Course Outline and Information

Course Topics (but not limited to):

• Generalities on photovoltaic plants
• Installation methods and configurations
• Connection to the grid and measure of the energy
• Earthing and protection against indirect contact
• Protection against overcurrents and overvoltages
• Feed-in Tariff
• Economic analysis of the investment
• Control systems of photovoltaic plant converters

Useful References:

• ABB Technical Application Papers No.10 Photovoltaic plants, 2010
• Jackson, Frank. Planning and installing photovoltaic systems, London: Earthscan, 2nd edition, 2008.
• Smets, A.H., Jäger, K., Isabella, O., van Swaaij, R.A.C.M.M. and Zeman, M., Solar Energy: The physics and engineering of photovoltaic conversion technologies and systems, UIT, 2016.

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