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Solar Energy: Everything You Always Wanted
to Know About Photovoltaics
Saturday, October
11, 2008
9:00 a.m.–3:45
p.m.
Century College, East
Campus, Room 1333, 3300
Century Avenue North, White Bear Lake, MN
Note: Registration
for this renewable energy class is closed. Please check back soon
for more RE class listings. If you would like to be informed when
a new class is scheduled, please click
here to submit your contact information.
Course Description
Century College and the Minnesota Renewable
Energy Society have co-developed a new one-day introductory course
for homeowners and people interested in learning the basics of how
to design a solar photovoltaic (PV) system for residential applications.
The essentials of creating electricity from
sun light are covered. You will learn to evaluate solar site resource,
when solar PV is the right solution, the economics and incentives
for solar PV, and system design principles. System components, system
sizing, PV panels, inverters, grid connected vs. non-grid connected
systems, and electrical connections will be all explored.
Mario
Monesterio, a 20+ year veteran of solar system installations, is
the instructor in this course. Mario is a RE designer, industrial
energy engineering, solar installer, Energy 10 instructor, certified
industrial/commercial energy auditor, and consultant. He is active
in national efforts to set standards in the renewable energy industry
and owner of Best Power Intl. LLC.
Students completing this course will earn
0.72 CEUs.
Course Fee
$100
Registration
Course ID: 002141. People interested in taking
the solar PV course may register
on the Century College website or call (651) 779-3341.
Note: Registration
for this renewable energy class is closed. Please check back soon
for more RE class listings. If you would like to be informed when
a new class is scheduled, please click
here to submit your contact information.
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