1. Capacity Building on Integration of Large Amounts of
Renewable Energy in Electricity Grids (ReGrid)
Online Seminar
Basics of Grid Connected Solar Power and Wind Power
From November 2011 – February 2012
Munaim G.-Naim
has successfully attended the course and passed the online test with 90%. The seminar covered the following
topics:
Basics of wind power: the wind as a resource, physical basics, wind turbine generators and electrical systems,
wind farm design, power curves, energy yield calculation, capacity factor and full load hours
Basics of photovoltaic: the solar resource, physical basics, components of a PV plant, inverter (function, types,
efficiency, grid‐controlled vs. self‐controlled, specification data), system configuration, plant design, energy
yield simulation
Basics of concentrating solar power: site selection, technologies (parabolic trough collectors, solar tower,
linear Fresnel, dish), generators, storage technologies, cooling, energy yield calculation
Basics of voltage und frequency control: definitions, theory voltage control, theory frequency control, quality
and security of energy supply, voltage control with wind and solar and frequency control with wind and solar
Berlin, March 16
th
, 2012
Berthold Breid, CEO Renewables Academy
ReGrid Basic
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