Renewable Energy Sources

Course Description

Objectives

The course of Renewable Energy Sources is an introductory course in the fields of wind and solar energy. Alternative sources such as geothermal energy, hydropower and biomass are also introduced.

At the end of the course the student is expected to be able to understand fundamentals of wind turbine and solar cell and schedule a cost-benefit analysis of wind farms and photovoltaic (PV) panel installations in Greece. Policies and finances towards the renewable energy deployment in Greece and the European Union are also discussed.

Content

– Introduction in renewable energy sources

– Atmospheric boundary layer physics

– Wind characteristics and vertical wind profile

– Surface roughness impact on the wind flow

– Wind energy

– Technical characteristics of wind turbines

– Solar energy

– Fundamentals of PV cells

– Geothermal energy-Biomass-Hydropower

– Greek and EU policies in renewable energy deployment

Teaching & Assessment

The teaching method is consisting of 3 hours attending lectures on weekly basis. The basic assessment type of the course is the written examination at the end of the semester (3 hours) providing the 50% of the final grade. Assignments covering all topics addressed in this course with presentation and report of 3500 words are contributed to the rest of 50% of the final grade.

The module is also available through eclass platform (http://eclass.hua.gr/courses/GEO201/).