Photovoltaic Design Course
This course equips participants with practical skills to design efficient, code-compliant residential photovoltaic (PV) systems, focusing on sizing, layout, performance modeling, and financial analysis for optimal solar installations in Phoenix.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
The Photovoltaic Design Course provides a quick, hands-on way to design efficient, code-compliant residential PV systems for Phoenix. You will learn to size arrays and strings, choose modules, inverters, and racking, plan layouts for tricky roofs, estimate production using actual climate data, evaluate costs and payback periods, consider risks, and prepare for future upgrades like storage, EV charging, and system expansion.
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Develop skills
- PV array sizing: convert energy targets into DC capacity using peak sun hours.
- Roof layout design: place modules on complex roofs for yield, code, and aesthetics.
- String and inverter design: match modules, voltages, and MPPT ranges fast and safely.
- PV performance modeling: simulate yearly output, losses, and coverage with pro tools.
- PV financial analysis: estimate costs, payback, and upgrade paths for residential PV.
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