Renewable electrical energy technologies, 5 op

Core content

• Key characteristics of solar radiation and wind speed
• Operation of p-n junction based photovoltaic (PV) cells
• Extracting power from wind, factors impacting on mechanical power, control of wind turbines
• Different types of PV cells and wind turbines schemes (fixed- and variable-speed turbines)
• Structure of PV power plants: from cells to modules and further to strings
• Structure of wind turbines and wind farm
• Wind farm siting, energy production expectations and project development
• Basics of PV and wind power market status and trends

Complementary knowledge

• Formation of electromagnetic radiation in the Sun, modelling of solar radiation as black body radiation, effects of atmosphere on solar radiation
• Measurement and modelling of wind speed, utilization of Weibull distribution, and tools for wind speed estimation
• Operating principle of different types of PV cells including thin film PV cells, etc.
• Possibilities for PV and wind power production globally and in Finland
• Fundamental concept of using flexibility like energy storage systems, production curtailment and demand response for smoothing of power fluctuations of PV and wind power