Avoiding a Graveyard of Solar Panels: How to make Solar Electric Systems Sustainable
2023-04-17 10:00 - 11:00 (America/New_York) | Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/352689
The IEEE Humanitarian Technologies Board Ad Hoc Committee on SIGHT Best Practices is cooperating with a number of IEEE OUs including IEEE Philadelphia Section SIGHT, IEEE SSIT IST-Africa SIGHT, IEEE Bahrain Section SIGHT, IEEE Karachi SIGHT and IEEE UK and Ireland SSIT Chapter to organise this Lecture as part of a Series of Webinars.

IEEE Members, SIGHT Members and SSIT Members as well as non-IEEE Members are invited to [Register](https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/352689) and participate. IEEE Members should include their IEEE Membership Number when registering.

This Webinar will take place online at 10am Eastern Time / 3pm GMT+1 on Monday 17 April. Click [here to convert to your local time](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Avoiding+a+Graveyard+of+Solar+Panels%3A+How+to+make+Solar+Electric+Systems+Sustainable&iso=20230417T10&p1=198&ah=1).

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Solar electric systems offer the opportunity to provide electricity to communities that do not have access to electricity. However, there are many examples of well-intentioned systems being installed and then not being sustained. This leads to many solar panels not contributing to electricity production in these remote communities. In this talk, we will present strategies based on our experiences in the field to make solar electric systems long term sustainable so that communities can continue to receive the benefits of electricity for the long term.

Speaker(s): Dr. Pritpal Singh,

Agenda:
10am - 10:40am ET / 3pm - 3:30pm GMT+1 Introduction and Presentation

10:40 - 11am ET / 3:30pm - 4pm GMT+1 Discussion, Q&A

Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/352689
