PVsyst Solar Power Plant Design

After the 30-day evaluation, PVsyst drops into a DEMO mode with restricted functions, so you need a licence to keep doing full studies. PVsyst SA's general conditions of use state that evaluation mode stays active for 30 days from the date of installation, that only generic components can be used in projects created in it, and that simulation reports carry the mention EVALUATION. Install it when you reach the modules where you build a full project, and do the string sizing and shading arithmetic on paper before that.

Performance ratio is the energy a PV system actually delivers divided by the energy it would produce if it ran at its rated efficiency at standard test conditions under the same incident sunlight, so it measures the plant's losses rather than its weather. PVsyst's documentation states that PR is defined in the standard IEC EN 61724 for grid-connected systems without storage and that it is not directly dependent on weather data or plane orientation. Reading PR alongside specific yield and the loss diagram is part of the simulation report work in this course.

PVsyst is paid software. Its 30-day evaluation uses generic components only and watermarks its reports, which is enough to learn the method. Plan the trial window so it covers the modules where you actually build a project, and use the earlier modules to work through the sizing and shading arithmetic on paper. The method transfers unchanged to a licensed seat at work.

Basic electrical engineering: series and parallel DC circuits, what open-circuit voltage and maximum power point mean, three-phase supply, and roughly what a grid-connected inverter does. Diploma and BE electrical graduates have enough. It is not a first course in electricity.

No. PVsyst SA runs its own paid training, and there are paid solar design certifications in India from other bodies. This course is preparation for the work those certifications cover. It is not any of them, and it is never described as equivalent to one.

Both, because the method is the same. Grid-connected design is the spine, with rooftop constraints such as parapet shading and self-consumption covered alongside ground-mount pitch, ground cover ratio and grid injection limits. Off-grid and solar pumping systems get their own module.

Yes. Every module, practice task and assessment. You create an account so your progress is saved and the assessments can be marked. The certificate is the only paid item, and only if you want it.

An EDWartens Certificate of Completion, issued when you have finished every module and passed the final assessment, with a verification code anyone can check. It is not a vendor credential and is never described as one.

The creators named in the Credits block at the foot of this page, on their own YouTube channels, including the PVsyst tutorials published by PVsyst itself. EDWartens did not make the videos and the creators are not affiliated with EDWartens. What EDWartens wrote is the study plan, the notes, the practice tasks and the assessments.

PVsyst is named by name in design-engineer job descriptions at Indian EPC contractors, developers and module makers, and the practice tasks are the calculations those interviews ask about: string length, ground cover ratio, loss assumptions and reading a report. It is the design method, not a placement guarantee.

Yes. Learning costs ₹0 in India: every module, the written notes, the practice tasks and the final assessment, with no card and no trial period. The only paid item is the optional EDWartens Certificate of Completion, ₹599 including GST for this intermediate course, paid in rupees through Razorpay, and only if you want it after passing the final assessment.