Solar and wind power only deliver real value when they're properly integrated into the wider electrical grid — badly matched systems waste capacity and strain equipment that was never designed for variable power sources.

This training course, delivered by a team of internationally experienced energy engineers at the Arab British Fellowship Training Academy, tackles that integration challenge directly. Participants work through the fundamentals of electrical engineering — power converters, electric drives, and control — before applying them to real renewable energy and smart grid scenarios.

By the end, participants will be equipped to generate electricity from solar and wind sources, manage energy through power electronics applications, and address the control and management challenges found in modern power systems.

What You'll Gain

• Understanding of DC relationships between voltage, current, and resistance, and AC characteristics such as amplitude, frequency, and phase.
• The properties of inductors and capacitors, and how to use essential test equipment to evaluate electrical characteristics safely.
• Insight into the technical and environmental challenges of renewable energy sources and their place in the global energy mix.
• Practical knowledge of poly-phase voltage and current systems, and how to install, test, commission, and maintain electrical equipment.
• A solid grounding in transformers — operation, types, components, ratios, connections, losses, efficiency, and safe application.
• Awareness of emissions testing, pollution control, and related environmental health and safety practices.

Who Should Attend

• Engineers with core mechanical skills working in industrial settings, responsible for maintaining plant, tools, machines, and conveyor or building systems.
• Graduate engineers, physical sciences graduates, and energy industry professionals.

Module 1: Foundations of Low-Carbon and Renewable Power Systems

• Core principles of low-carbon and renewable energy systems.
• Power converters for electric utilities.

Module 2: Power System Planning and Security

• Dynamic security assessment of power systems using high-performance computing methods.
• Optimal planning of microgrids in developing countries.

Module 3: Power Electronics for Solar Energy

• Converters for photovoltaic energy systems.
• Control of parallel-connected inverters.

Module 4: Energy Storage and Power Flow Control

• Power regulation in power systems using energy storage devices.
• Applying current source converters to power flow control.

Module 5: Microgrids and Renewable Integration

• Controlling renewable-energy-based microgrids with energy storage as backup.
• Control of grid-connected wind energy systems under abnormal operating conditions.

Module 6: Wind Energy Modelling and Control

• Modelling and controlling a DC motor that simulates the behavior of a wind turbine.