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Solar Alberta professional training courses
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING COURSES
Solar Alberta is a non-profit educational organization celebrating its 31st year of operation! Our mission is to accelerate Alberta ' s transition to a just and sustainable energy future by advocating, educating, and serving as an industry and community hub for solar energy.
We provide learning opportunities through our free educational events, pages of foundational knowledge on SolarAlberta.ca, and our professional training courses. We also act as a technical and policy resource to trade associations, post-secondary institutions, governments, and the public.
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Recorded & Live!
While we still offer live professional training courses, in September of 2021 we began the process of recording our online classes in order to launch an “ on-demand” course feature in 2022. The addition of on-demand training videos through our website was initiated because of feedback we received from our members, some of whom are having trouble attending the times and dates of our current live online course offerings.
Courses cost between $125 to $275. Recordings are available to purchase at SolarAlberta.ca and there will be live online courses starting again in the fall of 2022!
SOLAR ALBERTA MEMBERS RECIEVE A 10% DISCOUNT ON ALL COURSES SIGN UP AT SOLARALBERTA.CA
COURSES OFFERED
Working with Wire Providers Commissioning, Quality Assurance and Quality Control of Solar PV Systems Solar Photovoltaic Systems Design and Modelling Battery Energy Storage System Design and Modelling Solar Photovoltaic Electrical Codes Contracts for the Solar Industry Economics of Grid-Tied Solar Photovoltaics
SOLAR PV SYSTEMS DESIGN & MODELLING
This class is for electricians, technicians, engineers, solar installers, sales people and others with a basic understanding of electrical theory and electrical terminology. It teaches how to design and evaluate the performance of solar electric systems through a series of case studies and discusses advances in PV technology and the economics of PV systems. It focuses on residential and commercial scale projects, typically under 1 MW.
WORKING WITH WIRE PROVIDERS
Instructor: Neil Cumming, P.Eng. $175 - 8 hours
This course teaches students how to navigate the grid-interconnection process for a variety of projects from small rooftop solar to large solar
farms.
BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS DESIGN & MODELLING
Learning objectives include identifying batterybased solar PV system configurations, evaluating site conditions and electrical loads, specifying major components of stand-alone and gridinteractive solar PV systems.
SOLAR PV ELECTRICAL CODES
This class is designed for electrical professionals who want to ensure that their solar installations are up to current Canadian Electrical Code standards. It focuses on residential and commercial scale projects, typically under 1 MW.
This course uses checklists and case studies to illustrate the topics and helps achieve the NABCEP Certification in Commissioning. It focuses on residential and commercial scale projects, typically under 1 MW.
CONTRACTS FOR THE SOLAR INDUSTRY
Instructor: Mark Dyrbye, RET $275 - 8 hours
This course teaches students how to write bulletproof contracts for solar PV installations. Students receive samples of contracts and helpful planning documents.
ECONOMICS OF GRID-TIED SOLAR PV
Instructor: Rob Baron, P.Eng. $125 - 6 hours
This class teaches students how energy, transmission and distribution charges are influenced with the addition of a solar PV microgenerator and how to project the economic value of a proposed solar PV project, estimate the return from a solar PV investment, evaluate the value of incentive programs, and communicate costs and benefits to potential solar PV customers.
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The Bennett Jones New Energy Economy Series focuses on the future of Canada’s energy industry and will look at key developments at the provincial and federal levels and what they mean for businesses and investors.
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