Development of Renewable Energy Projects

Overview

Compentency: Implementing project management skills regarding renewable energy projects


Module type: elective module


Semester: winter


Site: Cairo


Language: English


Workload: 75 hours course attendance; 50 hours self-study


Credits points: 5


Recommended qualifications: none

Courses

Learning Outcome

After the successful participation in the course Project Planning and Tendering the students are able to:

  • plan a renewable energy project, select site and technology
  • conduct tendering process and licensing

Content

  • Fundamentals of the construction industry:
    • project life cycle and organization
    • project management process
    • types and life cycle of construction projects
  • Project contract strategy
  • Delivery methods
  • Cash flow and cost control
  • Scheduling techniques, among others:
    • bar charts
    • line of balance
    • critical path method and others

Details

  • Lecturer: Alia El Mahdi
  • Teaching method: lecture, seminar
  • SWS: 2
  • Credit points: 3
  • Examination: midterm (40%): assignments, group presentation; final exam (60%)

Learning Outcome

After the successful participation in the course Project Commissioning, Operation and Maintenance the students are able to:

  • perceive commissioning processes, operation and maintenance practice in REEE projects

Content

  • RE fundamentals:
    • different renewable power generation techniques
    • commissioning rules and standards
  • Case study wind energy:
    • basic meteorology, statistical analysis of wind
    • type of wind turbines (components, power curve, wind turbine loads, losses)
    • economical considerations
    • computation of wind power of a site
    • wind farm layouts, loss of wind energy, environmental codes and standards, etc
    • environmental codes and standards
    • wind turbine maintenance ( schedules for different components, power regulation, electric shielding, cleaning of components)
    • experience values of wind farm in Zafaraana, Egypt
  • Case studies to be prepared by students based on the wind energy example:
    • solar thermal power plants
    • bio fuels power plants
    • PV power plants

Details

  • Lecturer: Abu Arab, Adel Khalil
  • Teaching method: lecture, seminar
  • SWS: 2
  • Credit points: 2
  • Examination: midterm (40%): assignments, group presentation; final exam (60%)