Residential Solar PV Design 101 What is in this guide? In this guide you will learn 1. Solar Basics: Power, Energy, Current, Resistance, Circuits, Irradiance, Irradiation, Azimuth, Horizontal Tilt, Declination, Voc, Vmp, Imp, Isc, Temperature and Voltage Relationship, Irradiance and Current Relationship 2. How to Size an Array based customer constraints and site constraints and how to estimate power production. 3. How to Design and Size Grid-Connected Solar PV Inverters, Size Strings and Size Conductors Who is the guide for? This guide is for electrical contractors, roofing contractors, general contractors, engineers, managers, salespeople, career changers or anyone who is looking to enter the solar PV industry and needs a basic technical understanding of how the technology works. Who is the High Performance Building Institute? The High Performance Building Institute, a flagship partner of HeatSpring, provides world-class, industry-certified training to building professionals interesting in geothermal heat pumps, solar photovoltaic, solar thermal and energy auditing. We have trained over 4,500 professionals since 2007. What is the High Performance Building Institute Magazine? The High Performance Building Institute Magazine is a trade magazine that provides tips, information, and resources to all professionals interested in the marketing, sales, design and installation of geothermal heat pumps, solar PV, solar thermal and energy efficiency.
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Chris Williams is the Chief Marketing Officer at HeatSpring. He writes at Cleantechies, Alternative Energy Stocks and Renewable Energy World. He's a clean energy jack-of-all trades. He has installed over 300kW of solar PV systems, tens of residential and commercial solar hot water systems and 50 tons of geothermal equipment. Chris is an certified IGSPHA Geothermal Installer and is also NABCEP Entry Level certified.
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