After completing this online course, participants will be able to:

• Justify why transport sector must contribute to climate protection
• Name different types of electric cars and their efficiencies
• Explain elements of the charging infrastructure

• People who would like to get a short overview on e-mobility for private transport

• Transport and sustainability
• Electric vehicles for private transport
• Private EV charging infrastructure

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After completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Describe how an electric drive train works and what kind of charging infrastructure is necessary for different applications
• Be aware of the challenges and opportunities associated with the integration of electric vehicles into the grid
• Differentiate between rural and urban mobility in terms of their implications on the grid
• Take action on integrating electric vehicles into the grid

• People who are interested in grid-connected PV and have no/little prior knowledge
• People who need a comprehensive overview on PV systems and applications
• People who start evaluating/developing their first projects such as project developers, project managers, engineers, quality inspectors, and customer service professionals in the photovoltaic industry

• Introduction to e-mobility
• Charging infrastructure
• Challenges and opportunities in grid integration of e-mobility
• Charging strategies
• Difference between urban and rural areas
• Recommended course of action for system operators

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After completing this course, participants will be able to:

• Identify the technical limits of electrical grids
• Describe the most important boundary conditions and procedures for grid operation
• Explain which grid infrastructure components allow the transmission and distribution of high shares of VRE generation across the power system
• Analyse congestion management procedures with additional consideration of low carbon emissions

• People who are involved in grid operation, transmission and distribution with high shares of variable renewable energy (vRE)
• People who want to understand options to manage grid infrastructure with high amount of vRE
• People who need to develop strategies to integrate vRE into grid operation

• Boundary conditions and procedures for grid operation
• Infrastructure improvements for VRE integration
• Congestion management with consideration of low carbon emissions

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After the seminar participants will be able to:

• Determine effects of high shares of PV and wind power on power systems
• Explain the residual load approach and flexibility measures
• Explain short-term wind and PV forecasts for grid operation and energy market transactions
• Calculate balancing power needs and the reliable PV and wind power capacity with a probabilistic tools
• Explain frequency and voltage control with PV inverters and wind turbine generators
• Manage the set-up of a grid and/or system integration study for variable renewable energy

• People who are responsible for power system planning and strategy development in public and private companies and institutions the energy sector
• Academicians who like to learn about grid integration strategies

• PV and wind power technology
• Residual load approach and power system flexibility
• Balancing power needs for system operation and planning
• Short-term PV and wind power forecasts
• Security of supply with wind power and photovoltaic
• Grid integration and system integration study set-up

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After the seminar participants will be able to:

• Explain the differences between the traditional and modern power system planning approaches based on different load curve methods and incorporation of co-benefit grid connected wind power and solar-PV
• Compare tools used for power system planning and how co-benefits can be used during the planning process
• Explain how selected co-benefits of renewable energy e.g. information on “global warming and human health effects of ambient air quality” affect the outcome of power system planning

• Ministries recognising the importance of climate protection/policy and/or with responsibility for climate and energy policy on national level
• Energy planning commissions and planning divisions of grid operators
• Authorities and regulators with power supply planning tasks
• Policy makers on subnational/state level
• Energy or climate related agencies, think tanks and research institutions

• Introduction and typical questions of power system planning
• Modern long-term electric power system expansion planning considering co-benefits of grid connected wind power and solar-PV
• Residual load approach for system planning
• Unit commitment and generator dispatch planning
• Capacity constraints (sufficient security of supply) planning
• Distribution and transmissions grid planning
• Sector coupling planning
• Resource optimization, reliability evaluation and production cost simulation
• Fixed / variable costs, CAPEX, OPEX and LCOE
• Flexible thermal generation planning – from base load to flexible middle and peak load power production
• Software tool overview used for power system planning taking into account co-benefits of renewable power generation (Purpose, features and covered co-benefits / environmental effects)
• Power system planning case studies considering co-benefits of wind and solar-PV

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