📘 Complete Solar Energy Course for Electrical Engineering

From absolute beginner to job-ready professional — everything you need to design, install, and troubleshoot real solar power systems.

If you're an electrical engineer, technician, artisan, or renewable energy enthusiast looking to move into Nigeria's fast-growing solar industry, this course takes you from the fundamentals of energy all the way to practical, field-ready system design — no prior solar experience required.

Written by Engineer Miracle Ojiaku (R.E.E), a renewable energy and smart metering expert with close to a decade of hands-on field experience, this course distills real-world engineering knowledge into a structured, easy-to-follow guide you can start applying immediately — whether you're sizing your first off-grid home system or preparing to work professionally as a solar installer, designer, or consultant.

What you'll gain:

A solid grounding in renewable vs non-renewable energy, and how solar fits into the bigger energy picture
A true understanding of how solar cells, modules, strings, and arrays actually work — not just definitions, but the physics behind performance (insolation, temperature effects, V-I curves)
The ability to construct and compare grid-tied, off-grid, and hybrid PV systems, including their equipment and trade-offs
Practical skills in battery selection, charging, and maintenance — a major cause of system failure when done wrong
Confidence in selecting panels, inverters, and charge controllers for any project size or budget
Knowledge of array voltage calculations, system design (on-grid and off-grid), grounding, and protection — the engineering details that separate professionals from guesswork
Bonus specialization in solar water pumping system design — a growing, high-demand niche in Nigeria and across Africa
A recognized completion certificate upon completing the course

By the end, you won't just understand solar energy — you'll be able to size, design, and specify a working PV system for a real home, business, or community project.

📑 Course Contents

Renewable vs non-renewable energy — comparison, pros and cons
Solar cell, module, string, and array — key differences
Effect of insolation and temperature on the V-I curve
Advantages and disadvantages of PV systems
PV system construction
PV cell construction and principle of operation
Effect of PV cell connections — series, parallel, and combination
Types of photovoltaic cells
Grid-tied system — construction, equipment, and advantages
Off-grid system — construction, equipment, and advantages
Hybrid system — construction, equipment, and advantages
Battery construction and types
Solar panel construction, cables, and wiring
First-time battery charging and maintenance
Battery charging methods and battery cycles
Charge controllers in PV systems
Junction box and wiring
Mounting of PV systems
Solar tracking systems
Tilt angle and shading analysis
Panel selection
Inverter selection and types
Charge controller types
Determining PV array maximum voltage
PV energy output according to area
Off-grid system design
On-grid system design
Grounding in PV systems
Protection of PV systems
Busbar types and selection in PV systems
Types of water pumping systems
Design of water pumping systems