Technical Info

 

Find more advanced education and technical information and resources on solar research and innovation.

 

 

Solar Advanced Education & Technical Information

Some people may have little desire to dive this deeply into the technical aspects of solar installations, but these resources may be useful when evaluating system feasibility.

 

• Array Voltage Considerations, solarprofessional.com/articles/design-installation/array-voltage-considerations

• Optimal PV-to-Inverter Sizing Ratio, solarprofessional.com/articles/design-installation/optimal-pv-to-inverter-sizing-ratio

• Optimal DC Cable Selection in PV Designs, solarprofessional.com/articles/design-installation/optimal-dc-cable-selection-in-pv-designs

• Energy Development Co-operative Limited Cable Size Calculator Tool – DC Power Cables, www.solar-wind.co.uk/cable-sizing-DC-cables.html

• Solar Decathlon, http://www.solardecathlon.org/

 

 

Solar Research & Innovation

• NREL Photovoltaics Research, http://www.nrel.gov/pv/ Information regarding current research in solar technologies, less practical for home/business installation research

• PVTech, www.pv-tech.org Source for in-depth, up-to-date news on the solar PV international supply chain. In-depth reports, interviews, projects and tariffs watch, product reviews, events

• NC Clean Energy Technology Center, http://nccleantech.ncsu.edu/ The Center is a public service center that educates, demonstrates and provides support for clean energy technologies, practices, and policies.