Course overview
The aim of this course is to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of renewable energy systems, with a primary focus on solar photovoltaic and wind energy technologies, their underlying physical principles, electrical integration, system modelling, and practical design considerations. The course equips students with the ability to analyse renewable energy resources, model and evaluate PV and wind energy systems, assess their technical, economic, and environmental performance, and design grid-connected, off-grid, and microgrid-based solutions incorporating energy storage. Through an Australian and global context, the course prepares students to understand the role of renewable energy in modern power systems and to apply fundamental engineering concepts to real-world renewable energy applications.
- Introduction to Power System
- Photovoltaic Solar Energy
- Wind Energy Systems
- Batteries, Microgrid and DERs
Course learning outcomes
- Define and describe renewable energy concepts such as: solar/wind power conversion, maximum power point tracking, generation-duration curve, capacity factor, grid-connected inverters, islanding, levelized cost of energy
- Describe the functions of the key components of solar and wind power generation systems and battery energy storage systems
- Analyse the performance of a given solar generation system
- Analyse the performance of a given wind generation system
- Design a battery storage system to meet a given requirement
- Integrate renewable energy systems at a system level
Availability
Class details
Adelaide City Campus East
Group 1
Class number 55443
Section FR01
Size 100
Available 0
Class number 51948
Section PR03
Size 16
Available 0
Class number 55444
Section PR01
Size 16
Available -2
Class number 56236
Section PR02
Size 16
Available -13
Class number 61210
Section PR05
Size 16
Available 2
Class number 61211
Section PR04
Size 16
Available 0
Class number 61249
Section PR06
Size 16
Available 9
Class number 51949
Section TU02
Size 50
Available 0
Class number 55445
Section TU01
Size 50
Available 0
Class number 55446
Section WS01
Size 100
Available 0
Mawson Lakes
Group 1
Class number 55447
Section FR01
Size 30
Available 14
Class number 55450
Section WS01
Size 30
Available 14
Class number 55448
Section PR01
Size 16
Available 0
Class number 55449
Section TU01
Size 30
Available 15
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