Photovoltaic electric energy from laboratory to ended plant. A first look on the results collected after the first Friuli Venezia Giulia public announcements

Abstract

Photovoltaic technology is one of the best nowadays to produce electric energy from renewable sources. The research of more efficient energy conversion photovoltaic cells and of development programs in advanced countries are starting to show the first results. Referring to this, new materials and physic laws are considered to improve efficiency conversion, and in engineering more efficient plants are being planned. At the moment also in our Region we are overcoming experimental steps, carrying out conventional plants with reliable technological realizations on roof buildings, in houses and hangars, also thanks to public announcements. In Italy, indeed, a special law called “10000 photovoltaic roofs” promotes photovoltaics technology realizations with financial incentives on private and public buildings being offered by Enviroment Ministery and Regions. Friuli Venezia Giulia Region has been assigned economics shares to private citizens and Public Istitutions with public boards in 2001, 2003 and in 2005. In few years a market niche will grow and new professional workers will be employed in planning, installing and data collection and this will allow better provisional data production and consequently a more accurate evaluation to calculate economic gain. To perform this goal it is necessary to produce an afford from all the actors on the scene: schools, universities, credit banks, local bodies, all with available means and methods. Our group, self-named “Agathos”, aims to improve Scientific and Technological Education (S&TE) and is building prototypes, with the help from school technicians and students, in an action-research approach to know and operate with renewable electric energy production system, in particularly based on photovoltaic effect. Our team has achieved links with research units, universities, schools and firms, and some components furnished assistance to local bodies and specialized photovoltaics plants installers. Our intention is to put the School in a network to produce didactical services to improve technology and scientific education. Here we will consider the first results and difficulties that we must overcome, both in scientific and in technological aspects, if we wish photovoltaic technologies to spread in the territory in favour of environment, health and to save money.