About FRED

From technician to Energy Architect

Everything you need to know about the Fullstack Renewable Energy Developer program — what it is, what you'll master, the journey, and why it works.

What is FRED?

One program. The entire renewable project lifecycle.

FRED is a practical, project-based program that teaches you to analyze energy data, design and simulate solar & hybrid systems, prove bankability, and manage assets — using the exact tools the industry runs on.

Energy Data AnalysisHelioscopePVsystHOMER ProTechnical Asset ManagementLCOE · NPV · IRR
What you'll master

Real tools. Real datasets. Real bankability.

Every module is hands-on — you learn by building with the software and data used on live projects.

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Excel & Python

Energy Data Analysis

Clean and analyze load and generation data, build load profiles, and scale it with pandas.

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Helioscope

Solar Resource & Design

Assess the solar resource and produce shading-aware, client-ready conceptual designs.

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PVsyst

PV Simulation & Yield

Run bankable energy-yield simulations and read the loss diagram like an engineer.

HOMER Pro

Hybrid & Microgrid

Optimize solar-battery-generator-grid systems and prove the economics: LCOE, NPV, IRR.

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Operations

Technical Asset Management

Monitor performance, track KPIs, plan O&M, and diagnose faults from live data.

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Capstone

End-to-End Project

Bring it together in a full techno-economic design for a real African site.

The journey

An 8-week, project-based curriculum

Sequenced like a real project: from understanding the data to proving the deal and running the asset.

Week 0

Setup & Foundations

Install every tool, verify your environment, and cover the energy & electricity primer.

Weeks 1–2

Energy Data Analysis

Load profiles and energy metrics in Excel, then at scale with Python & pandas.

Week 3

Solar Design — Helioscope

Resource, shading and a client-ready conceptual design with a full report.

Week 4

PV Simulation — PVsyst

Detailed yield, losses and Performance Ratio you can take to a lender.

Weeks 5–6

Hybrid & Techno-economics

Build and optimize hybrids in HOMER Pro; interpret LCOE, NPV, IRR and payback.

Weeks 7–8

Asset Management & Capstone

Monitoring, KPIs and O&M, then an end-to-end capstone and demo day.

Why FRED

Built to make you job- and project-ready

Hands-on, not theory

Guided labs, real datasets and worked examples in every single module.

Industry-standard tools

Helioscope, PVsyst and HOMER Pro — the software employers and clients expect.

Bankability skills

Learn to prove a project with LCOE, NPV, IRR and payback — the numbers that get funded.

Small, supported cohort

Limited for close facilitation, office hours and feedback.

Live Sessions, Peer-Review & Guided Solutions

Lessons, quizzes and solution manuals so you master each tool at your own pace.

Certificate & community

Earn a verifiable certificate of completion and join a pan-African network.