Utility-scale Solar PV Performance Drivers and Performance Degradation - Ensuring Long-Term Efficiency and Reliability
16 - 17 DECEMBER 2026
COURSE INTRODUCTION
This two-day course examines how design, installation, environment, inverter behaviour, grid integration and maintenance affect the long-term performance of utility-scale solar PV plants. Participants learn key performance metrics, degradation mechanisms, diagnostic methods, data-driven fault detection, quality assurance and preventive or corrective maintenance strategies, supported by real-world performance and recovery case studies.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
Participants will learn to:
- Explain utility-scale PV architecture and key performance metrics.
- Evaluate design, site, module, installation and environmental performance drivers.
- Identify module, structural and electrical degradation mechanisms.
- Use monitoring, SCADA and diagnostic tests to detect faults.
- Develop preventive and corrective maintenance strategies.
- Apply quality assurance, performance guarantees and case-study lessons to improve reliability and ROI.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
Engineers, energy professionals, project developers, asset managers, O&M teams, utility-scale PV support providers, investors and policymakers working with grid-connected solar systems, including utilities and government bodies.
COURSE CONTENT
- Utility-scale solar PV architecture, stakeholders and performance metrics
- Site selection, module technology and installation best practices
- Operational monitoring, SCADA, environmental impacts and grid integration
- Inverter efficiency, clipping, reactive power and storage integration
- PV module degradation, structural and electrical failures
- Electroluminescence, thermography, drone inspection and electrical testing
- Data-driven diagnostics, quality assurance and preventive/corrective maintenance
- Performance guarantees, warranties and real-world degradation case studies
