Energy Storage Associate Boot Camp

Description

A Course for Energy Storage Technical Professionals

Energy storage systems (ESS) are booming and poised for strong growth. This is your chance to get access to highly technical and up to date information on the latest best practices for ESSs.

Knowing the material in this course is the best way to get the entry level knowledge to be ESS smart and ready for the second step in the renewable energy revolution. Besides bottling sunshine and using it at a different time, ESSs can make the grid run more smoothly and even reduce the use of fossil fuels without any renewables on the grid. This course will go into the different technologies, focusing more specifically on lithium batteries.

We will also discuss electric vehicles, which are already loads on our grid, but will soon become sources with bidirectional charging stations and EV home backup.

Course Outline:

• Welcome: Orientation Materials – 11 assignments
• Module 1: History of Energy Storage, Markets and Applications for ESSs and Safety Basics – 7 assignments
• Module 2: Energy Storage Fundamentals – 8 assignments
• Module 3: Common Components for Energy Storage Systems (ESS) – 15 assignments
• Module 4: Various Energy Storage System Topics – 11 assignments
• Module 5: More ESS! – 32 assignments
• Conclusion: Feedback and Additional Resources – 5 assignments

Continuing Education Units (CEUs)

• NABCEP Advanced Credit Hours
• NABCEP Building or Fire Code
• NABCEP PV Associate Renewal
• NABCEP JTA
• NABCEP RE Elective

Instructor

Sean White: 2014 IREC Trainer of the Year, HeatSpring / White House Energy Inc. / Sean White Solar / Norcal Solar

Sean White was the 2014 Interstate Renewable Energy Council Trainer of the Year. He is an IREC Certified Solar PV Master Trainer and has authored several books on solar. He contributed to the development of the NABCEP PV Installation Professional Job Task Analysis and has been a member of the NABCEP PV Installation Professional Technical Committee. Sean is a highly-experienced PV and energy storage educator with thousands of days teaching entry level, intermediate, and advanced PV classes at solar training centers throughout the world. Many thousands of his students are employed at both startup and leading solar companies. He has written 9 books including 2nd and 3rd editions. Sean also does consulting, designing, podcasting, sailing, playing, and is often looking down on clouds, thinking of what to write next.