About the Course
- Principles of project management (scope, time, cost, quality).
- Developing a solar project timeline (Gantt chart in MS Project/Primavera).
- Case Study: 1 MW solar plant project cycle in Iraq.
- Monitoring tools (SCADA, smart meters, data loggers, gateways).
- Analyzing live PV monitoring data (performance ratio, capacity factor).
- Preparing daily and monthly O&M reports.
- Quality assurance and risk management in solar projects.
- Fault analysis from monitoring data (underperforming strings, inverter trips).
- Group Exercise: Prepare a project execution & monitoring plan for a 5 MW PV plant.
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