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These slides, from the Renewable Energy Systems Training (REST) Laboratory Development and Workforce Training project, were presented at the Solar Photovoltaic Installation and Troubleshooting Workshop that was held in summer 2022. This workshop presented the fundamentals of solar photovoltaic (PV)...

This 2-page resource is an executive overview of the Madison College Solar Roadmap. This roadmap "was created through the College's participation in the Solar University Network funded by the U.S. Department of Energy SunShot Initiative." During spring 2018, a team from Madison College participated...

This activity, from the Center for Renewable Energy Advanced Technological Education Resource Center (CREATE), provides an introduction to the balance of system equipment and system design for solar photovoltaic panels. During the activity students will learn: How solar PV systems can be...

This collection from the Center for Renewable Energy Advanced Technological Education Resource Center (CREATE) is composed of teaching materials that highlight a lesson on the use of silicon in solar photovoltaic panels. The collection is composed of four documents. Documents include an...

This webinar, provided by the Center for Renewable Energy Advanced Technological Education Resource Center (CREATE), was presented by Joel Shoemaker and Scott Liddicoat on January 10, 2020. The webinar includes a brief overview of the CREATE Energy Storage Project and the resulting Solar PV: Battery...

This collection from the Center for Renewable Energy Advanced Technological Education Resource Center (CREATE) is composed of teaching materials that highlight a lesson on the performance of solar PV modules. The collection is composed of five documents and a video. The documents include an...

This collection from the Center for Renewable Energy Advanced Technological Education Resource Center (CREATE) is composed of teaching materials that highlight a lesson on solar PV modules and tools. The collection is composed of five documents and a video. The documents include an instructor's...

In this 14-page activity, provided by the Center for Renewable Energy Advanced Technological Education Resource Center (CREATE), students take measurements and calculations on the electricity produced by the sunlight hitting a solar panel. Basic solar panel performance characteristics are measured...

This collection from the Center for Renewable Energy Advanced Technological Education Resource Center (CREATE) is composed of teaching materials that highlight a lesson on the Solar Pathfinder. "The Pathfinder is an instrument that was developed to determine whether or not a given site is...

This video is provided by Missoula College and shows a presentation given by energy practicum students on the creation of solar thermal air collectors (STAC's). The students describe the basic design, different types of STAC's, materials used to build the STAC's, and demonstrate how they are built...