Convert, store and integrate energy from solar, wind and storage systems, through power electronics and the grid.
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Photovoltaic energy conversion, the I-V characteristic, the maximum power point, and irradiance and temperature effects.
Why PV needs a converter, perturb-and-observe and other MPPT algorithms, and their limits.
Arrays, string and central inverters, grid-connected and off-grid PV systems.
Wind resource and power in the wind, turbine aerodynamics, generators and the back-to-back converters that connect them to the grid.
Storage technologies and their roles, energy and power ratings, round-trip efficiency, and bidirectional converter interfaces.
Electrochemical cells, battery chemistries, state of charge, ageing and battery management systems.
Energy, power and efficiency across physical conversion processes; the resources and limits of renewable energy.
Connecting variable renewable generation and storage to the grid: grid codes, hosting capacity and stability.
Combining solar, wind, storage and conventional sources in microgrids and hybrid systems.
Forecasting, scheduling and control of energy flows in renewable and storage systems.
Sizing, component selection, economics and verification of a renewable energy system.
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