Energy transition requires new skills: at the Turku University of Applied Sciences International Summer School, solar power is studied in a power plant, a factory and a solar park

The international solar summer school organised by Turku University of Applied Sciences, Raseko (Raisio Regional Education and Training Consortium) and Solar Finland will bring together students and experts from all over Europe to Southwest Finland from 2 to 6 June.

Students and teachers from vocational schools and universities of applied sciences from Germany, the Netherlands, Spain and Finland will participate. The aim is to share knowledge and skills to promote green energy literacy.

Making solar panels with your own hands

The event will provide theory and practice from solar panel manufacturing to large-scale solar power plant design and system quality assurance.

“The aim is to provide the participants with a comprehensive overview of photovoltaic systems – not just in the classroom, but concretely on the production line and in the solar park,” says Aleksi Heinonen, Senior Advisor at Turku University of Applied Sciences.

Participants will visit Solar Finland’s factory in Salo, where they will practice making solar panels with their own hands. They will be able to practice the solar panel manufacturing process from start to finish, from bare solar cells to the finished solar panel.

At the Raseko campus, students will be able to install solar panels and make the electrical connections. The panels will be installed on the roofs of small cottages built for electrical training. The students will also visit Bayer’s solar power plant in Artukainen, Turku, which will be the largest in Turku when completed.

The summer school is part of the international SEED project, which supports sustainable energy skills and cooperation between different levels of education.

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