Course WM2-01: Small Wind Energy System
Design and Economics
The course teaches the details about planning and operation of projects with small wind turbines. The emphasis lies on market development, understanding the technology, importance of choosing good siting, assessment of the wind resource, choosing the right wind turbine for your purpose, important technical standards and certification, how to avoid bad quality wind turbines, the profitability of small wind turbines and financial viability for your specific purpose, combination of small wind turbines with PV and storage for rural electrification.
| Date | on request | Deadline for registration | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | 09:00-13:00 and 14:00-18:00 [incl. lunch and coffee breaks] |
Price* | 1,280.00 EUR |
| Language | English | ||
| Location |
Renewables Academy AG |
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Content
Duration of the course: 3 days
Introduction
- Applications for small wind turbines •
- Manufacturers and products, market maturity
Wind Physics
- Where does the wind come from
- Power of wind, Law of Beetz
- Wind rose
Understanding small wind turbine technology
- Power curve and power coefficient
- Aerodynamics of rotor blades
- Mechanical system
- Electrical system, inverters, grid codes
- Tower
- Foundation
Quality of small wind turbines
- Typical shortcomings in quality and breakdowns
- Standardization and certification, international activities
- Warranty and guarantee
- International safety standards
Wind measurement and siting
- Duration and equipment for measuring
- Wind speed distribution
- Appropriate siting and location
- Tower heights, minimum distance to obstacles
Project planning
- Choosing the right turbine for your client / project
- Environmental issues like noise, shadow, landscape, birds
- Operation and maintenance, needs and strategies
- Economics of small wind turbines
- Typical mistakes and best practise project examples
Economics of combining small wind energy with Photovoltaic (PV) and batteries, case study exercise
- Introduction to solar resource, PV modules, battery lay out
- Introduction to design soft ware for hybrid systems with PV, wind and batteries Exercise: System design case study and calculation of energy economics
Target group
This course is aimed at retailers of small wind turbines, farmers, architects and project developers as well as persons with responsibility for rural electrification with small wind turbines.
go to topRequirements
Basic understanding of physics and energy economics is helpful but not required.
go to topAdvantages
- Learn what you have to check before you buy and install a small wind turbine Learn to avoid typical mistakes and shortcomings
- Be able to calculate the energy costs of a project with small wind turbines in combination with PV and storage
- Keeping the cost of energy generation low Rapid learning of theory and practice in a single course
Further information and contact
For detailed information about seminar content, please contact the project director:
- Mr. Albrecht Tiedemann
- e-mail: info[at]renac.de
- phone: +49 (0) 30-526 895 871