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Aug 26
duration 6 Wks/40 Hrs
tuition $645.00 USD

PVOL304: Solar Training - Advanced PV Stand-alone System Design (Battery-Based) - Online

Off-grid is where PV got its start – and with so many applications for stand-alone power, new equipment developments, and cost reductions in energy storage technology, this sector of the market is growing like never before. Detailed analysis of load considerations, charge controllers, PV array sizing, and stand-alone inverters is followed by numerous design examples that address the wide-ranging specifics of off-grid applications, from a small DC lighting system to a residential stand-alone system to an island microgrid. Also covered is generator sizing and integration, maintenance for stand-alone systems, and a healthy dose of best practices that have been learned through years of experience. Advance your PV knowledge well beyond where the grid goes with PV304!

what you will learn

Stand-alone system configurations
Charge controller and array considerations
RV system design example
DC lighting system design example
Clinic system design example
Code compliance and best practices for stand-alone systems
Advanced battery-based inverters
Generator sizing
DC coupled stand-alone residential system design example
AC coupled stand-alone microgrid system design example
Large-scale microgrid considerations and case studies
Flooded battery maintenance considerations
Stand-alone PV system commissioning and maintenance

Note: SEI recommends working closely with a qualified person and/or taking PV 202 for more information on conductor sizing, electrical panel specification, and grounding systems. These topics will part of this course, but they are not the focus.

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Click here for Computer & Software Requirements for online courses.

PREREQUISITE COURSES: Before participating in PVOL304, students MUST complete PV101 or PVOL101 AND PVOL203 or PV203, equivalent training from another organization, have NABCEP certification, or demonstrate field experience and pass two placement quizzes. Please contact [email protected] if you feel you are qualified to skip the prerequisite for PVOL304.

For information on SEI’s Solar Professionals Certificate Program please click here. For information on SEI’s workshop and training program policies please click here.

nabcep certification information

Contact Training Hours (shown on Record of Completion): 40 hours

NABCEP Training Hours:

• PV Installer Certification Requirements: This course counts for 40 advanced training hours
• PV Installer Recertification Requirements: This course counts for the following:

6 Job Task Analysis hours
6 Non-Technical/Other hours

• PV Technical Sales Certification Requirements: This course counts for 6 hours

• PV Technical Sales Recertification Requirements: This course counts for 6 Non-Technical/Other hours

• PV Associate Recertification: 12 training hours

• Solar Heating Installer Recertification: This course counts for 6 Non-Technical continuing education hours

more on nabcep certification > sei's solar professionals certificate program info >

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SEI online courses cover the same topics as the face-to-face workshops of the similar name, but do not include a hands-on component. You can log on at any time, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for the full duration of the specified course. You will generally need between 10-20 hrs/week to complete the lesson materials and graded activities. The earlier lessons generally take less time than the later lessons. Students can access the course anytime, from any computer with an internet connection (see computer requirements below). There are no specific times that you need to log on, the course is self paced but you must finish all graded materials by the end date of the course. The live instructors are there to give feedback, grade your work and you can contact them with questions on the forum discussion boards, or by email.

These courses include interactive activities, power points, readings and quizzes, and exercises and homework to test student comprehension. There is also a forum where students can post questions to the instructors and network between each other. Online courses last six (6) weeks and will end on the Sunday night of the last week. All graded course activities (e.g., quizzes, forum discussion assignments, any other assignments with a score) need to be completed within these 6 weeks, with a 70% or better cumulative grade, to pass and receive a Record of Completion. After the course end-date, you will have two additional weeks for instructorless review-only time. During this time you will not be able to complete any graded activities. However, this is an ideal time to finish saving and reviewing any course materials of particular interest.

All required reading for the course is fully downloadable from within the course, so there is no need to wait for your course materials to arrive in the mail. You can also download/save the PDF files that make up the “Digital Course Notebook” for future reference.

The following are the computer and software requirements for taking SEI’s online courses.

Computer and Internet Requirements

Laptop and Desktop Platforms

PC (Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10)

Mac (Intel-based only, OSX 10.5 or later)

Mobile Devices are only supported for viewing Podcast versions of the presentations

Hardware/Internet Requirements

1.8 Ghz or faster processor

2 Gb of RAM, 10 Gb of free disk space

Minimum screen / monitor resolution is 1280 x 800

Built in sound or sound card

Computer microphone or regular telephone for Webinar or Live Office Hours participation

High-speed Internet connection (at least 5 Mb download speed — click here to check your speed)

Latest version of Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, or Apple Safari

Enabled cookies, javascript, Java, pop-ups

Special Considerations

1) Satellite, cellular 3G/4G cards, mesh wide area networks, and other similar “non-copper” or non WI-FI connections, while appearing to be high speed, will likely experience performance issues in this course. We do not recommend this type of Internet connection.

2) There are subtle differences among all browsers based on whether using a Windows or Mac computer.

3) The version of your computer’s operating system and your browser version can also have an affect on operation.

4) Video buffering problems have been reported in some cases on slow connections.

5) The video/audio Playback Rate speed control dropdown menu is not available/functional using the Chrome browser.

Video and Audio Presentations

The lecture capture presentations are streaming video (just like Netflix® or Hulu® or Amazon®). To adequately view these lecture presentations, a high speed network connection is preferred. We suggest at least 5 Mb/sec. If your connection speed is slow, is unreliable, or if the connection is shared with other active computers or mobile devices (phones or tablets), you may experience less than optimal playback. If this happens, there are a three options: obtain a faster network connection, turn off all active devices other than the device used to view the presentations, download the presentations from Apple iTunes and view from a mobile device or the iTunes app on your computer.

Smart Phone and Tablet Platforms: Apple iOS Devices (iPod touch, iPhone, iPad) and Android Phones & Tablets.

For the best experience with our online course content we recommend using a PC or Mac computer with a wired or WiFi Internet connection. It is possible to do all of the following with smart phones and tablets, however, we strongly recommend taking the quizzes on a non touch screen device to avoid unintentional changes to your selected answers:

Take quizzes

Read your textbook ebook version

Download PDFs

Participate in online forum discussions

Check your grade book

Complete questionnaires and surveys

View video and audio presentations

Some performance or access may vary

Required Software

Microsoft Silverlight (video/audio//PowerPoint presentations)

Adobe Flash (latest version for presentations & interactive exercises in some courses)

Oracle Java plugin (latest version)

Adobe Acrobat Reader (viewing & printing PDF files)

Optional Software

Microsoft Office Viewers (viewing & printing Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Visio files)

Open Source Office Suite (viewing & printing Word, PowerPoint, Excel files)

Apple QuickTime (viewing QuickTime video in some courses)

Apple iTunes (podcast subscription)
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PVOL304: Solar Training - Advanced PV Stand-alone System Design (Battery-Based) - Online

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PVOL304: Solar Training - Advanced PV Stand-alone System Design (Battery-Based) - Online

Additional Details

what you will learn

helpful information

nabcep certification information

available sessions

course snapshot

course materials

Instructors

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