Renewable Energy Systems

Course aim

To enhance awareness for the role and potential of renewable energy systems in:

• meeting electrical energy demands of society and to develop skills in proposing,

• developing and implementing renewable energy systems to generate electricity with social, human and environmental awareness

Course content

Sources of renewable energy; fundamentals of wind, wave, solar thermal, photovoltaic, hydro and other common electrical renewable generation schemes; selection and sizing of systems components; interfacing renewable energy to existing grid-connected power; detailed consideration of photovoltaic inverter battery systems; design aspects of renewable electrical energy systems

Textbook(s)

Masters, G. M. 2004, Renewable and Efficient Electric Power Systems, n/a, Wiley-Interscience

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES
Lecture	2 hours x 12 weeks
Tutorial	2 hours x 6 weeks
INTERNAL, OFFSHORE, KAPLAN HIGHER EDUCATION - SINGAPORE (INTENSIVE)
Offshore	20 hours x 1 week

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

2 x quizzes, Design Assignment, Examination, Group project including seminar, Research Assignment including Seminar

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.