PVsyst course: meteo data, orientation, 3D near shading, module and inverter sizing, losses, P50/P90 and simulation reports.
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Join at a CADD centre near you or online. You get your student login and ID card.
40 Hours of hands-on PVsyst classes — in the classroom or live online.
Exercises in every class and a final project, checked by your trainer.
Finish the course and get your course-completion certificate and a digital completion badge with your name.
Take the certification exam: a theory test and a practical task — at the centre or online.
Pass the exam and get the certified certificate with your marksheet. Anyone can check it online with its QR code.
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PVsyst is a widely used software for studying, sizing and simulating solar photovoltaic systems. Solar EPC companies, developers, consultants and lenders' engineers use its simulation reports to estimate how much energy a rooftop or ground-mounted plant will produce, where the losses come from and how the design can be improved. A clear PVsyst report is often part of the technical documents for a solar project.
This 40-hour course explains both the software and the solar design thinking behind it. You start with the project workflow, site coordinates and meteorological data from sources such as Meteonorm, PVGIS and NASA, and add a horizon profile for far shading. You then compare fixed tilt, seasonal and tracking orientations, select modules and inverters from the database and size strings within the inverter voltage and current limits while checking the DC/AC ratio. A full chapter is given to building the near shading 3D scene with module tables, nearby buildings and trees. You then set detailed losses such as soiling, temperature, wiring, mismatch, IAM, module quality and ageing, run the simulation and read the loss diagram, performance ratio and specific yield, along with P50/P90 estimates. Grid-connected and standalone systems with batteries are both covered.
Classes run in the classroom at CADD centres or in live online classes, and the centre provides the software for practice. You finish with a complete rooftop or ground-mounted plant study and receive a CADD Training Centre certificate that can be verified online.
The skills support roles such as solar design engineer, PV simulation engineer and solar project engineer. Learners often add AutoCAD for layouts or a solar PV design course for electrical sizing and site work.
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PVsyst is used to design and simulate solar PV systems. It estimates annual energy generation, shows where losses occur and produces a detailed simulation report for rooftop, ground-mounted and standalone systems.
Electrical, electronics and energy engineering students, solar EPC staff, installers and consultants can join. Basic knowledge of electricity and solar panels helps you follow the sizing chapters.
The PVsyst course is 40 hours long, covering meteo data, orientation, sizing, near shading, losses, simulation, standalone systems and a final plant study.
You can learn in CADD centre classrooms or in live online classes. The centre provides the software for practice during the course, so you do not need to buy a licence to learn.
P50 is the yearly energy that the plant is expected to exceed half of the time, while P90 is the level expected to be exceeded in nine years out of ten. Lenders and developers use them to judge energy risk.
This course does not include a global certification exam. You complete an internal theory and practical assessment and receive a CADD Training Centre certificate that can be verified online.
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