Steinbeis Renewable Energy School - Solar PV Business & Technology Management

Day 1: Career & Business Opportunities in Renewable Energy-

1. The Case for Cleantech
2. The Coming Trillion Dollar Opportunity
3. Cleantech & Bottom of Pyramid
4. The Cleantech Tsunami
5. The Solar Marathon-1 – Technology
6. The Solar Marathon-2 – Financing & DPR
7. Career & Business Opportunities in the Emerging Solar Industry in India
8. Cleantech in India, China, US & Europe.

Day 2: How to run a Cleantech Renewable Energy Business Successfully

1. The Third Hand
2. The Low Hanging Fruits & Indigeneous Solutions’Bringing Newton’s Apple to India
3. All that Glitters is not Gold
4. How to run a Cleantech Renewable Energy Business Successfully
5. Techno-Commercial Proposal for Solar PV Plant
6. Components of DPR for Solar PV Generation Projects
7. International Technology & Business Trends in Solar Industry

Day 3 – Day 5 – Solar PV Technology

• Introduction
• Description of Principle of solar to electrical energy conversion
• Overview of PV Applications
• PV Technology overview
• Typical off-Grid and On-grid System configurations
• Description of components and subsystems and their performance characteristics - Cells, Modules, IV Characteristics, Charge controllers, Inverters & Batteries
• Solar Radiation and energy yield
• System Sizing, Design Concepts & Examples of PV Systems
• Subsystem Specifications and selection
• Measurements and Standards (Including Introduction to International Standards & Certifications– CE, UL, TUV)
• Practical considerations in  PV system integration like site considerations, installation, Safety, Operations & Maintenance

Day 6 – Visit to Industry