Høst 2025

ELE-3601 Renewable Energy - Generation and Conversion - 5 stp

The course is administrated by

Institutt for elektroteknologi

Type of course

The course can be taken as a single course.

Course overlap

STE6285 Renewable Energy - Generation and Conversion 5 ects

Course contents

Wind power and turbine technology, general wind turbine construction, characteristics and components, grid integration of wind energy, wind speed measurements and resource mapping, power system stability with large-scale wind power penetration, interaction between wind power and other energy resources, offshore wind power, physical basis of solar cells and solar energy, solar energy applications in the power system, hydro power and hydro power technologies, small-scale hydro power, physical basis and application of salinity power, tidal power and wave energy, energy systems design with different forms of energy. Overview of different energy storage technologies. Technology, economy and environment, system design, system integration, combination of different forms of energy.

Admission requirements

A relevant undergraduate Bachelor degree in Engineering program in power electronics and electrical machines. Basic knowledge in power systems is also an advantage.

In addition, the following requirements must be met:

- minimum 25 credits in mathematics (equivalent to Mathematical Methods 1, 2 og 3), 5 credits in statistics and 7,5 ects i physics on a higher level is required.

Application Code: 9371

Suggested Prerequisite(s) General qualification of electrical engineering expertise at bachelor level

Objective of the course

After completion of the course, the candidate should have the following learning outcome:

Knowledge:

- How to plan, design and construct renewable energy plants.

- Understanding the different energy carriers technical and economic characteristics.

- Understand how the interaction between different energy carriers can be utilized to obtain an optimal energy system.

- Understand grid integration issues.

Skills:

- Explain the characteristics of renewable energy sources.

- Know the consenting process.

- Be able to make simple calculations, and analyses.

- Do system assessments for integration of renewable energy sources.

General competence:

- Understand the similarities and differences between renewable energy sources.

- Understand the planning and design processes.

- Understand grid integration issues and grid code requirements.

- Understand how to assess the technical, economic and environmental issues.

Language of instruction

English

Teaching methods

Lectures, exercises, field trip.