New Developments In Renewable Energy By Richard Komp Maine Solar Energy Association
MAINE
Winter in Maine
Installing a wind generator to go with a PV system in Maine
Trough type solar thermal concentrator
ALTAC PS10 & PS20 solar power towers in Spain plus PV array
Reverse solar power tower being built in Abu Dhabi The complex storage system uses calcium hydride
Mulukuku Hospital
UniSolar Thin film Amorphous Silicon Module
First Solar CdS-CdTe Thin film PV modules in commercial applications
Brise Soleil CIGS thin film PV cell modules
Organic Semiconductor ------ Dye sensitized titanium dioxide
Making blackberry PV cells
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%
Tandem polymer PV cell using organic semiconcuctors 6% efficiency i Alan Heeger, UC Santa Barbara and Jim Young Kim, Gwangiu, South Korea with coworkers
42% efficient i PV cell University of Delaware Solar Center
Making PV Thermal Hybrid Module
Pasamaquoddy PV-Hybrid workshop
Cross section of a PV hotwater Hybrid Module
PV Hybrid output voltage versus Temperature
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.
Cross section of the PV still
Solar Thermal Systems y Solar cookers in Nicaragua
Three finished solar cookers in Peru Nimia from the Grupo Fenix taught the course.
The woman s Solar Center in Totogalpa won the important UN SEED Award
Microhydro in Nicaragua without a dam
University of South Florida Ocean power research Installing U So Florida designed 30 KW tidal power barge in Quaddy Reach in Maine
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
Photo - Gisenyi, Rwanda November 2009 Soldering a string of PV cells to make a 60 watt photovoltaic module
Using an aluminum guide to solder the Evergreen Solar cells in a straight line Photo Chillan, Chile - August 2008
Cutting PV cells using a diamond cutting wheel without the motor tool Photo Mysore India Photo Mysore, India December2007
Testing the strings of PV cells in the sun before encapsulation Photo Peru August 2009
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
Laying the soldered PV cells down on the cushion Photo - Haiti March 2006
Three strings totaling 36 PV cells laid on the paper ready for encapsulation Photo - Rwanda April 2010
Mixing the silicone with its catalyst Photo-Rwanda April 2009
Spreading the 400 ml of Sylgard onto the PV cells Photo Peru August 2009
Photo Mysore Photo Mysore, India December2007 Laying the 3 mm glass sheet onto the PV cells after spreading the liquid silicone
Low-tech laminating machine for a 60 watt PV module Photo - Haiti - March 2006
Another laminating machine Photo Peru August 2009
Testing the module after encapsulation Photo- Miskito Coast Nicaragua
Testing a 60 watt PV module in Harrington Maine February 2007
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
The cooperative group testing the first two PV modules ever made in Rwanda The frames are made from local wood. April 2009
Installing the two modules on the workshop roof in Rwanda April 2009
Testing the strings of half cells to build a 30 w PV module Karachi Pakistan July 2009
Finished PV modules in Niger September 2010
Solar water pump in Niger September 2010
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.
Solar water pump for irrigation in Peru installed by Carolina Barreto of U Mass - Lowell
Solar microdrip irrigation in Peru
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
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
Haiti PV module made with Evergreen Solar Ribbon grown Polycrystalline PV cells
Enersa solar street light in Haiti. After the earthquake, these lights all survived and became the center of the impromptu refugee camps.