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NC Clean Energy Technology Center
1575 Varsity Drive, Module 5
Raleigh, NC 27695

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This 3-day, 24-hour course covers fundamental principles of battery-based systems including understanding customer needs and utility requirements; specifying and sizing a battery bank, inverters, and charge controllers for battery-based systems; defining system architecture and functionality; battery metering; and understanding the code implications of these systems. The various benefits and challenges of lithium chemistries and lead batteries are analyzed. The course will end with a tour of a commercial PV installation with a battery system.

Prerequisite: Working knowledge of solar PV; currently working in the solar industry; and/or have taken a fundamentals course such as FSPV: Fundamentals of Solar Photovoltaic Design and Installation offered by the NC Clean Energy Technology Center.

NABCEP PV Certifications: ASPV counts for up to 24 approved advanced credit hours needed to sit for multiple NABCEP Certification Exams and recertification credits. Please visit the course listing on NABCEP’s website for complete information.

Based on previous courses, it is estimated that the following continuing education credits will be awarded after the successful completion:

19 PDHs for North Carolina Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors, approved by the NC Board of Examiners for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors (NCBELS)
24 LU | HSWs for Registered Architects, approved by the American Institute of Architects (AIA), course code SS2024
24.0 CEs are approved by the North Carolina Board of Examiners for Electrical Contractors (NCBEEC)
This course is approved by the North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners (NABCEP) for initial exam application JTA credits and recertification credits. For more information about approved credits, visit the course listing.

Registering Multiple People

If you are registering multiple people from the same company, complete the information for the first person, and then on the Registration Summary page, click on "Add Group Member" to start the process for the next person. When you are finished adding individuals, click next on the Registration Summary page and you will be able to pay for the group in one transaction.

Payment Information

We accept Visa, Mastercard, and American Express to pay registration fees. If you need to pay by check, purchase order, IDT, grant or scholarship, please contact the training team at cleanenergy@ncsu.edu and we will be happy to assist you.

Payment Plan

Credit card payments may be made in 3-5 installments. At the end of the registration process, you may select to pay by installment payments. A member of the training team will contact you with additional instructions on how to set up your installment payments. The installment payments will be automatically drafted once a month. Please note that full payment of the course must be received before the start of the course.

Cancellation and Refund Policies

Cancellation requests should be sent to CleanEnergy@ncsu.edu for processing. Cancellations:

32+ days before the course, receive a full refund minus a $25 processing fee
15-31 days before the course, receive a 50% refund
8-14 days before the course, receive a 25% refund
0-7 days before the course are ineligible for a refund

Attendee substitutions from within the same company may be made at any time before the start of the course at no cost. Please send an email to CleanEnergy@ncsu.edu with the name of the current registrant and the name and email address of the new registrant to begin the substitution process.