| Course Calendar |
| Class | Date | Topic | Reading | Assignment | |
| 1 | W 10 Jan | Syllabus, Course Overview, Electricity Production | Farret, Simoes, Chapter 1 | . |
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| 2 | F 12 Jan | Environmental Issues of Electricity Production | Farret, Simoes, Chapter 1 | . | |
| . | M 15 Jan | Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday HOLIDAY | No Classes | . | |
| 3 | W 17 Jan | Distributed Generation Technologies | . | . | |
| 4 | F 19 Jan | Solar Energy Introduction | Chapter 6 | Homework #1 Assignment, summarize PV webpage due Jan 24. |
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| 5 | M 22 Jan | Sun and Solar Radiation | . | ||
| 6 | W 24 Jan | Tracking Collector. | . | Homework #2 Assignment, due Feb. 2. |
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| 7 | F 26 Jan | Student Presentations, Photovoltaics Today | . | . | |
| 8 | M 29 Jan | Physics of Solar Cells, Absorption | . | Paper Assignment, due March 30 |
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| 9 | W 31 Jan | Recombination Mechanisms | . | . | |
| 10 | F 2 Feb | Illimuniated Characteristics of Solar Cells, Solar Cell Efficiency | Green, pp. 62 - 82. | Homework #3 Assignment, due Feb. 9. |
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| 11 | M 5 Feb | Equivalent Circuit of Solar Cell, Processing Steps to Make Solar Cells |
Green pp. 103-113, Chapter 5. | . | |
| 12 | W 7 Feb | Processing Steps to Make Solar Cells | . | . | |
| 13 | F 9 Feb | Solar Cell Encapsulation, PV Cell Mismatch, Mitigation Techniques | . | . | |
| 14 | M 12 Feb | Integrating PV System with Batteries | Messenger, pp. 51-72. | . | |
| 15 | W 14 Feb | PV System Availability, Concentrators | . | . | |
| 16 | F 16 Feb | . | . | . | |
| 17 | M 19 Feb | Lead Acid Batteries | . | . | |
| 18 | W 21 Feb | Advanced Battery Technology | . | . | |
| 19 | F 23 Feb | Ultracapacitors | . | . | |
| 20 | M 26 Feb | No Class | . | . | |
| 21 | W 28 Feb | Exam #1. | . | . | |
| 22 | F 2 Mar | No Class. | . | . | |
| 23 | M 5 Mar | Energy Storage Options: Flywheel, Compressed Air | . | . | |
| 24 | W 7 Mar | Student Presentations, Energy Storage | . | . | |
| 25 | F 9 Mar | Exam #2 | . | . | |
| . | M 12 Mar | Spring Break | No Class | . | |
| . | W 14 Mar | Spring Break | No Class | . | |
| . | F 16 Mar | Spring Break | No Class | . | |
| 26 | M 19 Mar | Review Exam #1, #2 | . | . | |
| 27 | W 21 Mar | Fuel Cells, Introduction | Chapter 7 | . | |
| 28 | F 23 Mar | . | . | . | |
| 29 | M 26 Mar | Microturbines - Flexible fuel, control, energy storage | Microturbine Manufacturer List. | . | |
| 30 | W 28 Mar | Microturbines - ancillary services | . | . | |
| 31 | F 30 Mar | Fuel Cells - Comparison of Different Types | Borberly, Chapter 6 | . | |
| 32 | M 2 Apr | Early History of Fuel Cell Development | Hoogers, Chapter 2 | . | |
| 33 | W 4 Apr | Electricity Direct from Coal, Solid Oxide Fuel Cell |
Hoogers, Chapter 2 | . | |
| . | F 6 Apr | Spring Recess | No Class | . | |
| 34 | M 9 Apr | Membrance Electrode Assembly | Hoogers, Chapter 4 | . | |
| 35 | W 11 Apr | Microturbines, Biodiesel | . | . | |
| 36 | F 13 Apr | Worldwide Wind Resources | . | . | |
| 37 | M 16 Apr | Windmill Components | . | . | |
| 38 | W 18 Apr | Speed Control of Wind Turbines | . | . | |
| 39 | F 20 Apr | . | . | . | |
| 40 | M 23 Apr | Hot Dry Rock, Tidal Power | . | . | |
| 41 | W 25 Apr | Energy Independence | . | . | |
| 42 | F 27 Apr | . | Last Day of Class | . | |
| . | W 2 May | FINAL EXAM | 2:45 - 4:45 p.m. | . |