Enroll in our PVsyst course in Dubai, available in-person and online, and master solar PV system simulation for energy yield analysis, shading assessment, and DEWA-compliant project reporting. Learn to design bankable solar reports for residential rooftops, commercial arrays, and utility-scale projects across the UAE.
PVsyst training at Orbit Training Centre equips you with practical skills to simulate, analyze, and report on solar PV systems using PVsyst — the industry-standard software for energy yield assessment and bankable project documentation. Delivered by Shabeer is a seasoned electrical and electronics engineering professional with over 15 years of rich experience in technical training, the course covers project setup, meteorological data input, on-grid and off-grid simulation, shading analysis, loss modeling, and performance ratio interpretation. Certification is UAE-recognized and accepted by solar design consultancies and EPC contractors operating across Dubai and the Gulf.
PVsyst training at Orbit Training Centre equips you with practical skills to simulate, analyze, and report on solar PV systems using PVsyst — the industry-standard software for energy yield assessment and bankable project documentation. Delivered by Shabeer is a seasoned electrical and electronics engineering professional with over 15 years of rich experience in technical training and implementing innovative solutions, the course covers project setup, meteorological data input, on-grid and off-grid simulation, shading analysis, loss modeling, and performance ratio interpretation. Certification is UAE-recognized and accepted by solar design consultancies and EPC contractors operating across Dubai and the Gulf.
Training includes hands-on exercises: running a full PVsyst simulation for a 100kWp rooftop system in Dubai using Meteonorm climate data, performing a near-shading analysis using the 3D scene builder, and generating a final energy yield report formatted for DEWA Shams Dubai submission. Batch and one-to-one formats are available in 2-hour sessions to fit working schedules. Designed for engineers and consultants who need PVsyst proficiency for client proposals, project tenders, and DEWA technical submissions.
Shabeer is a seasoned electrical and electronics engineering professional with over 15 years of rich experience in technical training and implementing innovative solutions. As Head of the Department – IT & Engineering at Orbit Training Center, Dubai since February 2020, he has played a pivotal role in leading high-impact training programs and contributing to significant business growth in the fields of Renewable Energy, Information Technology, and Management Skills.
He has successfully trained over 1,000 professionals across various nationalities through major corporate training programs, including Fortinet FCP (Network Security), Enterprise Windows Server 2022 Administration for Al Rafidian Bank (Iraq), Surveillance & Security Systems for Central Bank of South Sudan, Renewable Energy training for Department of Electricity (Erbil, Iraq), and comprehensive Cyber Security programs.
Shabeer excels in delivering training on Fortinet NSE 4/5/6, Cisco CCNA/CCNP, Azure Administrator, Microsoft 365, Networking, Security Systems, and Renewable Energy. He also designs course content, training modules, IT infrastructure (Windows Server, Firewall, CCTV), and Solar PV Systems while coordinating industrial orientation programs for international delegates.
His patience, strong listening skills, and passion for new technologies enable him to approach training with seriousness, diligence, and a clear focus on real-world applications and career advancement.
| Day | Timing | Classes Type | Class Hour’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | 10:00 AM – 09:00 PM | Batches | 2 Hours Session |
| Wednesday | 12:00 PM – 09:00 PM | One to one | 2 Hours Session |
| Thursday | 10:00 AM – 09:00 PM | One to one | 2 Hours Session |
| Friday | 12:00 PM – 09:00 PM | Private | 2 Hours Session |
| Saturday | 10:00 AM – 09:00 PM | Batches | 2 Hours Session |
| Sunday | 10:00 AM – 09:00 PM | One to one | 2 Hours Session |
PVsyst is a professional solar energy simulation software developed by PVsyst SA (Switzerland) and used worldwide to model the energy output, system losses, and financial performance of photovoltaic installations. In Dubai, PVsyst simulation reports are required for technical feasibility submissions, investor-grade project documentation, and DEWA Shams Dubai grid-connection proposals. Solar design engineers and renewable energy consultants working on projects for Emaar, DEWA, Nakheel, and Dubai South use PVsyst to generate the bankable energy yield assessments that project owners, lenders, and regulatory authorities require before approving system deployment. A PVsyst course in Dubai at Orbit Training Centre gives you the hands-on simulation skills to produce these reports independently and accurately.
According to DEWA, the Shams Dubai programme had connected solar PV systems totalling 725 megawatts across more than 8,430 buildings in Dubai by 2025, with DEWA certifying 1,115 solar specialists in 2024 alone across 38 training programmes.
As project complexity grows — from residential rooftops under Shams Dubai to large commercial arrays and the 5-gigawatt Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park — the need for simulation-accurate design has moved from optional to mandatory.
Energy yield reports produced in PVsyst form the basis of client proposals, EPC tenders, and project finance applications in Dubai.
Employers including Emirates Electrical Engineering, GreenFi Energy, and solar consultancies operating under Dubai’s D33 Economic Agenda all list PVsyst proficiency as a required or strongly preferred skill in solar engineer and renewable energy consultant job postings.
Over 35 hours in structured 2-hour sessions, you will complete a full PVsyst simulation for a 100kWp grid-tied rooftop system in Dubai using real Meteonorm climate data for the UAE region, build a 3D shading scene for a commercial building with adjacent obstructions, run a bifacial module simulation comparing rear-gain yield improvement, interpret the full loss diagram to identify where system performance can be optimized, and export a final bankable energy yield report formatted for DEWA Shams Dubai submission.
You will also use PVsyst’s economic analysis module to calculate LCOE and project payback period for a client proposal — the output format that solar sales engineers and project developers submit to developers and investors.
This course is designed for engineers and consultants who already have a foundation in solar PV systems and want to move into or advance within solar design.
Electrical engineers, MEP professionals, civil and energy engineers, and renewable energy graduates are the primary audience.
Working solar installers who want to add design and reporting capability to their skill set, and project managers overseeing solar EPC delivery who need to read and challenge simulation reports, also benefit directly.
Basic familiarity with solar PV concepts — how panels, inverters, and grid-connection work — is helpful before joining; Orbit’s broader Solar Course covers these prerequisites for anyone starting from zero.
| Role | PVsyst Application | AED Salary Range |
|---|---|---|
| Solar PV Designer | Energy yield simulation, shading, loss modeling | AED 10,000–16,000/month |
| Solar Project Engineer | Feasibility reports, tender documentation | AED 14,000–22,000/month |
| Renewable Energy Consultant | Bankable reports, investor submissions | AED 18,000–28,000/month |
| Solar Sales Engineer | Client proposals, ROI and payback analysis | AED 12,000–18,000/month |
| EPC Technical Lead | Multi-array design, utility-scale simulation | AED 20,000–30,000/month |
PVsyst proficiency shifts a solar professional from installation-focused to design-focused roles — a move that typically brings a 40–70% salary uplift in the Dubai market.
Companies hiring for these roles in Dubai include solar EPC contractors, engineering consultancies, facility management firms with large building portfolios, and utility developers working on DEWA-affiliated projects.
Freelance solar consultants with PVsyst skills charge AED 400–800 per day for feasibility studies and design reports on residential and commercial projects.
Shabeer is a seasoned electrical and electronics engineering professional with over 15 years of rich experience in technical training and implementing innovative solutions. As Head of the Department – IT & Engineering at Orbit Training Center, Dubai since February 2020, he has played a pivotal role in leading high-impact training programs and contributing to significant business growth in the fields of Renewable Energy, Information Technology, and Management Skills.
The free demo session at Orbit includes a live walkthrough of the PVsyst interface using Dubai climate data, a sample loss diagram interpretation exercise, and a Q&A on DEWA submission report requirements — so you can assess course depth before committing.
One-to-one training lets you focus the curriculum on your specific project type: residential Shams Dubai, commercial rooftop, or utility-scale ground mount.
Post-training support includes 30-day access to course materials, direct mentor queries for project-specific simulation questions, and guidance on structuring your first client-ready PVsyst report. Orbit’s PVsyst certification is KHDA-aligned and recognized by solar employers across the UAE.
PVsyst is specialised software for the detailed simulation, sizing, and performance analysis of photovoltaic (solar) energy systems, developed by a Swiss team and used globally as the industry-standard tool for solar project feasibility and technical design. Unlike a basic solar calculator that gives a rough energy estimate from panel wattage and sun hours, PVsyst models a solar installation in genuine physical detail: it builds a 3D representation of the site including any shading obstructions (nearby buildings, parapets, equipment), applies real historical climate data for the specific location, models the electrical behaviour of the chosen panels and inverters together, and calculates energy yield after accounting for a long list of real-world losses — temperature effects, soiling, wiring resistance, inverter efficiency, and mismatch between panels, among others. The output is not just a single yield number but a full loss diagram showing exactly where energy is lost between the theoretical maximum and the real expected output, along with financial modelling tools for calculating payback period and levelised cost of energy. This level of technical rigor is precisely why PVsyst reports are the standard supporting document for DEWA Shams Dubai grid-connection applications, investor-grade feasibility studies, and EPC project tenders across the UAE solar market.
In everyday practice, PVsyst is used at the design and feasibility stage of a solar project, after a site has been identified but before construction or grid-connection approval. Solar design engineers use it to determine the optimal system size and layout for a given roof or ground-mount area, select and configure the specific panel and inverter models to be used, and run a full 3D shading analysis to identify how nearby obstructions will affect energy production across the day and across seasons. The energy yield report it produces forms the technical backbone of a DEWA Shams Dubai submission, demonstrating the system will perform as claimed. For larger commercial and utility-scale projects, PVsyst’s financial modelling module is used to calculate levelised cost of energy (LCOE) and payback period — the numbers investors and developers actually evaluate before committing capital to a project. It is also increasingly used for bifacial module simulation, comparing the rear-side yield gain of double-sided panels against standard modules, a growing consideration as bifacial technology becomes more common on Dubai’s larger installations.
The course is built around a complete 100kWp grid-tied rooftop system simulation using real Meteonorm climate data for the UAE region, taking you from initial project setup through to a final, submission-ready report. You will build a 3D shading scene for a commercial building with realistic adjacent obstructions, learning how PVsyst calculates near-shading losses across different times of day and year. You will run a bifacial module simulation, comparing rear-gain yield improvement against a standard monofacial system — a comparison increasingly relevant to component selection decisions on larger Dubai projects. A significant portion of the course focuses on interpreting the full loss diagram correctly, identifying which losses are fixable through design changes and which are inherent physical limits, so you can speak confidently to a client or reviewer about why a system performs the way it does rather than just presenting a number. You will also use PVsyst’s economic analysis module to calculate LCOE and project payback period, producing the output format solar sales engineers and project developers actually submit to clients and investors. The course closes with exporting a final bankable energy yield report formatted specifically for DEWA Shams Dubai submission requirements.
Dubai’s solar sector has moved from a niche, government-led initiative to a substantial and growing part of the city’s energy infrastructure. According to DEWA, the Shams Dubai programme had connected solar PV systems totalling 725 megawatts across more than 8,430 buildings by 2025, with DEWA certifying 1,115 solar specialists in 2024 alone across 38 training programmes — a clear signal of how quickly the qualified workforce needs to scale alongside installed capacity. As project complexity increases, from straightforward residential rooftops to large commercial arrays and utility-scale developments tied to the 5-gigawatt Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, simulation-accurate design has shifted from a nice-to-have to a mandatory step in any serious solar proposal — an energy yield estimate that turns out to be significantly wrong after installation is both a reputational and financial liability for the EPC contractor or consultancy involved. Under Dubai’s D33 Economic Agenda and broader UAE net-zero commitments, solar capacity is expected to keep expanding, and employers including Emirates Electrical Engineering and GreenFi Energy consistently list PVsyst proficiency as a required or strongly preferred skill in solar engineer and renewable energy consultant job postings, reflecting how central the software has become to winning and executing solar contracts in this market. There is also a compliance dimension that makes PVsyst skills specifically valuable rather than solar design skills in general: DEWA’s Shams Dubai technical review process expects a specific level of documentation rigor, and consultancies that consistently submit clean, well-supported PVsyst reports tend to move through approval faster than those whose submissions repeatedly get queried or sent back for clarification. That approval-speed advantage compounds across a busy EPC contractor’s project pipeline, which is part of why experienced PVsyst users are valued well beyond their individual salary — a fast, accurate design engineer directly shortens the time between winning a contract and starting installation.
Solar PV Designers with PVsyst skills typically earn AED 10,000–16,000 per month in Dubai, producing energy yield simulations, shading analysis, and loss modelling for residential and small commercial projects under a senior engineer’s oversight. With experience handling larger and more technically complex projects, professionals move into Solar Project Engineer roles earning AED 14,000–22,000 per month, taking on feasibility reports and full EPC tender documentation responsibility. Renewable Energy Consultants who produce bankable reports for investors and developers — a role requiring both strong PVsyst technical skills and the ability to communicate financial viability clearly — earn AED 18,000–28,000 per month. Solar Sales Engineers who use PVsyst outputs to build client proposals and ROI calculations earn AED 12,000–18,000 per month, a role that suits professionals who combine technical credibility with client-facing communication skills. At the senior end, EPC Technical Leads overseeing multi-array design and utility-scale simulation work earn AED 20,000–30,000 per month. Freelance solar consultants with PVsyst expertise typically charge AED 400–800 per day for simulation studies on residential and commercial projects — a viable path once you have built a track record of accurate, defensible reports. PVsyst proficiency generally shifts a solar professional from installation-focused to design-focused work, a transition that typically brings a 40–70% salary uplift in the Dubai market.
Orbit’s PVsyst course is taught by Shabeer, a seasoned electrical and electronics engineering professional with over 15 years of experience in technical training, who has served as Head of the Department for IT & Engineering at Orbit Training Centre since February 2020, leading high-impact training programmes across Renewable Energy, Information Technology, and Management Skills. That depth of experience matters for a technically demanding tool like PVsyst, where getting quick, accurate answers to specific modelling questions — why a shading scene is producing an unexpected result, or how to justify a particular loss assumption — makes the difference between a course that builds real confidence and one that leaves you unsure of your own output. The course uses real Dubai climate data throughout rather than generic international defaults, so the energy yield figures you practice producing in class are directly comparable to what you will submit on an actual DEWA-connected project. One-to-one training lets you focus the curriculum on your specific project type — residential Shams Dubai, commercial rooftop, or utility-scale ground mount — rather than working through content irrelevant to your career direction. Orbit’s PVsyst certification is KHDA-aligned and recognised by solar employers across the UAE, and post-training support includes 30-day access to course materials and direct mentor queries for project-specific simulation questions on your first real client report.
Self-taught PVsyst users tend to fall into a predictable set of errors: skipping or oversimplifying the 3D shading scene because it feels tedious to build accurately, using default component and loss parameters instead of values that reflect the actual equipment and site conditions, and treating the software’s output as automatically correct without sanity-checking it against a rough manual estimate. These mistakes rarely show up as obvious software errors — the simulation runs fine and produces a plausible-looking number — which is exactly what makes them risky in a bankable report or a DEWA submission, where an optimistic yield estimate that does not match real-world performance damages both the engineer’s and the company’s credibility. Orbit’s course deliberately spends time on shading scene accuracy and loss diagram sanity-checking as core professional skills rather than optional extras, because they are precisely what separates a PVsyst user who produces defensible, bankable reports from one who is simply operating the software without fully understanding what its numbers mean.
Whether you are an electrical or MEP engineer moving into solar design for the first time, a working solar installer looking to add design and reporting capability to your skill set, or a project manager who needs to read and challenge simulation reports rather than take them at face value, Orbit’s PVsyst course is structured to meet you at your actual starting point. A free demo session is available before you commit, including a live walkthrough of the PVsyst interface using real Dubai climate data, a sample loss diagram interpretation exercise, and a Q&A on DEWA submission report requirements — so you can assess the course depth and the trainer’s teaching style before enrolling. Flexible scheduling across weekday batches, weekend batches, and one-to-one sessions means the course fits around a working schedule, and most students complete the full 35-hour programme within four to five weeks of consistent attendance. Book your free demo session at Orbit Training Centre Dubai today and see exactly what a bankable PVsyst report looks like before you commit to the full course.
PVsyst is the industry-standard solar simulation software used to model energy yield, system losses, and financial performance of photovoltaic installations. In Dubai, PVsyst reports are required for DEWA Shams Dubai grid-connection submissions, investor-grade feasibility studies, and EPC project tenders. Solar design engineers and consultants use it to produce the bankable documentation that clients, lenders, and project authorities need before approving solar system deployment.
PVsyst is not the only accepted simulation tool, but it is the industry standard for producing the energy yield and loss analysis reports that form part of DEWA Shams Dubai technical submission packages. Most solar design consultancies and EPC contractors in Dubai use PVsyst to generate the simulation outputs that DEWA requires, including performance ratio data, energy yield estimates, and shading analysis results. Proficiency in PVsyst is listed as a direct hiring requirement in solar design engineer job postings from Dubai-based firms.
Orbit’s PVsyst course runs for 35 hours in total, delivered in 2-hour sessions. Attending three sessions per week, most students complete the course in four to five weeks. One-to-one learners who schedule sessions daily can finish in two to three weeks. The online live format follows the same structure with flexible scheduling across UAE business days. All formats include hands-on simulation exercises using Dubai-specific climate data.
A basic understanding of solar PV systems — how panels, inverters, and grid connections work — is recommended before joining the PVsyst course. This does not require a formal qualification; working familiarity from a solar installation background is sufficient. Orbit’s broader Solar Course covers these fundamentals for anyone starting from zero. The PVsyst course itself starts from software navigation and builds through simulation exercises without assuming prior PVsyst experience.
Solar PV designers with PVsyst skills earn AED 10,000–16,000 per month in Dubai. Solar project engineers handling feasibility reports and EPC tenders draw AED 14,000–22,000 per month. Renewable energy consultants producing bankable reports for investors and developers earn AED 18,000–28,000 per month. Freelance solar consultants with PVsyst expertise typically charge AED 400–800 per day for simulation studies on residential and commercial projects.
PVsyst is more approachable than its reputation suggests, particularly once you already understand how a solar PV system physically works — panels, inverters, string configuration, and grid connection. The software’s core workflow (defining a site, building a 3D shading scene, selecting components, and running the simulation) follows a logical sequence that mirrors how a solar design project actually progresses, so it is not a case of memorising disconnected menus. What genuinely takes practice is interpreting the output correctly — reading a loss diagram and knowing which loss category is worth optimising versus which is an unavoidable physical limit, or judging whether a shading analysis result is realistic for the specific rooftop you are modelling. That is why Orbit’s course is built around a complete 100kWp grid-tied rooftop simulation using real UAE climate data rather than abstract exercises, so you develop both the software fluency and the judgment to defend your numbers in a client or DEWA submission. Engineers who come in with basic solar PV knowledge from Orbit’s broader Solar Course, or from hands-on installation experience, typically produce independent, submission-ready simulations by the later sessions of the course.
Several solar design tools exist on the market — Helioscope and various CAD-based layout plugins among them — but PVsyst has held its position as the industry standard for one specific reason: the depth and accuracy of its loss modelling. Where simpler tools estimate energy yield with broad efficiency assumptions, PVsyst breaks down system losses into granular categories — soiling, temperature, wiring, mismatch, inverter efficiency, shading — giving a far more defensible energy yield number for the kind of bankable, investor-grade report that DEWA Shams Dubai submissions and EPC tenders require. Helioscope and similar tools tend to be faster for quick layout and proposal work, and some Dubai solar sales teams use them for early-stage client conversations, but when a project reaches the technical submission or finance stage, PVsyst is what consultancies and EPC contractors fall back on because its outputs are what banks, investors, and DEWA reviewers are accustomed to seeing. Learning PVsyst first gives you the more rigorous, technically defensible skill set — moving to a faster proposal tool afterward is a much smaller step than the other way around.
Solar EPC contractors are the largest employer, using PVsyst throughout the tender and design stages to produce the energy yield and technical documentation required to win and execute solar installation contracts, from residential Shams Dubai rooftops to utility-scale ground-mount systems. Renewable energy consultancies hire PVsyst-skilled professionals specifically to produce bankable feasibility reports for investors and developers evaluating whether a proposed solar project is financially viable. Facility management firms with large building portfolios — commercial towers, industrial estates, logistics parks — increasingly employ or contract PVsyst-proficient engineers to assess rooftop solar potential across their properties as part of sustainability and cost-reduction initiatives. Utility-scale developers working on projects connected to DEWA’s infrastructure, including those tied to the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park pipeline, also require PVsyst simulation work at a much larger scale than typical rooftop projects, representing some of the highest-value technical design roles in the sector.
Yes — Orbit’s PVsyst course is available both in-person at the Dubai campus and as a live online course, following the same 35-hour curriculum using real UAE Meteonorm climate data either way. Online sessions are delivered via screen-share, with the trainer walking through the 3D shading scene construction, component selection, and loss diagram interpretation in real time and reviewing your own simulation model as you build it, rather than leaving you to work through a recorded video alone. This format suits solar engineers and consultants based outside Dubai, or working professionals fitting training around an active EPC project. Online students receive the same KHDA-aligned certificate as in-person students, and post-training mentor support for project-specific simulation questions is available through the same channels regardless of format.
A foundation in solar PV fundamentals is the essential starting point for anyone without hands-on installation background, and Orbit’s Solar Course covers exactly that groundwork before moving into PVsyst-specific simulation work. For engineers whose role extends into electrical schematic design and DEWA submission drawings — single-line diagrams, panel schedules, cable sizing — pairing PVsyst with AutoCAD Electrical covers the documentation side of a solar project that simulation software alone does not handle. For professionals working on building-integrated solar where the system needs to coordinate with a building’s broader MEP design — particularly on larger commercial rooftop or facade-integrated solar projects — Revit MEP skills help solar engineers work within a coordinated BIM environment rather than a standalone electrical drawing set, a workflow increasingly expected on Dubai’s larger, BIM-mandated developments.
