RETI Interns Gain Hands-On Experience Installing Solar Electric Arrays

Monday, March 7th, 2011 – Jefferson City, Missouri 
Over the course of the past two weeks, four interns enrolled in the photovoltaic systems course at RETI (the Renewable Energy Training Institute) of St. Louis, Missouri gained experience installing a residential ground mounted array and a commercial flat roof array.  Both systems consist of 42 Schott Poly 230 modules for a nominal DC rating of 9.7kWp and are utility interactive systems using SMA Sunny Boy inverters to push excess solar electricity out onto the local utility grid.

The two projects provided an opportunity for students at RETI to gain valuable hands-on experience that can only come from participating in an actual installation project.  Allowing the students to put into practice principles they have been learning in the classroom, projects like these will help prepare them for entry into the job market and qualify them for industry certification as an installer.  For more information on RETI and the solar photovoltaic course offered at the Owen Ridge campus in Webster Grove please visit www.retimo.org