Solar Photovoltaics
Details
This course is organised in cooperation with the Accrediting Body SQA and leading universities and it is aimed at individuals who would like to learn how Solar Photovoltaic systems work and who want to find out about the technical aspects of these systems.
Microgeneration Certification Scheme: participants of this course learn how solar panels work and gain a thorough understanding of solar PV systems, this allows them to apply for registration with an MCS provider.
Outline
The programme is as follows:
- The composition of light. Photovoltaic effect
- Photovoltaic cells. Materials. Daily/annual energy. The positioning of the modules.
- Photovoltaic Energy. Photovoltaic Illumination
- Planning and designing a photovoltaic installation. The electric load
- Costs and evaluation of the economical solutions. Maintenance and reliability
- Practical solutions
- Typologies and modality of installation
- Integration of the photovoltaic modules in the building structure.
- Payback time
- Economic perspectives.
Speaker/s
The trainer is a university lecturer with vast practical and theoretical experience in the most commonly used photovoltaic systems and the latest technologies available for commercial and home installations.
The European Centre of Technology (ECT) has been running training courses since 1975 and has a wealth of experience providing Engineering, Management and Finance workshops.
The professional Engineering, Management and Finance training courses are organised in collaboration with leading European and International Universities.
Participants benefit from practical and theoretical knowledge on a wide range of topics, taught by University professors and leading experts in their field, with more than 30 years of theoretical and practical experience.
The ECT is an Independent Professional Body and trains over 5000 individuals a year in more than 300 training courses at 21 universities across Europe and worldwide.
