Written by SEI, a world-class solar energy training and education provider since 1991, this manual provides critical information to successfully design, install and maintain PV systems.
The book contains an overview of photovoltaic electricity and detailed descriptions of system components. It includes chapters on sizing photovoltaic systems, analyzing sites and installing PV systems, as well as detailed appendices on PV system maintenance, troubleshooting, and worldwide solar insolation data. This textbook is meant as a user-friendly, how-to-guide for anyone interested in installing PV on their home or as a business. Carol Weis, an SEI PV instructor, believes this book is a "must-have textbook, to be required in any renewable energy course, high school to university level."
Solar Energy International is a non-profit organization whose mission is to help people incorporate renewable energy into their lives. Based in Carbondale, Colorado, and active around the world, SEI provides information, education and hands-on training to people who want to shape a sustainable future. ""SEI offers the most comprehensive, intensive and practical PV training available in the country." comments Richard Perez, publisher of Home Power Magazine.
Photovaltaics: Design and Installation Manual 
Written by SEI, a world-class solar energy training and education provider since 1991, this manual provides critical information to successfully design, install and maintain PV systems.