PV System Operations and Maintenance (O&M)
6.5 contact hours
As the solar PV trade grows and current techniques proceed to age, the operations and upkeep (O&M) of PV techniques has turn out to be a subject unto itself. This course is for the sphere technician who will carry out O&M duties, and for these in operations or asset administration who wish to know the nitty gritty particulars of maintaining a PV system at peak efficiency. You will turn out to be aware of a variety of O&M duties, together with inspections and preventive upkeep, efficiency evaluation, and troubleshooting. We will talk about superior analytical instruments, meters, and strategies – akin to insulation resistance testers, I-V curve tracers, and infrared cameras. The course covers all sizes of grid-direct PV techniques together with residential, industrial, and large-scale techniques, however is not going to cowl battery upkeep or medium voltage-specific O&M duties.
