Field Methods in Environmental Science:
Solar and micro-power generation

Instructors:

Michel Maupoux and Aaron Liss
Technical Director, Green Empowerment
michelm@greenempowerment.org

John Rueter
Professor, ESM
rueterj@pdx.edu

Renewable energy sources can be a key component of sustainable development for rural agricultural communities around the world. This course will provide hands on skills for installing solar powered drip irrigation systems. Consideration of community and cultural aspects will be woven through the technical work and illustrated by case studies from installations in several different countries.

The workshops will be held on the first five Friday afternoons of Spring term from 1 PM to 4 PM in room SRTC B1-82

Schedule:

Sourcing materials, sketch, pipe sizing

Presentations (see list below)

Syllabus

Learning Objectives

Presentations from 2011

• Hydroponics
• Rainwater catchment
• Restoration
• Water for schools

Final two assignments

Other resources:

Video on small wind power

 

Links to course notes and general reading for the course:

Small PV Systems

Pumping systems

Working with local partners

Technical and feasibility guide

Intel white paper on solar

Week 4 materials

• on-line resources
• sizing tools PPT
• equivalent length XLS
• equivalent length docx

Some other articles:

• Well drilling
  • Well drilling techniques
  • Well drilling EMAS
  • Hand digging a well