Photovoltaic Power Production - A Detailed Design Course

Master solar power: solar physics, design residential and utility systems using PVsyst. Also includes on-site experience

What you'll learn

The fundamentals of photovoltaic power production

How to design a residential PV system so that the net energy consumption is zero

Execution of residential PV project

The fundamentals of industrial PV systems

Detailed 3D tour of some of the largest solar farms - Pavagada & Utility

Designing a solar utility plant from scratch

Optimizing the utility plant design for the maximum ROI using PVsyst

Advancements happening in the PV power production world

Requirements

This course is designed for individuals with a basic science understanding at the school level

No prior knowledge or experience in solar energy is required to enroll in this course

Description

The world of photovoltaic power production is exciting, in fact this field is growing at an annual rate of 25%. In the last 8 years, I have designed and commissioned nearly 15 residential PV projects and I got the opportunity to work as a consultant for 3 utility photovoltaic projects. In this course, I have summarized my 8 years of knowledge and experience in 7 sections and 31 chapters.Would you like to design a residential PV system so that the net energy consumption of the house can become zero? Or would you like to design a solar utility plant on a barren land with an objective of giving the maximum returns to the investors? Then this course is for you. This course even covers all the intricacies of utility solar plants with detailed 3D models. We will even have a detailed 3D tour of a few of the world’s largest solar power plants.With the help of the most powerful photovoltaic power generation design software – PVsyst, I will teach you how to design your photovoltaic project to get the maximum return. Well, the good thing about PVsyst is that they give one month of free trial.In short, in this course you won’t just watch videos, instead you will test different designs of residential and utility photovoltaic systems with me. By the end of these tests, you will be able to select the most optimum design for your site.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Why should you learn PV power production design?

Lecture 2 The structure of this course

Section 2: The Fundamentals of Photovoltaic Power Production

Lecture 3 The tour - residential, industrial and utility solar plants

Lecture 4 Types of PV system | On-grid, Hybrid, Off-grid

Lecture 5 The optimum angle to extract energy from the sun

Lecture 6 Site survey

Lecture 7 Physics of PV cells

Lecture 8 Selection of PV modules for residential, commercial and utility

Lecture 9 Importance of series parallel connections of modules

Lecture 10 Understanding the metering policies and power tariffs (US, India)

Section 3: Design of Residential PV System

Lecture 11 Explanation of the entire PV system | On-grid residential

Lecture 12 Load calculation of Manjri Greens Location

Lecture 13 Site survey of Manjri location

Lecture 14 Electrical design of photovoltaic system in PVsyst

Lecture 15 Test of solar modules and inverter in the office using studio lights

Lecture 16 Design and analysis(FEA) of the mechanical structure in SolidWorks

Lecture 17 Installation of the entire system

Lecture 18 Documentation and applying for net metre (with work report)

Lecture 19 Successful power output, Payback period and solar incentives

Lecture 20 TESLA solar roof - Hybrid systems

Section 4: Industrial PV System

Lecture 21 Photovoltaic power production for the Industrial units

Section 5: Design of Utility Solar Plants

Lecture 22 Site survey & Land acquisition

Lecture 23 Introduction of the main components

Lecture 24 Feasibility study

Lecture 25 Different designs of Pavagada using PVsyst - Design Optimization

Lecture 26 Detailed Pavagada design

Lecture 27 Automation of solar utility plant - SCADA

Section 6: Advancements in Photovoltaic power production

Lecture 28 perovskite solar cell

Lecture 29 Modern methods for cleaning the solar panels

Section 7: Detailed software training

Lecture 30 FEA of solar panel structures

Anyone who wants to design a residential, industrial or utility solar system,Anyone who wants to start a business in solar power production