Solar power is reshaping the global energy landscape, and the ability to design photovoltaic systems is among the most future-facing skills an engineer can hold. This program equips engineers to design grid-tied, off-grid, and hybrid PV systems — sizing arrays, selecting components, and ensuring safe, efficient, code-compliant installations that harness the sun reliably.
As solar deployment accelerates worldwide, demand for engineers who can design effective PV systems continues to surge across the energy and construction sectors. This course combines solar design fundamentals with practical system sizing and introduces emerging trends in storage, smart grids, and bifacial technology.
Course Objectives
Upon the successful completion of this program, attendees will be able to:
- Understand solar energy and PV technology fundamentals
- Assess solar resource and site suitability
- Apply PV system types and configurations
- Size PV arrays for energy requirements
- Select PV modules and inverters
- Design grid-tied PV systems
- Design off-grid and hybrid systems with storage
- Size batteries and energy storage
- Design electrical balance of system components
- Apply wiring, protection, and earthing for PV
- Design mounting and structural support
- Apply PV codes, standards, and safety
- Estimate energy yield and performance
- Conduct PV system economic analysis
- Plan installation, testing, and commissioning
- Apply emerging trends in storage and smart grids
Course Outline
- Module 1: Solar Energy & PV Technology Fundamentals
- Module 2: Solar Resource & Site Assessment
- Module 3: PV System Types & Configurations
- Module 4: PV Array Sizing & Energy Calculation
- Module 5: PV Module & Inverter Selection
- Module 6: Grid-Tied PV System Design
- Module 7: Off-Grid & Hybrid System Design
- Module 8: Battery & Energy Storage Sizing
- Module 9: Balance of System Components
- Module 10: PV Wiring, Protection & Earthing
- Module 11: Mounting & Structural Support Design
- Module 12: PV Codes, Standards & Safety
- Module 13: Energy Yield & Performance Estimation
- Module 14: Economic Analysis & Payback
- Module 15: Emerging Trends: Storage, Smart Grids & Bifacial PV
Who Should Attend
This course is intended for electrical and mechanical engineers, renewable energy professionals, and designers who want to design photovoltaic solar systems for buildings and installations. An engineering foundation is recommended.
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