Entry requirements

A Bachelor's degree, equivalent to a Swedish Kandidatexamen, from an internationally recognised university. The main field of study must be within engineering, science or social science. Also required is Wind Power Project Management, 15 credits, Policy, Planning and Permission for Wind Energy, 5 credits, Wind Turbine Technology, 5 credits, Wind Power Grid Integration, 5 credits and Wind Resource Assessment and Energy Estimations, 10 credits.

Learning outcomes

On completion of the course, the student should be able to:

• apply clean energy project analysis software for a particular wind farm
• optimise a wind farm for best energy output and financial outcome
• assess aspects related to site options
• evaluate wind projects in a number of energy, economic, environmental, societal and technological criteria based on previous knowledge
• compare a number of competing wind power projects and decide the optimum wind power project for a given site
• conduct a financial analysis of a wind power projects' major activities

Content

Optimisation of wind farms based on technical, economical, environmental and social aspects will be studied. These aspects of a wind farm project will also include consideration of infrastructure such as grid and roads. Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) methods will be introduced as an appropriate operational tool in wind farm site optimisation and will be applied in a particular project.

Instruction

Lectures, seminars and group work.

Assessment

Written project report, 5 credits.

If there are special reasons for doing so, an examiner may make an exception from the method of assessment indicated and allow a student to be assessed by another method. An example of special reasons might be a certificate regarding special pedagogical support from the disability coordinator of the university.