The focus of the lecture is on the necessary technologies, infrastructure, economic aspects of the Integration of Renewable Energies into the existing energy supply. Topics covered are the electric infrastructure and the necessary grid development for reaching a sustainable energy supply as well as future storage requirements and technologies and economic aspects for the development of renewable energy sources as well as the CO2 footprint of different technologies.

Content:

• Electric infrastructure
  • Generators
  • Transformers
  • Converters and inverters
  • Electric grid
• Integration of renewables into the existing grid
  • Recent and future changes to the electric grid
  • Storage technologies:
    • Thermal
    • Mechanical
    • Electrical
    • electrochemical
• Economic aspects of power plants and the energy transition