Design and development process of solar panels

Abstract: Solar energy recovery has begun to take its place all over the world on the energy market due to the pureness of its electricity production. Commercial use of solar energy is unfortunately still rather small, mostly due to high prices and low efficiency compared to other sources. This report presents a literary review of the developing process of solar panels. A key part in any products prosperity lies in the product development process, the way from a products idea to final product. In the making of solar panels knowledge in areas of engineering, materials, structures, design, electronics, economy, marketing and much more are needed; making the process expensive. A lot of research is put on the solar cells material to try to increase their efficiency but very little effort is put down to the product development process of the panels and improvement of these processes. Information to this report was gathered in published books as well as on Internet webpages, governmental as well as homepages of manufacturers. A survey was made to gather information directly from producers in an attempt to increase the information input and accuracy. One company answered these questions and the result of the survey therefore concluded in a case-study in their company alone.