To Catch the Sun: Inspiring stories of communities coming together to harness their own solar energy, and how you can do it too! (To Catch the Resources)

This book is for anyone looking to build solar projects and knowledge: Students and teachers . Especially high school and undergraduate university levels in science, math, engineering, environmental and social justice, and technical fields. Community organizers and builders looking to build solar projects. Entrepreneurs and inventors looking to build solar products. Families looking to learn together! Learn how to build photovoltaic systems for a: A small home in a financially rich country A few homes in a financially poor country School rooms and community spaces Isolated loads like electric gates, pumps, and telecommunications equipment A tiny home or #vanlife Glamping and backpacking equipment Emergency supply , e.g., powering an oxygen machine during a power outage Zombie-apocalypse equipment Laptop and cellphone chargers Solar entrepreneurship devices Thanks to a successful crowdfunding campaign, and a special arrangement with the publisher, Humboldt State Press, all of the net proceeds from sales will go back into the book and to the Appropedia Foundation. In addition, the content is licensed open source, as Creative Commons, so you can share it however you like! "The sun lands on us with incredible power. Yet we often find ourselves without sufficient power for our needs. This book is for anyone looking for inspiration and capability with small-scale solar power in order to meet their needs. We focus on small-scale, but the learnings in this book can be applied to large-scale micro-grids or even larger solar farms. That said, our focus will be mostly on off-grid systems that are 1 kW or smaller." -- Page 4 Table of Contents Foreword 1. Introduction 2. Solar Stories 3. Solar concepts 4. Electricity 5. Components 6. Sizing a system with no batteries 7. Sizing a system with batteries 8. Other useful stuff 9. Index 10. Author bios ## **This book is for anyone looking to build solar projects and knowledge:** ## **Learn how to build photovoltaic systems for a:**