Basics of Solar Photovoltaic Energy
Are you looking forward to start your career in the photovoltaic energy field? Are you looking forward to learn more about its main details and parameters? Then you are making a wonderful decision! The solar industry is growing immensely and more and more skilled people are being needed to cover the demand. This is a great opportunity to be a part of the energy transition and to join the path towards a greener and more sustainable future.This course gives you all the fundamentals necessary to understand how a photovoltaic system works, its main components and parameters. Here you will learn what is necessary to have a photovoltaic system running and also design a system with the data and necessary information. Also you will easily comprehend the main technical definitions and understand their importance.I work as a PV Project Engineer in Germany and I have several years of experience, therefore I know what are the necessary and applicable concepts and which is the essential information to work on residential to utility-scale projects. I am now taking you on board to lean about this amazing field and I will be ready and open to all the questions that you may have. I will also be updating this course according to your requirements and desire to learn.You don´t need any previous knowledge in the field, here we go through the main basics so that you can easily understand it.You will get a full understanding about the basics and fundamentals of photovoltaic systems. The course is composed as follows,Main components of photovoltaic systems:PV ModulesJunction boxesCombiner boxesPV cables and connectorsMounting systemsInvertersAC & DC IsolatorsBatteries & Charge controllersGeneration metersTypes of photovoltaic systemsOn-GridOff-GridOn-Grid with a battery back-upMain parameters of photovoltaic systemsI-V CurvePV Panel efficiencyShort-circuit currentOpen-circuit voltageMaximum power pointStandard test conditionsConcept of kW-peakReading a data-sheetDesigning a photovoltaic systemLocation and weather data definitionElectricity consumption estimationDefining system size