Wednesday (2-4 pm) In Class Activities

21Classroom Information, Introduction and “Other” (no homework assigned)

28 Chapter 1-Energy Sources/Environmental Effects; LEED-SUNY Poly campus

4; Visit Solar PV lab (1/2 class meet in Kunsela C214 at 2 pm and the other ½ meet in Kunsela C214 at 3 pm)—names of first session are in Brightspace

11 Chapter 2-Electrical Fundamentals & Chapter 3-Solar Photovoltaics; Ohm’s and Watt’s Laws; Load Analysis and PV Watts

18 Chapter 4-Solar Power Systems; Solar Presentations (Solar Farm/Shading/Local/Solar City)  Load Analysis and PV Watts-Draft on Board 

25 Chapter 5-Solar Tracking Load Analysis and PV Watts-Poster due on Brightspace, Review article: https://www.allearthrenewables.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/PVSC_BiFi_Tracker_Study.Burnham.175701-3.pdf  

Ch. 6-Charge Controllers & Inverters  

Wednesday (2-4 pm)

4 No class; online midterm test next week will likely take over 2 hours. 

11 Take-Home Midterm due Wed March 11 at midnight on Brightspace-No class March 4 or 11

18                                     SPRING BREAK-NO CLASS

25 Chapter 7-Wind Power Systems 10K Wind Turbine Economics Project 

Wednesday (2-4 pm)

1 Chapter 8-Wind Turbine Control Betz Law/Coefficient

8 Chapter 9-Biomass Technology Renewable Diesel Biodiesel

15Chapter 10-Geothermal Power /Heat Pumps / District Heating; Cooling and CUBO at Cornell

22 Chapter 11-Energy from Water and Chapter 12-Fuel Cells

29 Chapter 13-Generators and Ch 14-Grid Overview

Final Exam due Wednesday May 6 at 2:45 pm (drop off via Brightspace in .pdf format)