This week the PV team worked to compile all the information gathered this quarter and prepare for the presentation. Besides some final research on environmentally sustainable and US-produced panels no new work was done. At this point we are pretty much wrapped up for the quarter, unless there is anything specific needed by the other [...]
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22 May
Solar Tree — PV Team — Sp11 Wk8
This week the PV team took a step back from the panels to analyze the full electric system and necessary components. The system design depends on whether or not there would be battery back up for energy storage or not, but the basic components would be PV panels, inverter and circuit breakers, and possibly a [...]
15 May
Solar Tree – PV Team – Sp2011 Week 7
This week two members of the PV team attended an SDRES presentation by Bret Young (SolarEdge Inc.) discussing PV safety, especially in consideration of DC current flow and fires. The talk was very informative and, although geared towards grid-tied system, we were able to take away much useful information as we move away from designing [...]
