Contract Training
Solar Energy International’s Customized Training Program is a robust and rapidly expanding component of our training offerings. We partner with utilities, distributors, manufacturers, nonprofit organizations, installers, and community colleges throughout the U.S. and abroad to offer customized training based upon their needs.
Founded in 1991, Solar Energy International is one of the oldest renewable energy training organizations in the country. Our strength in training is second-to-none:
- Our PV curriculum was one of the first in the United States to be accredited by the Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC).
- Our curriculum is reviewed by Bill Brooks and other NEC and electrical industry experts, as well as updated twice a year to stay current with the rapidly changing PV industry.
- Our textbook, “Photovoltaic Design and Installation,” is used in colleges and training programs around the world and is available in English and Spanish.
- We have 17 instructors who are ISPQ Certified Trainers and 24 instructors who are NABCEP Certified Solar PV Installers – more than any other solar training organization.
- SEI’s training counts for NABCEP educational hours and we are a Registered Provider for the NABCEP PV Entry Level Exam.
SEI has 20 years experience, more than 30 PV instructors, hands-on training, fully developed and industry aligned PV curriculum, and ISPQ PV accreditation. SEI is an experienced training organization with a solid reputation for quality.
Solar Spring
The warming weather will make for an excellent time to take advantage of the additional solar projects coming live in 2011. In addition to your standard solar energy systems, we now see solar installed in different devices and hardware bringing the technology to a wider audience. You ask, “What other devices?” Well, we can begin with the Toyota Prius’ solar powered ventilation system, which is the most widely accepted motor vehicle incorporating solar on the roof (silicon cells), helps cool and maintain the car and look but more importantly maximizing energy efficiency.
As predicted by many, gasoline prices will easily exceed $4.00 a gallon so having solar empowers our customers with the ability to reduce overall energy cost. As long as we can save some money through adding solar onto our homes or using solar, that savings go directly back to our pocketbook!
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CHANGZHOU, China, Dec. 31, 2010 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ — Trina Solar Limited (NYSE: TSL) (“Trina Solar” or the “Company”), a leading integrated manufacturer of solar photovoltaic (PV) products from the production of ingots, wafers and cells to the assembly of PV modules, announced today through its subsidiary, Changzhou Trina Solar Energy Co. Ltd., the completion of a 5 MW solar power plant developed by Lanco Infratech Limited (“LITL”), one of the fastest growing business conglomerates in India. The project is one of the largest single-location solar power plants in the country and the first such for the State.
Why America Doesn’t Have A Respectable Solar Industry
Solar power in America is nothing new — Californians were heating water with it back in 1908 — we’ve just generally ignored it since WWII. Powering the Dream, by Alexis Madrigal explains how we managed to squander this energy for nearly 75 years.
You could be excused for thinking that there is no history of what we call green technology. Conventional wisdom holds that solar and wind are new, geothermal has barely been tried, and efficiency begins tomorrow. Perhaps some hippies toyed with off-grid living in the ’60s, and maybe a few windmills once creaked on your great grandfather’s farm. General Motors killed the electric car, too, right?
To those who remember a few facts from the past, green tech is an engineering bust that has been given ample opportunity to prosper, but has only succeeded in failing spectacularly. There’s almost no institutional memory of what happened before the energy crises of the ‘70s, and little of what happened technologically during that time has been documented in any serious way. Far more people know about the demise of the spotted owl than about any solar, wind, wave, water, or geo-thermal project.
Bill Nye the Science Guy is coming to San Antonio
Solar San Antonio has invited scientist, engineer, comedian, author, television personality and inventor Bill Nye to be the keynote speaker at the nonprofit organization’s annual fundraising luncheon on Thursday, May 19.
Nye is perhaps best known for his role on the Disney Channel’s Bill Nye the Science Guy series, which ran from 1993 to 1998. He not only hosted the show but also was a writer and producer. The show won 18 Emmys in five years, including seven for Nye individually.
Nye is currently hosting a show on Planet Green called “Stuff Happens” about how consumers can make environmentally responsible choices. He is also a big proponent of renewable energy. Nye is involved in a friendly rivalry with his neighbor Ed Begley Jr. in Los Angeles on who can save the most energy while producing the smallest carbon footprint. Nye has 4,000 watts of solar power at his home and a solar-powered hot water system.
Solar Business Models Lead to Customers Saying “Yes”
If you’re trying to install solar systems for a living, getting the customer to say yes is a struggle. Business models can help by lowering the financial hurdle the customer has to jump.
The two most popular models in the residential solar market this year will be solar leasing and Power Purchase Agreements (PPA), sometimes called Solar-as-a-Service.
REW.com editor, Stephen Lacey, provided a good history of them in November.
Solar Energy 3d Animation
Solar Energy 3d Animation
Hello as I promise to my friend Abbey about indemnity in this case is solar energy 3d animation, The best time to learn about solar energy 3d animation is before you’re in the thick of things.
Misconceptions spreading about the price of solar power
A recent Clean Technica article entitled “What if solar got the same subsidies as coal” recently caught my eye since it was upvoted substantially when it was posted on the environment reddit.
The post is a re-post from another site, and it has been re-posted in many other places since. This message goes out to all who are propagating the image in this post.
The core argument of this piece is that solar energy is cheaper than coal if we give it equivalent subsidies. As of October 2010, this claim is definitely incorrect.
Former president of India wants to beam energy from space
On Thursday November 4 at the National Press Club the National Space Society (NSS) will reveal a plan for solving the global energy crisis — along with the carbon crisis and America’s jobs crisis: the Kalam-NSS Energy Initiative (Dr. A.P.J. Kalam is the former President of India). This is a visionary, ambitious plan for harvesting solar power in space and beaming it down to Earth, turning America and India into net energy exporters.
The event is timed to President Barack Obama’s meeting with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh November 7th and 8th. The two are committed to joint research and development on energy issues.
Alternative Energy Facts
Alternative Energy Facts:
There are all types of alternative energy sources. To create solar electricity you need a solar panel consisting of one or more solar cells. Each cell absorbs some of the light particles (photons) from sunlight. An electron in the material of each solar cell is released by the power in the light particle as it is absorbed. Both sides of the cell are connected with electric wire, which enables flow of current as the photon is absorbed. The result is electricity which can be used immediately for lighting or appliances.
If you’re thinking of using alternative home energy solutions, you may be interested in knowing exactly how the process works. The light particles in sunlight bombard the upper surface of each solar cell in a solar panel. The power from these light particles is then carried through the solar cell. In the reduce your carbon footprint layer of the solar cell, electrons receive the energy transferred by the light particles. The electrons, using this power, then jump across into the upper layer and finally, into the circuit. The flowing of the electrons around the circuit results in the energy to run our appliances.