Educational practice on PV usage and technology

The aim of the project was to strengthen the knowledge of the usage of electricity produced by sunlight in all levels of education in order to increase the share from this sustainable and CO2 free energy source and thereby contribute to lower the global CO2 emission and to reach the goals in the present Danish energy policy. One of the obstacles in the implementation of PV in the general electricity supply is a lack of knowledge among technical advisors and in construction companies. There is therefore a need to qualify all parties involved in the construction field to secure implementation of PV in all new or renewed buildings whenever possible. The immediate objective of the project in this preliminary phase was to locate existing PV related education material and programs of all kinds and in all educational levels in order to create a complete overview of relevant material. This has been achieved and shows in general with grammar school as an exception that the assumption of a lack of education dealing with or implementing PV technology to a large extends were right. A detailed database with the materials founding the screening is presented in Danish on the website www.skoleenergi.dk - Find materialer online - Søg materialer om solceller.