Héctor Chávez

Facultad de Ingeniería

Universidad de Santiago de Chile

Electric Generation with Renewable Energy

This course is taught in the last levels of electrical engineering and the Master Program.

At the end of the course, the student will 

  • know the definition of renewable energy,
  • know the different sources of renewable energy,
  • fundamentals and design of solar power systems,
  • fundamentals and design of wind power systems,
  • different concerns associated with the integration renewable energy to power systems,
  • the frequency control ancillary services necesarry for the integration of renewable energy,
  • the impact of renewable energy on distribution systems: distributed generation, microgrids and Smart Grid.