Solar Photovoltaic Basics: A Study Guide for the NABCEP Associate Exam, Edition 2

Providing complete coverage of the NABCEP syllabus in easily accessible chapters, this book addresses all of the core objectives required to pass the exam, including the ten main skill sets:

• PV Markets and Applications
• Safety Basics
• Electricity Basics
• Solar Energy Fundamentals
• PV Module Fundamentals
• System Components
• PV System Sizing Principles
• PV System Electrical Design
• PV System Mechanical Design
• Performance Analysis, Maintenance and Troubleshooting.

You will learn the importance of surveying a site and how to carry out a survey, how to use the tools that determine shading and annual production, and the necessity of safety on site. This guide also includes technical math and equations that are suitable and understandable to those without engineering degrees, but are necessary in understanding the principles of solar PV.

This new edition of Sean White’s highly successful study guide has been updated throughout and reflects recent changes in the industry.