4  Renewables

5 Renewables

5.1 Solar PV

  • Theory of operation
  • MPPT tracking
  • Solar radiation basics (CSI, hour of year)
  • Clouding and intermittency, link with climate
  • Adoption: residential and utility scale
  • Duck curve
  • Faults and soiling
  • Sizing
  • Forecasting
  • Curtailment

5.2 Wind

  • Theory of operation
  • Onshore and offshore wind
  • Intermittency
  • Forecasting
  • Adoption
  • Faults

5.3 Others

  • CSP
  • Tidal
  • Geothermal