Training Course in Selecting and Implementing Renewable Energy Solutions
1Summary
Not every facility needs the same renewable technology, and choosing the wrong one — or bolting on a solution without a proper techno-economic assessment — can waste years of payback time. The organisations that get it right treat renewable adoption as a systems decision, not a single product purchase.
This professional training course from the Arab British Fellowship Training Academy gives participants the knowledge to make exactly that kind of informed decision. It covers more than a dozen renewable and energy-saving technologies, how to combine them, and how to weigh their payback time against local conditions — preparing participants for local and international success in the renewable energy industry.
2Objectives and target group
Who Should Attend
- Project engineers, electricians, management specialists, power generation engineers, maintenance technicians and transmission engineers.
- Anyone who needs an overview of renewable energy technologies, wants to update their technical knowledge, or is taking the first step toward implementing a renewable energy project.
What You Will Be Able to Do
- Assess whether introducing renewable power generation suits a given facility, and decide which components serve which purpose.
- Explain the basics of renewable energy sources, how they differ from fossil fuels, and the environmental impact of the current energy system.
- Describe the main components and technical infrastructure of various renewable energy systems from a systems perspective.
- Compare different renewable technologies and select the most suitable one for local conditions.
- Conduct a brief techno-economic and environmental assessment comparing renewable systems with equivalent fossil fuel systems.
- Plan renewable energy systems that meet specific needs, remain economically viable, and use local resources to achieve sustainability.
3Course Content
Module 1: Choosing the Right Renewable Technology for Your Facility
- Criteria for selecting the best renewable energy options for a given site
- Government support schemes: ROC and RHI
Module 2: A Tour of Renewable Technologies in Practice
- Overview of the main renewable energy technologies
- Benefits, applications and case studies: sun shape design, solar chimneys, solar walls, natural ventilation, passive solar heating, underground tunnels, solar water heaters, solar power, wind technology, biomass heating and hydro power
Module 3: Beyond the Obvious – Complementary Energy-Saving Technologies
- Ground source heat pumps (GSHP) and underground thermal energy storage (UTES)
- Geometry-based efficiency, CHP, trigeneration, fuel cells and fibre optics
Module 4: Putting It Together – Reviewing, Combining and Storing
- Reviewing each technique with open discussion
- Combining renewable energy technologies for better results
- The role of energy storage in a combined system
Module 5: Costing It Out – Payback and Software Tools
- Payback period considerations
- Software available to support technology selection and modelling
Module 6: Conclusion and Next Steps
- Pulling the course together and planning practical next steps