Engineering workforce challenges for PV manufacturing and market expansion in Argentina

Author

Bragagnolo, Julio A. ; Kind, Sebastian ; Legnani, Walter

Author_Institution

Secretaria de Cienc., Tecnol. y Postgrado, Univ. Tecnol. Nac., Buenos Aires, Argentina

fYear

2012

fDate

3-8 June 2012

Abstract

The PV market in Argentina is far from its potential and can be greatly developed if the barriers to adoption of PV technology can be lowered. National and local governments in Argentina are addressing the market side of this challenge. Market development and the establishment of a local manufacturing industry as a link in the worldwide supply chain must be based on a suitable engineering resource pool. To meet this need, the Universidad Tecnológica Nacional in Argentina (UTN) (www.utn.edu.ar) is offering since 2010 a Master´s Program in Renewable Energy Sciences (MRES), covering Solar Power, Wind Power and Biomass [1]. In this paper we analyze the requirements of the local industry and report on the results of the 2010 Master´s Program and the new UTN Master´s course under way.

Keywords

photovoltaic power systems; power markets; Argentina; PV manufacturing; PV technology; egineering workforce challenges; market expansion; Assembly; Educational institutions; Industries; Materials; Renewable energy resources; engineering education; materials; photovoltaic systems; silicon;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), 2012 38th IEEE

Conference_Location

Austin, TX

ISSN

0160-8371

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-0064-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PVSC.2012.6318095

Filename

6318095