COURSE OVERVIEW

Course Description

This practical and highly-interactive course includes real-life case studies and exercises where participants will be engaged in a series of interactive small groups and class workshops 

 

 

This course is designed to provide delegates with a complete and up-to-date overview on renewable energy economics and finance.  It covers the basics of electricity, utility bills, net metering, utility bill analysis, efficiency, PV components and modules, meter testing, series and parallel, the peak sun hours, and solar site analysis.

 

 

The course will also covers mounting PV’s modules, grid-direct inverters, grid-direct sizing, inverter and array configuration, grounding, wiring, disconnecting, over current protection, commissioning and safety, load analysis, battery basics, lead acid battery basics, battery safety, battery bank design, battery charging, inverter basics, electrical integration, economic analysis, calculation of present and future costs, comparing energy-production systems based on total-life costs; and determining whether a PV system can pay back its cost against an alternate energy source.

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TRAINING METHODOLOGY

This interactive training course includes the following training methodologies:

30 % Lectures
20 % Workshops & Work Presentations
20 % Case Studies & Practical Exercises
30 % Videos, Software & Simulators

In an unlikely event, the course instructor may modify the above training methodology for technical reasons.

VIRTUAL TRAINING (IF APPLICABLE)

If this course is delivered online as a Virtual Training, the following limitations will be applicable:

Certificates	:	Only soft copy certificates will be issued
Training Materials	:	Only soft copy materials will be issued
Training Methodology	:	80% theory, 20% practical
Training Program	:	4 hours per day, from 09:30 to 13:30