New Developments In. Maine Solar Energy Association

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1 New Developments In Renewable Energy By Richard Komp Maine Solar Energy Association

2 MAINE

3 Winter in Maine

4 Installing a wind generator to go with a PV system in Maine

5 Trough type solar thermal concentrator

6 ALTAC PS10 & PS20 solar power towers in Spain plus PV array

7 Reverse solar power tower being built in Abu Dhabi The complex storage system uses calcium hydride

8 Mulukuku Hospital

9 UniSolar Thin film Amorphous Silicon Module

10 First Solar CdS-CdTe Thin film PV modules in commercial applications

11 Brise Soleil CIGS thin film PV cell modules

12 Organic Semiconductor Dye sensitized titanium dioxide

13 Making blackberry PV cells

14 Konarka organic semiconductor PV module After years of research and development, Konarka After years of research and development, Konarka is finally selling finished products, using organic dye molecules in semiconductor polymers. The module efficiency is 1.7%

15 Tandem polymer PV cell using organic semiconcuctors 6% efficiency i Alan Heeger, UC Santa Barbara and Jim Young Kim, Gwangiu, South Korea with coworkers

16 42% efficient i PV cell University of Delaware Solar Center

17 Making PV Thermal Hybrid Module

18 Pasamaquoddy PV-Hybrid workshop

19 Cross section of a PV hotwater Hybrid Module

20 PV Hybrid output voltage versus Temperature

21 PV still Being tested in Nicaragua by Fenix workers. This device uses evaporating sea water to cool the photovoltaic cells and makes fresh water, electricity and sea salt at the same time.

22 Cross section of the PV still

23 Solar Thermal Systems y Solar cookers in Nicaragua

24 Three finished solar cookers in Peru Nimia from the Grupo Fenix taught the course.

25 The woman s Solar Center in Totogalpa won the important UN SEED Award

26 Microhydro in Nicaragua without a dam

27 University of South Florida Ocean power research Installing U So Florida designed 30 KW tidal power barge in Quaddy Reach in Maine

28 SIMPLIFIED METHOD OF ENCAPSULATING FRAGILE PV CELLS FOR COTTAGE INDUSTRY PRODUCTION OF PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES Richard Komp, John Burke Marco Antonio Perez, Mauro Perez Maine Solar Energy Association Grupo Fenix Nicaragua Susan Kinne Jean Ronel Noel, Alex Georges Universidad Nacional de Ingenieria Enersa - Citi de Soleil, Haiti Nicaragua Pedro Sanchez Cortez Solartec- Lima Peru Photo Grid Intertie system Bamako, Mali, West Africa, May 2010

29 Photo - Gisenyi, Rwanda November 2009 Soldering a string of PV cells to make a 60 watt photovoltaic module

30 Using an aluminum guide to solder the Evergreen Solar cells in a straight line Photo Chillan, Chile - August 2008

31 Cutting PV cells using a diamond cutting wheel without the motor tool Photo Mysore India Photo Mysore, India December2007

32 Testing the strings of PV cells in the sun before encapsulation Photo Peru August 2009

33 Building the cushion for encapsulating the thin Evergreen Solar cells. The first layer is a sheet of polyethylene plastic, then six layers of newsprint are laid down. Finally a second layer of the polyethylene sheet is put down as a release layer, since the liquid Sylgard 184 will not stick to polyethylene after it has cured. Photo Peru August 2009

34 Laying the soldered PV cells down on the cushion Photo - Haiti March 2006

35 Three strings totaling 36 PV cells laid on the paper ready for encapsulation Photo - Rwanda April 2010

36 Mixing the silicone with its catalyst Photo-Rwanda April 2009

37 Spreading the 400 ml of Sylgard onto the PV cells Photo Peru August 2009

38 Photo Mysore Photo Mysore, India December2007 Laying the 3 mm glass sheet onto the PV cells after spreading the liquid silicone

39 Low-tech laminating machine for a 60 watt PV module Photo - Haiti - March 2006

40 Another laminating machine Photo Peru August 2009

41 Testing the module after encapsulation Photo- Miskito Coast Nicaragua

42 Testing a 60 watt PV module in Harrington Maine February 2007

43 Installing the extruded aluminum frame on the module The backing sheet is from the vinyl plastic sign used to advertize the solar course in Peru. August 2009

44 The cooperative group testing the first two PV modules ever made in Rwanda The frames are made from local wood. April 2009

45 Installing the two modules on the workshop roof in Rwanda April 2009

46 Testing the strings of half cells to build a 30 w PV module Karachi Pakistan July 2009

47 Finished PV modules in Niger September 2010

48 Solar water pump in Niger September 2010

49 A solar water pumping system installed in 2008 in a remote village in Mali, west Africa by the Afriqpower group. It uses four of the 60 watt PV modules made by the group.

50 Solar water pump for irrigation in Peru installed by Carolina Barreto of U Mass - Lowell

51 Solar microdrip irrigation in Peru

52 Crossing the Rio Coco in Nicaragua with a PV system in a dugout canoe Crossing the Rio Coco in Nicaragua with a PV system in a dugout canoe The pack mules are swimming A remote school installation - March 2009

53 Two 50 watt modules on left made in Nicaragua and brought to Haiti to power the tools needed to make the three 35 watt modules on the right

54 Haiti PV module made with Evergreen Solar Ribbon grown Polycrystalline PV cells

55 Enersa solar street light in Haiti. After the earthquake, these lights all survived and became the center of the impromptu refugee camps.