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Ultimate WIND & SOLAR Energy. Beginner to Advanced Level
Your complete guide about Renewable Wind & Solar energy: Wind power basics, Turbine design, Solar PV, PV panels design
Created byAmr Saleh
Last updated 2/2026
English
What you'll learn
- Understand how wind turbine works
- History of wind energy industry
- Pros and cons of wind energy
- where does the wind come from ?
- Types of wind turbines
- Understand sizes and application of wind turbines
- Understand the difference between wind power and turbine power
- Understand Betz model
- Get the definition of tip speed ratio
- Study the effect of the tower height on the turbine power
- Understand the different components of wind turbine
- Aerodynamics of wind turbine blades
- Understand pitch mechanism and yaw mechanism
- Different braking mechanisms in wind turbines
- Learn the function and design of gearbox
- Learn the wind turbine power characteristics
- Understand the meaning of power regulation
- Stall Control Vs. Pitch control
- furling regulation
- Learn how to achieve MPPT control in wind turbines
- Learn different types of wind farms
- Typical layout of a wind farm
- Learn guidelines of wind farm siting
- Learn every thing about wind resource assessment
- Understand how to get wind speed duration curves for a given site
- Learn Weibull statistics of wind data analysis
- calculation of energy and capacity factor for wind turbines
- Understand different types of generators used in wind energy industry
- learn different configurations of WECS
- Learn how to handle variable speed of wind turbines
- Understand wind energy supply chain
- Different careers and occupations in wind energy industry
- MATLAB Simulations of wind energy
- Global contribution of renewable energy sources
- Working principle of solar energy
- Photovoltaic Principle
- Cell vs. Module vs. Panel vs. Array
- Grid connected PV system
- Off -Grid PV system
- Hybrid PV system
- Equipment of PV system
- Types of PV modules
- Construction of PV module
- PV module characteristics
- Effect of irradiance and temperature on PV module performance
- Mounting systems of PV modules
- Wirings & Cablings in PV systems
- Different functions of Grid tied inverter GTI in PV systems
- MPPT Control
- String vs. Centralized inverter
- Meters & Met Station in PV power plant
- Grid connection interface in PV power plant
- Efficiency assessment of PV system
- Performance Ratio of PV power plant
- Capacity Utilization Factor (CUF) of PV system
- MATLAB Simulations of Solar energy
- Working principle of solar thermal power
- Equipment of concentrated solar power (CSP) systems
- Parabolic trough solar thermal systems
- Linear Frensal solar thermal systems
- Power tower solar thermal systems
- Parabolic dish/engine solar thermal systems
- Types of central receivers used in tower CSP plants
- Solar thermal heat energy storage systems
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Course content
13 sections • 107 lectures • 16h 17m total length
Requirements
- No Pre-requisites needed !
- Motivation to learn everything about wind energy industry.
- Motivation to learn everything about solar PV energy.
- Motivation to learn everything about solar thermal power.
Description
Welcome To our Course "Ultimate WIND & SOLAR Energy. Beginner to Advanced Levels"
This course is designed for anyone who would like to learn about wind and Solar energy from A to Z for electrical engineers, technicians, and all who are interested in working in the wind and solar energy industry.
Throughout the course we will cover Tons of topics and details:
Wind Power Topics
Working principle of wind turbine
History of wind energy industry
Pros and cons of wind energy
where does the wind come from ?
Types of wind turbines
Sizes and application of wind turbines
the difference between wind power and turbine power
Betz model for maximum wind turbine efficiency
the definition of tip speed ratio
the effect of the tower height on the turbine power
different components of wind turbine
Aerodynamics of wind turbine blades
pitch mechanism and yaw mechanism
Different braking mechanisms in wind turbines
the function and design of gearbox
the wind turbine power characteristics
the meaning of power regulation
Stall Control Vs. Pitch control
furling regulation
how to achieve MPPT control in wind turbines?
different types of wind farms
Typical layout of a wind farm
guidelines of wind farm siting
wind resource assessment
how to get wind speed duration curves for a given site
Weibull statistics of wind data analysis
calculation of energy and capacity factor for wind turbines
different types of generators used in wind energy industry
different configurations of WECS
Doubly Fed Induction Generator (DFIG) in wind energy industry
how to handle variable speed of wind turbines
wind energy supply chain
Different careers and occupations in wind energy industry
Practical projects on wind energy on MATLAB/Simulink
Solar PV Energy Topics
Global contribution of renewable energy sources
Working principle of solar energy
Photovoltaic Principle
PV Cell vs. PV Module vs. PV Panel vs. PV Array
Grid connected PV system
Off -Grid PV system
Hybrid PV system
Equipment of PV system
Types of PV modules
Construction of PV module
PV module characteristics
Effect of irradiance and temperature on PV module performance
Mounting systems of PV modules
Wirings & Cablings in PV systems
Different functions of Grid tied inverter GTI in PV systems
GTI for synchronization process with grid
GTI for reactive power production
MPPT Control
String vs. Centralized inverter
Meters & Met Station in PV power plant
Grid connection interface in PV power plant
Efficiency assessment of PV system
Performance Ratio of PV power plant
Capacity Utilization Factor (CUF) of PV system
Practical projects on solar energy on MATLAB/Simulink
Solar Thermal (Concentrated Solar Power CSP) Topics
Working principle of solar thermal power
Equipment of concentrated solar power (CSP) systems
Solar thermal heat energy storage systems
Parabolic trough solar thermal systems
Linear Frensal solar thermal systems
Power tower solar thermal systems
Parabolic dish/engine solar thermal systems
Types of central receivers used in tower CSP plants
If you've been looking for ONE COURSE with an in-depth insight on Wind & Solar energy, This course is what you want !!
Who this course is for:
- Wind Energy Enthusiast.
- Engineering students who are interested in the wind and solar energy industry.
- Complete beginners with zero wind and solar energy experience or knowledge.
- Professionals who are interested working in the Wind and Solar Industry (Not just engineers!).
- Wind Turbines Technicians.
- Wind & Solar Energy Engineers