
This module gives you an overview of the course content and learning objectives. You will see the recommended prerequisites for following the course and find out how to earn points towards your course certificate.
Explain the global need for wind energy to replace fossil fuels, improve energy security, and spur local economic development, then outline key onshore and offshore siting considerations.
Understand the physics and theory behind wind profiles, including the logarithmic wind profile under neutral conditions and day-night differences driven by surface roughness, stability, and the boundary layer.
Assess wind resources by converting measurements to a wind climate that accounts for roughness, topography, and obstacles, using the wind atlas methodology and WASP digital maps for turbine siting.
Explore turbulence concepts for wind energy, including turbulence intensity, turbulence spectra, integral scale, and data-analysis basics like de-trending and spike removal.
Explore the four wind farm phases—development, implementation, operation, and decommissioning—and key cost components from site assessments to grid connections.
This course gives an overview of key aspects in wind energy engineering. Whether you are looking for general insight in this green technology or your ambition is to pursue a career in wind energy engineering, 'Wind Energy' is an excellent starting point.
Experts located in the wind pioneering country of Denmark will take you on a tour through the most fundamental disciplines of wind energy research such as wind measurements, resource assessment, forecasting, aerodynamics, wind turbine technology, structural mechanics, materials, financial and electrical systems. You will gain a rational understanding of wind energy engineering and, through hands-on exercises, you will learn to perform wind energy calculations based on simple models.
Working with the different course disciplines will give you a taste of what wind energy engineering is all about. This allows you to identify the most interesting or relevant aspects of wind energy engineering to be pursued in your future studies or in your professional career.
You will gain a rational understanding of wind energy engineering and, through hands-on exercises, you will learn to perform wind energy calculations based on simple models. Working with the different course disciplines will give you a taste of what wind energy engineering is all about. This allows you to identify the most interesting or relevant aspects of wind energy engineering to be pursued in your future studies or in your professional career.