Hi if anyone was is a solar expert of some sort, can you please help me and answer my interview questions? Its for a project and I need to interview someone with some sort of general knowledge of Solar power and technology
My Questions are:
Q1. What is it like working and putting together Solar equipment for people who are starting to go “green” and looking to save some money?
Q2.What are some of the benefits when working with a Solar company?
Q3.Are there any dangers when working with Solar equipment?
Q4. Do you think most of America will switch from Grid-tied energy and go to more eco-friendly solar power by the next decade?
Q5. What are your thoughts on solar energy and the effect it has on global warming?
Q6. Do you currently own any solar equipment of your own?
Q7. How often do you go out and set up solar equipment for other customers?
Q8. Do you like working with a solar company? What do you like about it?
Q9. How much money does solar power save you?
Q10. What are other benefits can you gain from using solar energy?
I’m not what you’re looking for, but maybe I can help a little? I’m doing a physics Masters in cadmium telluride solar cells. I work with a group of research scientists.
Q1: I don’t make panels for people. We build small ones in labs using different techniques and then test them to try and work out how to make them more efficient, so companies can help people ‘go green’ more cheaply later on :p the physics is very interesting & challenging though.
Q2: I work in a university, so I’m still a student. That’s fun!
Q3: Most solar equipment has very little danger, but we work with cadmium telluride, which is toxic. We have stringent safety procedures, although we only use tiny amounts (15g of the stuff coats about a square metre – the solar panels are very thin, about 5-thousandths of a millimetre).
Q4: No. It will take several decades; but I’m convinced that during the next decade some techs will become cost competitive in the US. We need to develop alternatives; porphyrin dye solar cells, copper-zinc-tin-sulphur cells or organics before we can provide countries worth of power.
Q5: It’s clean and can produce huge amounts of power without taking up much land like wind power does. You still need backup or energy storage, but it’s going to be very sensible in sunny places. I’ve calculated the heat flow changes and solar panels reduce global warming.
Q6: I have a solar charger for my phone and battery equipment that I was given as a gift & I use on camping etc. I wouldn’t buy any for a few years yet though: I live in northern England!
Q7: I don’t set it up for other people. I test cells pretty much every week though. With some periods of programming & writing in between.
Q8: I like being a student and researching something that other people haven’t done yet. The challenge of the unknown is great.
Q9: Zero, right now :p
Q10: Right now it’s too expensive, but in future it will be cheaper than grid power, and cleaner. Less air pollution = better health. Less global warming and insulation from price shocks when petrol and gas prices shoot up.
Solar power may be okay in certain parts of the country, but it is terribly expensive. The only reason that it is around now is because we taxpayers are spending ridiculous amounts of money to subsidize it.
In the end, you save no money if you add in the welfare that taxpayers donate to it.
It has absolutely no effect on global warming or global cooling.
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I’m not what you’re looking for, but maybe I can help a little? I’m doing a physics Masters in cadmium telluride solar cells. I work with a group of research scientists.
Q1: I don’t make panels for people. We build small ones in labs using different techniques and then test them to try and work out how to make them more efficient, so companies can help people ‘go green’ more cheaply later on :p the physics is very interesting & challenging though.
Q2: I work in a university, so I’m still a student. That’s fun!
Q3: Most solar equipment has very little danger, but we work with cadmium telluride, which is toxic. We have stringent safety procedures, although we only use tiny amounts (15g of the stuff coats about a square metre – the solar panels are very thin, about 5-thousandths of a millimetre).
Q4: No. It will take several decades; but I’m convinced that during the next decade some techs will become cost competitive in the US. We need to develop alternatives; porphyrin dye solar cells, copper-zinc-tin-sulphur cells or organics before we can provide countries worth of power.
Q5: It’s clean and can produce huge amounts of power without taking up much land like wind power does. You still need backup or energy storage, but it’s going to be very sensible in sunny places. I’ve calculated the heat flow changes and solar panels reduce global warming.
Q6: I have a solar charger for my phone and battery equipment that I was given as a gift & I use on camping etc. I wouldn’t buy any for a few years yet though: I live in northern England!
Q7: I don’t set it up for other people. I test cells pretty much every week though. With some periods of programming & writing in between.
Q8: I like being a student and researching something that other people haven’t done yet. The challenge of the unknown is great.
Q9: Zero, right now :p
Q10: Right now it’s too expensive, but in future it will be cheaper than grid power, and cleaner. Less air pollution = better health. Less global warming and insulation from price shocks when petrol and gas prices shoot up.
References :
I’m not what you’re looking for, but maybe I can help a little? I’m doing a physics Masters in cadmium telluride solar cells. I work with a group of research scientists.
Q1: I don’t make panels for people. We build small ones in labs using different techniques and then test them to try and work out how to make them more efficient, so companies can help people ‘go green’ more cheaply later on :p the physics is very interesting & challenging though.
A1: Ok that is great but is this a question?
Q2: I work in a university, so I’m still a student. That’s fun!
A2:yes, I would assume it would be.
Q3: Most solar equipment has very little danger, but we work with cadmium telluride, which is toxic. We have stringent safety procedures, although we only use tiny amounts (15g of the stuff coats about a square metre – the solar panels are very thin, about 5-thousandths of a millimeter).
A3:Yes, I like the thin film technology.
Q4: No. It will take several decades; but I’m convinced that during the next decade some techs will become cost competitive in the US. We need to develop alternatives; porphyrin dye solar cells, copper-zinc-tin-sulphur cells or organics before we can provide countries worth of power.
A4:Solar cells should be scaled to power a single home, of apartment builing. Not a countries worth of power.
Q5: It’s clean and can produce huge amounts of power without taking up much land like wind power does. You still need backup or energy storage, but it’s going to be very sensible in sunny places. I’ve calculated the heat flow changes and solar panels reduce global warming.
A5:Ok, is this a question?
Q6: I have a solar charger for my phone and battery equipment that I was given as a gift & I use on camping etc. I wouldn’t buy any for a few years yet though: I live in northern England!
A6:Are you high right now?
Q7: I don’t set it up for other people. I test cells pretty much every week though. With some periods of programming & writing in between.
A7:Is it heroin?
Q8: I like being a student and researching something that other people haven’t done yet. The challenge of the unknown is great.
A8:Do you have ADD?
Q9: Zero, right now :p
A9: Is this you current IQ Level?
Q10: Right now it’s too expensive, but in future it will be cheaper than grid power, and cleaner. Less air pollution = better health. Less global warming and insulation from price shocks when petrol and gas prices shoot up.
A10: I’m glad this is the last question. This was a complete waste of time and had little to do with solar panels.
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Was this for real?