Ch#3 & Ch#4

2 abril 2018, 11:00 Rui Castro

PV technologies: 1st Generation – Crystalline silicon cells, 2nd Generation – Thin films, 3rd Generation – Emerging technologies. Concentration technologies. PV costs. Concentrated Solar Power (CSP): operating principle; parabolic trough; solar tower. 

Chapter#4 - Power in the wind: available power; Betz law and Betz limit.