Flexible Grid Infrastructure and Management Course

Electrical energy stands out in importance due to the many applications that it has and the many more that are currently being developed for it. This growing demand means that larger quantities of electrical power must be produced, and this must be done in a sustainable and low carbon-intensity manner. As such, renewable sources of electrical energy, harnessing resources such as solar energy or the wind, are gaining in importance within the electrical energy mix. Given how these are produced, an important part of these are known as variable renewable energy (VRE).

Power generation based on VRE poses new challenges to power grids. Some of these challenges can be addressed by adapting power systems’ flexibility to the increasingly variable power generation output from VRE sources.

This course focuses on:

• Boundary conditions and procedures for grid operation
  
• Infrastructure improvements for VRE integration
  
• Congestion management considering low carbon emissions

• Identify the technical limits of electrical grids
  
• Describe the most important boundary conditions and procedures for grid operation
  
• Explain which grid infrastructure components allow the transmission and distribution of high shares of VRE generation across the power system
  
• Analyse congestion management procedures considering low carbon emissions

• Professionals who are involved in grid operation, transmission and distribution with high shares of variable renewable energy (VRE)
  
• Those who want to understand the available options to manage grid infrastructure with a high amount of VRE
  
• Experts who need to develop strategies to integrate VRE into grid operation

• Duration: 4 weeks.
• Study time: about 12 hours.
• Course language: English.
• Detailed course description: a detailed course description is available for download.
• E-learning platform: you can access the demo course on our e-learning platform.
• Price: €240.34*

• Flexibility to study at any time and from any location
  
• Moderated discussion forum for students
  
• Contact with learning facilitators
  
• Multimedia learning materials
  
• Self-assessments
  
• Discounts for our alumni, group bookings, and multiple purchases
  
• RENAC certificate upon successful completion of the course.