Solar PV Plant Design and Energy Estimation with PVSyst

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What is PVSyst?

PVSyst for solar design is a downloadable software that is used to estimate and optimize the power output of a solar power plant. PVSyst is an industry standard solar PV design tool. As a software, it allows the user to simulate the energy output, detailed losses, analyze near shadings, carry out financial analysis, probability reports, horizon profile and generate many more outputs that help solar designers in understanding the overall performance of a solar power plant.

Solar Designers that use PVSyst can simulate the potential performance of a power plant, after specifying information such as the location, meteo data, components to be used, arrangement, budgets and so on.

The main results to be derived from PVSyst reports are the total energy production, performance ratio, specific energy and the gains/losses involved in the simulation. The final report produced from a PVSyst simulation plays a key role in the proposal to be submitted to potential clients and investors in order to understand the bankability of the solar PV project.

PVSyst as a solar design software is extremely feature-loaded and complex. In order to deliver the training effectively, Reo has created two separate curriculums – Solar PV Plant Design and Energy Estimation with PVSyst and Advanced Understanding and Utility Scale Applications of PVSyst.

In this online solar energy training program on how to use PVSyst, you learn all the basic and intermediate functions required to simulate projects upto 2MWp.

Key Takeaways Of This Solar Training

A complete walkthrough of the PVSyst software
The science, mathematics & art behind solar PV system design
The complete understating of a client’s requirements to prepare a PVSyst design
Performing a virtual and in-person site assessment
Learn to calculate all input values such as azimuth, tilt, losses, etc. and analyze the output
Detailed knowledge of losses, 3D modeling and near shading analysis
Analysing a PVSyst report and creating a professional sales proposal
Being able to independently perform grid-connected PVSyst simulations of up to 1-2 MW
Case studies from Dubai [UAE], Bangalore [India], Karsfeld [Germany] and Manchester [UK]

Program Structure and Learning Resources

After registering for the course by making an online payment, your access to the course content will be shared with you within 30 minutes.
You will then be able to learn from the online course videos 24*7, and have your doubts cleared on your dashboard by the instructor, for a period of 3 months. There are no Live/webinar sessions.
To support the videos, there are downloadable files, Excel calculators, international case studies and bonus lessons.
Towards the end of the program, there are progress tests, case study assessments and a detailed instructor feedback.
A Certificate of Completion is shared with the trainees who successfully clear our program.

Other resources in this course:

A free 30 day trial version of the PVSyst software will be shared with you.
There is an exclusive student and instructor dashboard for all your doubts and queries.
The program videos and instructor’s assistance will remain accessible for a limited period of 3 months from the start date of the program.
For the purpose of revision, you may request access to the course contents once again for a period of 7 days, anytime after the 3 month period.
Signing up for a Reo course gives you default lifetime access to our exclusive solar networking platform.

Reviews

I’m doing this course on distance learning from Reo. I would recommend this course to those who want to pursue a career in the Solar industry.

Chaitanya N

Engineer, UAE

You guys did a very professional job. I will definitely recommend you guys to my class mates in my university.

Manjil Puri

Student, USA

Online Course Syllabus

Lesson 3 – Understanding Your Client’s Requirements
Typical project life cycle, lead engagement, evaluating electricity bills, using Irradiance maps and Google maps, and estimating plant capacity.
Lesson 4 – Creating your First Solar Design with Excel
Using excel calculators to calculate the number of modules and inverters, selection of modules and inverters, and string sizing.
Lesson 5 – Performing a Site Assessment
Prerequisites of a site visit, studying obstructions & electrical diagrams, creating rough sketches of the site and SLD, and unforeseen scenarios.
Bonus Lesson 1
Bonus Lesson 2
Progress Test

Lesson 6 – Overview of PVSyst
Walk-through of the features and functionality of PVSyst.
Lesson 7 – Creating a New Site and Understanding the Design Flow
Creating a new site, steps involved in using the software, and generation of a report.
Lesson 8 – Practical Understanding of All Losses
Definition, calculation and application of all losses, engineering logic behind thumb-rules, understanding the loss diagram.

Instructor Profile

Shalve Mohile

Solar Design Engineer

Mr. Shalve Mohile, your instructor for this online training course, is a solar design engineer with an experience of over 7 years in designing and building solar projects, with various system configurations including on-grid, off-grid and micro-grid solar energy systems.

He has deep practical expertise over PVSyst, Helioscope, Aurora and AutoCAD. As a solar design consultant, he works with clients across India, Australia, the USA and Germany and is also an experienced trainer and an author in the field.

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Highlights Of This Program

What makes this Reo program different and miles ahead of others

Highlights Of This Program

What makes this Reo program different and miles ahead of others

4 international case studies ranging from 100kWp to 1MWp

Design solar plants in locations across Dubai, Bangalore,
Germany and Manchester.

Equivalent to four months of on-the-job learning and professional training

This program has been curated to make you independent - be it at your job or as a freelancer.

Created by professional video editors to enhance your visual experience

No usage of Power Points. This course is designed completely by professional editors.

Digital Utility Panel - an exclusive & innovative
in-video side bar

In-video utility panel that assists you with important pointers, notifications and more!

Designed in Dark Mode
for easy late night
learning

Learning late night has been made easier with the course produced entirely in dark mode.

Stay directly connected with Reo's Network - for lifetime

Access our online community for lifelong learning, interaction, queries and networking.

Frequently Asked Questions

Language: English

PVSyst Version Used: PVSyst 6.88

Pre-made/Self-paced/Recorded Videos: Yes

Live/Webinar Classes: There are no Live classes/webinars associated with this course because regular high quality Live classes can only be hosted when there are enough high quality instructors. The solar industry is extremely young and availability of skilled and knowledgeable professionals is not yet mainstream. You would have to significantly compromise on the quality of the instructor if you were to rely on Live/webinar based training as less-experienced instructors are more frequently available to host webinars.

We have taken our time to work with some of the most experienced professionals in the space, and packaged their years of experience into these state-of-the-art online courses.

You will have online access to the videos and the instructor for a period of 3 months. After completion of the 3 month period, you may make a request with the Reo Support Team to share access to the course videos for 7 days, for the purpose of revision. This request can only be made once. The course videos are not downloadable.

Every course at Reo is created in collaboration with highly experienced professionals who are actively working in the solar industry. It would neither be fair nor possible for us to offer the students a lifetime access to their expertise, at this fee, in order to respect the time and availability of our instructors.

We have designed 4 different ways through which your performance will be monitored throughout this program.

The following will not be counted towards your final Certification:

- 2 sets of short progress tests.
- 6 PVSyst practice case studies.

The following will be counted towards your final Certification:

- 1 online test [Pass mark required: 60%. Retakes allowed.]
- 1 PVSyst design case study [Pass mark required: 70%. Retakes allowed.]

A Certificate of Completion from Reo will be awarded to the students upon successfully clearing these assessments.

$ 195 all incl.

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This solar training program includes:

- 9 hours of online course videos
- 12 downloadable files and learning material
- Dashboard for clearing doubts with the instructor
- Online tests and practical case study project with detailed performance evaluation and feedback
- Certificate of Completion (View Sample)
- 4 solved practical case studies
- Unsolved practice case studies and bonus lessons
- Program contents and instructor access active for 3 months from the start date of the batch

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