Courses

Commercial Solar PPAs 101

Enroll in this free course and learn the basics of community solar, how PPAs work, the key legal structures used to finance projects, and the basics of financial modeling.

Simplify your System Design with Modern String Inverters by Fronius

Fronius explains new technology in string inverters that help make designing solar system easier.

Investing in a Solar Project: Get Tax Benefits and Do Good

A conversation with experienced investors about investing in solar projects

Introduction to Agrivoltaics

In this introductory agrivoltaics course, Byron Kominek, founder of Jack's Solar Garden and co-founder of the Colorado Agrivoltaics Learning Center, joins us to explain the benefits of responsible land management practices for community solar gardens.

Drones, 3D Mapping and LiDAR in Solar

This free drone course was developed in partnership with Scanifly software to help solar companies understand the opportunity that drones represent for their business.

Solar Performance Modeling like a Pro

Understanding Residential and Commercial Energy Storage

Learn the elements of energy storage for residential and commercial clients with this introductory overview of the field, led by expert Chris LaForge

Competing for Solar Talent in 2023

Having trouble finding enough talented workers for your growing solar business? Have employees quit or gone to work for a competitor? Your customers are ready to go, but your projects are delayed due to staffing shortages.

Beyond Zero Net Energy: PV + Storage

Marc Rosenbaum looks at the potential for battery storage to greatly increase the fraction of a house’s annual load that can be served onsite by solar electricity.

Photovoltaic Systems and the 2014 National Electric Code (NEC)

Solar expert Sean White covers the 2014 NEC in this short self-serve course

How to Start Your Registered Apprenticeship Program

Step-by-step guide to starting a registered apprenticeship program for solar companies. Live webinar with Q&A.

Hybrid PV-Diesel Energy Systems Planning for Beginners

This short course provides a quick recap of Solar PV basics and then walk you through the main planning steps of a Diesel - PV hybrid system.

Mastering Commercial Solar Finance

This course includes hours of expert-led videos, advice from a $20MM solar tax equity investor, non-profit solar financing/PPA best practices and much more!

Denowatts for Project Managers

Understand how to onboard with Denowatts through the lens of a Project Manager.

IronRidge’s Installing on Pitched Roof – Tile – Course

Free solar installation course from IronRidge. Completing this course gets you halfway to your IronRidge Solar PV Installation Certification.

Commercial Solar Design And 2014 NEC Code Changes

This free course covers 2014 National Electrical Code (NEC) changes for commercial solar projects and cost-effective design for large-scale solar systems.

Solar Career Pathways

Learn about the various career pathways within the solar industry. Hear from real people working solar jobs

Commercial Photovoltaic Design - Integrating Commercial Scale Storage

Learn how commercial scale storage will affect the market for commercial clients, some of the major players that are in the current expanding field and see how small utilities will benefit from this scale of storage added to Commercial PV arrays.

Selling the Sun

Solar is becoming more and more appealing as the technology improves and its prices drop. However, because most of the savings aren’t seen immediately, it can be tricky to sell such an investment to customers who don’t have a clear picture of the long...

5 Things You Should Know About Silicon PV Panels

In this free course, Dr. James Rand discusses the 5 things you should know about silicon PV panels.