV
• TTwo
Early Applications in Space
Polymer PV
Crystalline Silicon in Bell Labs in the 1950s
Based on A Heeger et all. Science (1995)
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26. Motivation for Cheap Solar Cells
• Meet Global Energy Demands in a sustainable
way.
• Big economic growth.
– 30% growth in photovoltaic market in the past 6
years.
• Enable cheap and distributed power sources.
• Empower people around the world.
– 25 % of humanity have no electricity.
Why Polymers or Organic Materials ?
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27. Additionally Huge Economic
Advantages.
• Big economic growth.
– Potentially trillions of dollars market size.
– 30% growth in photovoltaic market in the past 10
years.
– DOE expect grid parity for PV tech. in 2020.
• Empower people around the world.
– 25 % of humanity have
no electricity.
africa-charity-project.org
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28. Basic Overview of the Organic PV
Technology
BHJ Cells manufacturers Claims:
Roll to Roll processing.
Cheap abundant Materials.
Light weight.
Flexible.
Larger acceptance angle.
• Setbacks
– Low life time (2-5 years)
– and low efficiency (4-5%).
• Key patents :
Konarka (2001) and Solarmer (2006).
www.osa-opn.org 28
29. PV Researchers and entrepreneurs dream
• Covers large area of land with PV cells.
– 1 % of US land to satisfy US electricity needs.
– Spain size to satisfy 20TW increase in demand.
– Small contribution to global warming , comparable to US
black highways.
– Reasonable fraction Targets by 2030 and by 2050.
• However to be competitive in the grid parity market
– 5c/KWh at around 1$/W for the whole system.
– Improve lifetime in outdoor conditions.
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30. Components of BHJ PV
• Active materials cost is a small fraction of the total cost.
• Similar cost structure to Thin Films.
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Kalowekmao et al., 2007
31. PV Electricity Markets
Thin Films are
leading
the way now
Exs.
First Solar
• Market Size double every 3y. Currently ~$40 Billion.
• Competitors will reach Grid parity at some locations (8-10
c/kwh) before by 2015.
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32. Solar systems cost
• Balance of System (>50%)
– 1- Light weight plastic substrate.
– Glass substrate
• Cost is Different in developing nations
• Balance of Materials
– In crystalline silicon materials cost is 10% , 2-3
C/KWh(1).
(1) Nathan S. Lewis. SCIENCE 9 FEB 2007 VOL 315.
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33. Niche Markets:
What would be the consumer reaction?
• Opportunities is determined by
– $/kWh, life time, efficiency.
Premium to 100$
• Light Weight and low light suitability.
• Portable Electronics: Mobiles , laptops, ipods
• Watches.
• Flexibility lead to
– Clothing.
– Fabrics.
– Tents
• Transparency lead to
– Tinted Glass.
– Building integrated materials.
– Automobiles.
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Editor's Notes
Humanity is facing a great challenge of satisfying Energy Demands and growth for every able personIn 40 years energy consumption will doubleOil cost will increase, raises even more energy security and energy independence issues
Konarka’s 250,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility in New Bedford, MA, b•Low light sensitivity•Thin, lightweight & flexible•Easyinstallation•Organic•Roll to roll printed. Material thickness: 0.5mm+/-0.05mmFlexibilityRoll It. Wrap It. Hang It.AdaptabilityHarness energy even in low light — both indoors and out — at up to 70° off axis.ApplicabilityApplicable to a wide variety of uses. May be combined to provide greater power.VersatilityApply it to accessories, structures, cars, awnings, tents, and more.
Include only the best lab cell not the averageIDoes not include cost
Include only the best lab cell not the averageIDoes not include cost
Photovoltaic technologies is easily scalable to be a Trillions of dollars industry if it can compete with coal in rural electrification. Many PV companies including polymers PV companies like KonarkanadSolarmer claims that to be possible in the next 10 years. Rural electrfication was voted by the aaas to be the most important technoligcal innovation in the past centry , more crucial thean pc , Internet , IC …
They promised paradigm shift , they promised lower costs , they promised lower efficiencyAny way now they are focusing on niche marketsIn theory Roll to Roll can manufacture in a day what a typical Si Solar manufacture in one year at mouch cheaper cost.
You need thirdgeneration materialsRR Process cheap and fast prod. Of modulus. Cheap as paper and plastic. .1% ($50B exist only because of subsdies ! Can current the fin crisis affect that ?) to 1% in 2020. (extrapolate current trend 33% !!)
tirely due to small reflection losses, grid shading losses, and other losses at the 5 to 10% level that any practical system will have to some extent. Shipped PV modules now have efficiencies of 15 to 20% in many cases. At such an efficiency, if the cost of a module is ~$300/m2 (2), and if we take into account the accompanying fixed costs in the so-called “balance of systems” (such as the inverter, grid connection, etc., which add a factor of ~2 to the total installed system cost), then the sale price of grid-connected PV elec- tricity must be $0.25 to $0.30 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) to recover the initial capital investment and cost of money over the lifetime of the PV installation (2, 4). Currently, however, utility- scale electrical power generation costs are much less, with current and new installations costing ~$0.03 to $0.05 per kWh (1). Hence, for solar electricity to be cost-competitive with fossil- based electricity at utility scale, improvements in efficiency are helpful, but manufacturing costs must be substantially reduced.In current manufacturing schemes for Si- based solar cells, the cost of the processed and purified Si is only about 10% of the final cost of the PV module. Some of the Si is lost in cutting up boules into wafers, and other costs are incurred in polishing the wafers, making the diffused junction in the Si into a photovoltaic device, fabricating the conducting transparent glass, masking and making the electrical con- tacts, sealing the cells, connecting the cells together reliably into a module, and sealing the module for shipment. Hence, in such systems, the energy conversion efficiency is at a premium so as to better amortize these other fixed costs involved with making the final PV module