Get the essential skills to teach and lead in the energy transition aspects of wind technology.

Core Topics

• Different applications of wind turbines
• Economic and environmental aspects of wind power
• Different wind turbine configurations
• Understanding components of a Wind Turbine
• Standards and norms for wind turbines and wind resource surveying
• Operation and maintenance of a large wind farm
• Wind farm dismantling and repowering steps

Beneficiaries

• Professors and teaching staff

This training give the skills to plan, calculate and implement successful solar PV projects.

Key Skills Gained

• Conduct feasibility assessments
• Calculate key economic parameters
• Navigate permitting & legal frameworks
• Evaluate market conditions
• Define the steps from planning to O&M
• Apply best practices for implementation
• Ensure efficient operation and maintenance of PV systems

Beneficiaries

• Professors and teaching staff

Get the essential skills to teach and lead in the energy transition aspects of solar thermal technology.

Core Topics

• Relevance of solar thermal in the energy mix
• Basic economics
• System components
• Types of solar thermal systems and solar thermal collectors
• Basics of system sizing, installation, commissioning, operation and maintenance
• Large-scale solar thermal: components, performance standards, system configurations, applications
• Large-scake solar thermal: sizing and design
• Physical principle of the thermosiphon effect and systems components

Beneficiaries

• Professors and teaching staff

Get the essential skills to teach and lead in the energy transition aspects of mini grids.

Core Topics

• Definitions, types, technologies (generation, distribution, storage) and applications
• Strategic planning and enabling conditions: market overview, regulations, governance, ownership models, stakeholders and gender aspects
• Business models and financial frameworks: value chains, tariffs, financing mechanisms, risk management, investor guidelines and digital tools
• Project development: demand assessment, productive use of energy (PUE), demand response, technical/economic design frameworks and component selection
• Implementation: installation, commissioning, grid interconnection (technical, regulatory, economic aspects)
• Operation and maintenance: operational strategies, monitoring (including digital tools), preventive and corrective maintenance
• Quality assurance and sustainability: standards, testing protocols, ESG integration and social/environmental sustainability

Get the essential skills to teach and lead in the energy transition from an economic point of view:

Core Topics

• Basic values of wind and solar PV projects
• Basics of project finance and structuring
• Tools to secure loans and improve credit
• Insights into engineering, procurement and construction contracts
• Insights into Power and Purchase Agreements
• Tools for renewable energy project evaluation
• Practical risk management for renewable energy projects

Get the key competencies and skills to teach and lead in the field of energy efficiency.

Core Topics Track 1: Energy Efficiency in Industry

• Factors impacting energy efficiency in industrial systems and solutions for energy performance improvements
• Digital, automation and renewable energy applications and strategies in the industrial sector

Core Topics Track 2: Energy Efficiency in Buildings

• Design techniques improving energy efficiency in buildings
• Principles of work of active energy consumption systems
• Energy efficient building classifications and standards
• Benefits of passive strategies
• Sustainable materials and renewable technologies

Professors and educators are empowered through the Academic Ambassador Programme.

Highlights of the Academic Ambassador Programme

• Capacity building and personal development for professors and educators
• Access to pedagogical tools and teaching materials to effectively integrate RE and EE topics into the university’s study offers
• Hands on training in the newly established training centres, e.g. for Wind and Solar PV technology
• Increased impact by sharing knowledge across the university ecosystem, including students and colleagues
• Access to a network of innovative universities and external invitees from government

Requirements:

• Completion of an online training course from the ETRELA Online Academy
• Being a professor or educator who is motivated to expand their knowledge and seek to launch or grow a course in a new field
• Being a member of a ETRELA partner universities and nominated guests

Following a needs assessment at the partner universities, curricula are developed for the most sought-after renewable energy technologies.

The partner universities are supported in building technology specific training centres.