Course Schedule

The Topics of the DAAD Alumni Seminar are:

Solar technology and engineering adapted to local conditions in the participants' home countries,
Solar radiation, thermal utilization of solar energy and photovoltaic including the corresponding measurement technologies,
Solar food processing and solar drying of tropical products,
Small photovoltaic equipment,
Solar energy driven pumps for drinking and irrigation water.

Papers and case studies presented by the participants (alumni) and invited experts,
Group work and group discussions,
Excursions to SMA (Solar Technology AG Kassel),
Practical work on solar engineering at the Experimental and Demonstration Site for Irrigation and Solar Technology in Witzenhausen,
Work on solar drying of tropical products, solar water pumping and applied solar heat.
REMENA workshop (MSc program ‘Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency’).