GREEN-POWER:
Renewable Energy Sources and Efficient Utilization
March 23-25, 2010
University of California, Santa Cruz, CA
TUESDAY, March 23
8:30-12:00 am Solar Technology (panels, physics, characteristics, trade-offs, economics). Chock Karuppaiah
1:30-3:00 pm Low-Power Inverters for Solar and other Renewable Energy Applications Richard Redl
3:30-5:00 pm Power Factor Correction Systems/Circuits Part 1 Richard Redl
WEDNESDAY, March 24
8:30-10:00 am Power Factor Correction Systems/Circuits Part 2 Richard Redl
10:30-12:00 am
& 1:30-3:00 pm
Energy Scavenging Systems for Low-Power Applications Ken Pedrotti
3:30-5:00 pm Energy Efficient Lighting (fluorescent inverters, high output LEDs, LED driver DC/DC and AC.DC converters) Thomas Szepesi
THURSDAY, March 25
8:30-10:00 am Battery Chargers for Solar Systems Thomas Szepesi
10:30-12:00 am Energy Storage for Renewable Energy Applications (latest battery technology/directions, super capacitors, fuel cells, flywheels, others) Thomas Szepesi
1:30-5:00 pm Ultra Low-Power Circuit Techniques for Energy Scavenging Systems Vadim Ivanov
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