The Solar Power Industry - Nasreen Chopra

This seminar series equips students and professionals with tools to apply the engineering mindset to problems that stem from climate change, so that they may consider and evaluate possible interventional, remedial and adaptive approaches. The series focuses on discovering and exploring climate problems that seem most likely to benefit from adding the engineering mindset as solutions are considered.

Introduction.
Module Price Trend.
Solar Demand.
US Solar Market.
Calibrating to Solar Growth.
Nasreen's Career Path.
Solar Generating Product: Module.
Solar Cell Operation.
Conventional Solar Cell Technology.
Conventional Solar Cell Loss Mechanisms.
Silicon Solar Value Chain.
Major Solar Technologies.
Solar Power Applications Residential.
Mobile Power Applications.
Mobile Power for UAV Applications.
Other Unmanned Systems.
Airships and Balloons.
Space Systems.
Portable and Transportable Power.
Solar Bags.
Solar Watches.
Medical and Industrial Sensors.
Significant Power Output.
Battery Life Calculator: Student.
Battery Life Calculator: Outdoor.
Other Transportation.
Venture Funding in US.
Bay Area PV Start-ups.
Valley of Death.
Ranking of Top 10 Solar Manufacturers.
Solar Cell Production by Region.
Future Global PV Mix.
US Energy Mix.