Seminar: TAS2 Wind Energy
Technology – Frameworks – Financing (04.–08.10.2010)
Application
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Location
Berlin, RENAC Training Center, Schönhauser Allee 10-11, 10119 Berlin, Deutschland
Date
04.–08.10.2010 09:00–18:00
Language
English
Category
Wind energy
Type of seminar
Technology-specific advanced seminar
Target Groups
Staff from government bodies and public authorities responsible for legislation on renewable energy and energy efficiency
Course Objectives
- After completing the course you will have gained an overview of relevant issues to be addressed when planning and implementing wind energy programs and strategies.
- The five day course teaches the strategic fundamentals of large onshore grid connected wind power.
- The emphasis lies on understanding the various technologies and assessment of the wind resource.
- You will understand global market trends and parameters that influence the economics of wind farms.
- You will have an understanding about wind turbine technology, energy yield, project planning, grid connections, licensing requirements, avoiding competing land use, spatial planning and environmental impacts.
- Practical exercises complement the theoretical lectures and ensure an optimal learning outcome.
Benefits
- Understanding of needs of wind power projects
- Rapid learning of theory and practice in a single course
- Tutors with current business experience teach you about the prevailing technology and point out latest trends
- Knowledge that can be readily put into practical use
Course Agenda
- Wind energy basics
- Wind farm planning, construction and operation
- Wind energy grid integration
- Financing framework, revenues and cash flow analysis
- Wind energy environment and indirect effects
- Spatial planning for wind farm projects
- Wind farm licensing
- Capacity building for wind energy
- Wind energy constellation cnalysis
- Strategy development
Exercises
- Wind energy laboratory (power curve measurement, pitch of blade angle, resistor and lift effect)
- Energy yield calculation
- Financing: cash flow analysis
- Spatial planning for wind farm projects
- Licensing procedure: setting and the various steps of for licensing / permits: details to consider and decisions to make
- Strategy development: combining legal/ administrative / financial/ economic aspects of wind energy development
Software and Hardware
- Eight small wind turbines for laboratories (12 cm rotor diameter)
- Excel (cash flow analysis)
Course materials
Participants of this course will receive all presentations as a print out as well as information on further reading.
Lecturers
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
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