Appendix D: Resource Library

A starting library, cross-referenced to the companion Solar Career Curriculum. Verify current editions/prices and (for courses) enrollment status.

Free learning

• SUNY Solar Energy Basics + Solar Energy System Design (Coursera, free audit): fundamentals through sizing.
• TU Delft Solar Energy + Solar Energy: PV Systems (edX, free audit): full-system design.
• PVEducation.org: open reference on PV physics and devices.
• NREL SAM + PVWatts: free production/economics modeling tools [Ch 19].

Core books

• Understanding Photovoltaics (Warmke): residential fundamentals.
• Designing & Installing Solar PV Systems (Warmke): commercial design/PM.
• Solar PV Engineering and Installation (Sean White): PVIP exam workhorse.
• Photovoltaic Systems and the NEC (White & Brooks): applied code.
• Mike Holt’s Illustrated Guide to NEC for Solar PV: code reference.
• Photovoltaics: Fundamentals, Technology & Practice (Mertens): engineering depth (international).
• Solar Engineering of Thermal Processes, PV & Wind (Duffie/Beckman/Blair): simulation/utility/thermal.

Certification providers

• SEI, HeatSpring, OSSIA, BPA, Everblue, Solairgen: NABCEP-registered training (PVA/PVIP/ESIP and specialties) [Ch 44].

Standards (consult the adopted edition)

• NEC (NFPA 70) Art. 690/691/705/706/710 + 250; NFPA 855 (storage); UL 61730/1741/2703/4703/9540/3741; IEC 61215/61730/62109/62446; IEEE 1547; IBC/IRC + ASCE 7; IFC; OSHA 1926/1910.

Design/field tools

• PVWatts, SAM (free modeling); Aurora Solar, HelioScope (industry design); insulation-resistance tester, I-V curve tracer, irradiance meter, thermal camera (commissioning/O&M) [Ch 33, 35].