Seminar: REO4 Grid Connected Renewable Energy
Technology – Frameworks – Financing - with Short Excursus on Energy Efficiency (01.–05.11.2010)
Application
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Location
Berlin, RENAC Training Center, Schönhauser Allee 10-11, 10119 Berlin, Deutschland
Date
01.–05.11.2010 09:00–18:00
Language
English
Category
Financing, Policy framework, Renewable energy technologies
Type of seminar
Overview seminar – covering various technologies and other aspects of grid connected renewable energy applications
Target Groups
- Staff from government bodies responsible for RE and EE legislation.
Course Objectives
After completing the course you will have gained an overview of relevant issues to be addressed when planning and implementing legal frameworks for grid connected renewable energy technologies.
The course offers an introduction to 3 core technologies for grid connected applications – Photovoltaics, Wind and Biogas. Here, you will gain an overview of the technological basics with a special focus on possible applications and the potential of the technologies. You will also learn about the basics of energy efficiency in industry and trade as renewable and the rational use of energy have to be complementary to build and efficient entity.
Apart from technology there are three more crucial elements for the successful planning and implementation of renewable – grid integration, frameworks and financing.
Grid integration is a big challenge as electricity networks often are designed to match the needs of centralizes conventional energy production. You will get to know about grid structure, grid codes as well as requirements and prerequisites of renewable system integration.
You will also learn about various frameworks and approaches for the support of renewable energy technologies and their market entry from different countries, their strengths and weaknesses, best practices and lessons learned. Here you will benefit from the experience and know-how of your fellow participants from all over the world as everybody will present the legal framework/political strategy for renewables applied in her or his country of origin.
In the financing session you will learn about CDM mechanisms, types of financing and funding (credits, mezzanine, grants, etc.) as well as potential sources of financing.
The course closes with a workshop on strategy planning for the design and implementation of renewable energy support programs.
Benefits
- Learn about approaches to the support for renewable energy technologies from all over the world and benefit from the expertise of RENAC lecturers and your fellow course participants.
- Develop a solid understanding for the technologies applicable in theory and practice in the RENAC training centre.
- Understand the correlation of technology, frameworks and financing instruments for the successful design and implementation of a support program for grid connected renewable energy technologies.
Course Agenda
- Introduction and overview of grid connected renewable energy technologies
- Legal and political frameworks for renewables – different support systems, best practices, lessons learned and country presentations of participants
- Photovoltaics
- Wind energy
- Biogas
- Energy Efficiency in Industry and Trade
- Project financing with CDM
- Funding renewable energy projects
- Potential sources of financing
- Workshop on design and implementation of legal frameworks
Exercises
- Haptic learning is a crucial element for enhancement of understanding and long-term learning success.
- In the course we will offer short sessions of practical training on photovoltaics and wind energy in the RENAC training centre.
- Moreover there will be a practical session on planning and implementing frameworks for the market introduction of grid-connected renewable energy technologies.
- Participants will also be asked to give a short presentation on renewable energy support programs and/or political strategies for renewables in their home country.
Hardware
The following equipment is available for practical experiments:
- All components of a PV system and associated equipment in our modern training center
- IKS experimental and demonstration kits for PV
- Wind measurement equipment
Course materials
Participants of this course will receive all presentations as a print out as well as information on further reading.
Lecturers
- Tina Völker, Renewables Academy AG; Albrecht Tiedemann, Renewables Academy AG and others
Contact and further information
For information about course content and application procedure, please, use our TREE contact form.
Important notes!
Travel and accommodation costs are not included in the scholarship and must be funded individually. RENAC provides information on hotels in Berlin.
For your TREE application we kindly ask you to prepare:
- Your CV for upload (.pdf or .doc)
- A letter of motivation for participating in the TREE course (900 characters)
- A short description how you will integrate and apply the knowledge gained in the course into your profession & daily work (900 characters)
- An answer to our question: What do you expect from the TREE course?
Application
Sorry, the registration period for this event is over.