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Engineers apply the principles of science and mathematics to develop economical solutions to technical problems. Their work is the link between scientific research and commercial applications. Many engineers specify precise functional requirements, and then design, test, and integrate components to produce designs for new products. After the design phase, engineers are responsible for evaluating a design's effectiveness, cost, reliability, and safety.
Engineers use computers extensively to produce and analyze designs, and for simulating and testing solar energy systems. Computers are also necessary for monitoring quality control processes. Computer software developers design the software and other systems needed to manufacture solar components, manage the production of solar panels, and control some solar generating systems.
SOLAR INDUSTRY ENGINEERS
NEW CAREER OPPORTUNITIES FOR VARIOUS SOLAR ENGINEERS
Electrical Engineering
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Design, develop, test, and supervise the manufacture of electrical components.
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They are responsible for designing the electrical circuitry of solar panels and supporting devices for panels, such as inverters and wiring systems.
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Electrical engineers work in a very wide range of industries and the skills required are likewise variable. These range from basic circuit theory to the management skills required of project manager.
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The tools and equipment that an individual engineer may need are similarly variable, ranging from a simple voltmeter to a top end analyzer to sophisticated design and manufacturing software.
Civil Engineering.
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Design and supervise the construction of power plants. Solar power plants can take a number of forms and sizes.
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CSP plants are more like typical power plants and require incorporating large steam turbines and storage tanks, plus a large, flat area for the solar array.
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Photovoltaic plants are less complex, but are a challenge for engineers to design because the panels are optimally configured to efficiently harvest solar power.
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Engineers ensure that the land is graded properly and is flat enough to support large arrays of mirrors or photovoltaic panels.
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Civil engineers are also responsible for designing necessary infrastructure, including roadways, support structures, foundations, and plumbing systems.
Chemical Engineering
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Chemical engineering is a branch of engineering that applies the natural (or experimental) sciences (e.g.chemistry and physics) and life sciences (e.g. biology, microbiology and biochemistry) together with mathematics and economics to produce, transform, transport, and properly use chemicals, materials and energy.
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It essentially deals with the engineering of chemicals, energy and the processes that create and/or convert them.
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Modern chemical engineers are concerned with processes that convert raw materials or chemicals into more useful or valuable forms.
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They are also concerned with pioneering valuable materials and related techniques – which are often essential to related fields such as nanotechnology, fuel cells andbioengineering.
Mechanical Engineering
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Research, design, develop, manufacture, and test tools, engines, machines, and other mechanical devices.
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Engineers in the solar power industry work on the machines used in the manufacturing of solar panels. In the United States, solar photovoltaic manufacturing is highly automated.
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Machines do the majority of work: cutting semiconducting materials, such as crystalline silicon, into wafers, turning them into solar cells, and assembling the solar cells into solar panels.
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Besides machines, mechanical engineers also design and test the electric generators and pumps that are used in concentrating solar power plants.
Environmental Engineering
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Environmental engineering is the integrationof science and engineering principles to improve the natural environment, to provide healthy water, air, and land for human habitation and for other organisms, and to clean up pollution sites.
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Environmental engineering can also be described as a branch of applied science and technology that address the issue of energy preservation, production asset and control of waste from human and animal activities.
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Furthermore, it is concerned with finding plausible solutions in the field of public health, such as waterborne diseases, implementing law which promote adequate sanitation in urban, rural and recreational areas.
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Sales Engineering
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Sales engineering is a hybrid of sales and engineering that exists in industrial and commercial markets.
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Buying decisions in these markets are made differently than those in many consumer contexts, being based more on technical information and rational analysis and less on style, fashion, or impulse.
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Therefore, selling in these markets cannot depend on consumer-type sales methods alone, and instead it relies heavily on technical information and problem-solving to convince buyers that they should spend money on the seller's products or services, in order to meet a business need (that is, to satisfy a business case).
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A sales engineer is thus both "a salesperson that understands and can apply engineering" and "an engineer that understands how to sell engineered systems".
MORE TO KNOW
The global market for solar energy is growing within the following countries; United States, The Bahamas, Canada, Mexico, Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Spain, Australia, China, Iceland, India, Hong Kong, Luxemburg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Norway, Ireland, Greece, France, Germany, Italy and Japan.
KEYS TO SUCCESS
Bright Solar Systems has identified three keys to success that help the company grow into a mature market leader.
• Providing cutting edge, reliable, and simple-to-install
and maintain solar systems.
• Broadening the market of solar systems into a
mainstream energy source.
• Designing and implementing strict financial controls.