• Introduction to Conventional & Non-conventional sources of energy
• Difference between conventional & Nonconventional energy & their limitations
  Advantages & Disadvantages of Non-conventional energy
  Solar Energy:
• Reasons for Non-conventional energy being not so popular.
• Chances for development of Non-conventional energy in India

• Atomic Structure – Proton, Neutron & Electron
• Characteristics & Laws of Electricity
• Various methods of generation of Electricity
• Electrical Safety – Hazards & Safety measures.
• First Aid

• Typical values of battery voltage module current & voltage.
• Acid & their properties,
• Current low in batteries
• Impact of shorting of terminals.
• Charging process
• Precautions to be taken while charging a battery
• Introduction to Lead-acid battery Construction, parts & working.
• Anode, cathode & Electrolyte (sulphuric acid + distilled water).
• Construction & working of Hydrometer.
• Working of a battery capacity tester.
• Connection of battery (series & parallel).
• Battery cable & lamp.
• Maintenance & faults in a battery (battery box, negative & positive plates, cell connector, terminal, electrolyte, specific gravity, battery voltage)
• Solar battery charges

Introduction to Electric circuit.
AC & DC current.
Series & parallel connections.
AC Single phase & three phase.
Frequency. Electric Power & Energy.
Joules Law.
Conductors, Resistors & Insulators.
Resistance of Wires made of
dierent materials.
Types of Wiring.
Faults in wiring & their eects.
Earthing: Importance & Types

Need for personal safety & safety of others.
Dangers associated with working at heights.
Methods of safety practices while using different hand tools.
Impact of the incorrect lifting of objects,
System components (especially battery)
while installing at heights & while working.
Personal protective equipment & their usage.
Knowledge of the causes of the accident & its remedial actions.

• Introduction to Photo-voltaic Cell.
• Advantages & disadvantages of photo-voltaic conversion.
• Use of solar cell in various instruments.
• Photo-voltaic array & its connections, arrangements of array according to the voltage.
• Module & its connections.
• Faults & their effects in photo-voltaic cell, array & module (connection of cell, connection of array, connection of module)
• Load Calculation – Panel construction – Maximum Power Point Tracking – Panel sizing
• Automatic Mains Failure

• Wind energy conversion and harnessing
• Wind turbines
• Wind hybrid system
• Offshore windmills

• Hydroelectric power stations
  Hydro turbines

• Roof Top
  Field

• Energy production
  Tidal steam generator
  Single basin and double basin
  tidal powerplant
  Gas dominated and liquid
  dominated powerplants
  Enhanced geothermal powerplants
  Future scope

• Wood and agricultural biomass
  Biogas
  Ethanol, power alcohol, biodiesel

• Description of main parts of solar
  lighting system: Solar Lantern, street
  light, home light
  Charge controller: Types – Selection
  Conguration – Rating-Characteristics
  Storage battery
  Inverter: Types – Selection- Conguration
  Rating –Grid Tied & OFF Grid Inverters
  Luminars
  Maintenance of solar lighting system
  Major solar lighting manufacturers in India
  Comparative study of Conventional lighting
  system & solar lighting system
  Solar power management system with IoT
  Intelligent solar inverter systems
  Solar Tracking