Renewable Energy

This interdisciplinary course provides an in-depth understanding of the global energy challenges, and an introduction to various renewable energy systems. The course specifically covers the following topics: Review on basic electric and magnetic circuits, fundamentals of electric power systems, and an overview on the electric power industry; Energy in context: global energy challenges, and the ?sustainability? concept; Specific energy technologies: fossil energy, nuclear, wind, solar thermal, solar photovoltaic, biomass, tidal, fuel cells, hydropower and geothermal; Grid integration issues of renewable energy systems (with focus on wind and solar photovoltaic): microgrids, distributed generation and distributed generation economics.