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Applying Renewable Energy: Small-scale Systems

Small-scale systems provide hot water or electricity to households or areas without access to the electricity grid. This programme covers photovoltaic, solar thermal, small hydropower, and biogas systems.

525 excl. VAT

  • 19% VAT: private customers resident in the EU, companies/ public organisations and NGOs in Germany
  • No VAT: private customers resident outside the EU, companies/ public organisations and NGOs outside Germany

Duration

6 months

Study time

About 70 hours

Training language

Spanish, English

Training Format

Online

Dates

01/10/2023

Registration Deadline

10/10/2023

Description

Description

In this training, you will study small-scale systems used for the provision of hot water or electricity in households or in remote rural areas without access to the electricity grid:

Photovoltaics:

  • Applications and market development
  • Solar radiation
  • System components
  • System configurations (grid-tied and off-grids)
  • Introduction to system design and yield estimation

Solar thermal:

  • Relevance of solar thermal
  • How solar thermal works
  • Different solar thermal system types and its components
  • System sizing, installation and commissioning
  • Operation and maintenance
  • Economics

Small hydropower:

  • Different types of hydro power plants
  • Resource assessment
  • Civil engineering components
  • Electro-mechanical equipment
  • Economics

Biogas:

  • Benefits and potential
  • Classification of biogas plants
  • Components of industrial biogas plants
  • Substrates for biogas generation
  • Biogas energy conversion
  • Digestate as fertilizer
  • Planning and implementation of biogas plants

Additionally, each participant will have access to short introductory courses on energy and electricity topics to learn or revise the basics. These courses are not mandatory, and will not be covered in the exam.

Receive a reminder one week before the registration deadline.

Learning Objectives

Learning objectives

After the online training, you will be able to:

  • Assess resources and suitability of sites for each technology
  • Decide which components are to be used for which purpose
  • Roughly calculate system size and energy yield and determine crucial paramerters
  • Explain the principle functioning of each technology

Upon successful finalisation of the training, you will receive a RENAC Certificate.

Possible specialisations after successfully finishing this training:

Target Groups

Target groups

This training will suit those who:

  • Need an overview of renewable energy technologies
  • Would like to refresh technical knowledge
  • Want to make the first step towards implementing renewable energy projects

Features

Features

Flexibility to study at any time and from any location

RENAC content expert and learning platform technical support

Moderated discussion forum for students

Live lectures

Multimedia learning materials

Self-assessments, assignments and final exam

We offer discounts for our alumni, group bookings, and multiple purchases. Contact us for further details.

RENAC certificate upon successful completion of the training

Certified by the Staatliche Zentralstelle für Fernunterricht – ZFU (German Authority for Distance Learning)

Certification

certification

Lecturers

Description

In this training, you will study small-scale systems used for the provision of hot water or electricity in households or in remote rural areas without access to the electricity grid:

Photovoltaics:

  • Applications and market development
  • Solar radiation
  • System components
  • System configurations (grid-tied and off-grids)
  • Introduction to system design and yield estimation

Solar thermal:

  • Relevance of solar thermal
  • How solar thermal works
  • Different solar thermal system types and its components
  • System sizing, installation and commissioning
  • Operation and maintenance
  • Economics

Small hydropower:

  • Different types of hydro power plants
  • Resource assessment
  • Civil engineering components
  • Electro-mechanical equipment
  • Economics

Biogas:

  • Benefits and potential
  • Classification of biogas plants
  • Components of industrial biogas plants
  • Substrates for biogas generation
  • Biogas energy conversion
  • Digestate as fertilizer
  • Planning and implementation of biogas plants

Additionally, each participant will have access to short introductory courses on energy and electricity topics to learn or revise the basics. These courses are not mandatory, and will not be covered in the exam.

Receive a reminder one week before the registration deadline.

Learning objectives

After the online training, you will be able to:

  • Assess resources and suitability of sites for each technology
  • Decide which components are to be used for which purpose
  • Roughly calculate system size and energy yield and determine crucial paramerters
  • Explain the principle functioning of each technology

Upon successful finalisation of the training, you will receive a RENAC Certificate.

Possible specialisations after successfully finishing this training:

Target groups

This training will suit those who:

  • Need an overview of renewable energy technologies
  • Would like to refresh technical knowledge
  • Want to make the first step towards implementing renewable energy projects

Features

Flexibility to study at any time and from any location

RENAC content expert and learning platform technical support

Moderated discussion forum for students

Live lectures

Multimedia learning materials

Self-assessments, assignments and final exam

We offer discounts for our alumni, group bookings, and multiple purchases. Contact us for further details.

RENAC certificate upon successful completion of the training

Certified by the Staatliche Zentralstelle für Fernunterricht – ZFU (German Authority for Distance Learning)

Certification

certification

Testimonials

Contact us

If you are interested in our offering or you would like to get in touch, kindly fill out the contact form. We look forward to hearing from you!

Raquel Cascales

Raquel Cascales

E-Learning and MultimediaHead of Division
Raquel Cascales

Raquel Cascales

E-Learning and MultimediaHead of Division

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