Commercial Solar PV Design and Install Course

If your organisation designs and installs commercial or industrial (C&I) Battery Energy Storage Solutions (BESS) or has an interest in diversifying into the C&I space, then this course is for you.

A slightly more advanced 2-day course for technically capable members of the team. This course will save hours in fault finding, solution hunting and smooth system operations.

This course covers sizing, matching Inverters, Batteries and Solar Modules, designing, installing and commissioning high voltage Battery Energy Systems and then integrating the installation with a Diesel generator.

Attendees will gain the following knowledge:

1. Design aspects and what to include during the commercial & industrial design and installation stage.
2. Practical HV installation and commissioning tips.
3. What you need to know before installing HV and how to approach system design.
4. Fault finding, switching and response solutions during the commissioning stage.
5. Standards and regulations relevant to C&I

Course Programme

1. Welcome and introduction to facilitator/distributor/supplier.
2. Introduction to
   1. Low Voltage batteries
   2. High Voltage batteries
      1. LV to HV modular vs single units
      2. HV BMSs and controllers
   3. Battery energy storage hazard types
      1. Mitigation of energy storage risks and hazards Safety codes and Standards
         1. Fire
         2. Fire
      2. HV inverters and specifications
         1. Low frequency transformer based inverters
         2. High frequency HV inverters c. Change-over devices
   4. Supplementing with solar
      1. Temperature co-efficient, sizing modules
      2. Using the internal MPPT’s
      3. AC Coupled systems
      4. Micro Inverters
   5. Genset Integration
      1. Connecting and operating
   6. Setup and communications
      1. Portal and firmware upgrades
   7. Photos and case studies a. Use Case application.
   8. Commercial/industrial BESS design and construction
   9. Power security
      1. Peak Shaving
         1. Direct: Complete switch-over vs Indirect
         2. Setting a charge rate
      2. Financial and economic modelling Arbitrage
      3. Payback periods
      4. Tax incentives d. Financing
      5. Diesel savings
      6. Practical session
         1. ATESS practical installation tips
         2. Generator integration