MN-GM-METEN

Specialisation Module: Energy Meteorology
Identification number MN-GM- METEN		Workload 180 h	Credit Points 6	Term 1st - 3rd Semester	Offered Every on special announcement	Start on special announcement	Duration 1 semester
1	Course types a) Lecture b) Project			Contact time 45 h 45 h		Private study 50 h 40 h
2	Module objectives and skills to be acquired Understanding the meteorological requirements for a meaningful generation of electricity from wind and solar power Gaining insight into the operation of an electrical grid with weather-dependent renewable energies Project and seminar give the opportunity to deepen knowledge in one of the three fields “wind power”, “solar power”, or “grid operation”
3	Module content Physical basics of energy supply Economic and regulatory framework in the energy system On- and off-shore wind parks Photovoltaic and concentrating solar thermal energy systems Site auditing – including complex terrain and cloudy and aerosol-loaded locations for wind and solar technologies Wind and solar forecasting – deterministic and probabilistic approaches Possible impact of climate change Recommended literature: Emeis, S., Wind Energy Meteorology, Springer, 2012 Kaltschmitt, M., W. Streicher, A. Wiese (Eds.), Erneuerbare Energien - Systemtechnik, Wirtschaftlichkeit, Umweltaspekte. 5th edition, Springer, 2013 Heinemann, D. (Ed.), 2015: Meteorologische Aspekte der Nutzung erneuerbarer Energien. promet 39(3/4), 133-244. van Kuik, G.A.M. + 26 co-authors, 2016: Long-term research challenges in wind energy – a research agenda by the European Academy of Wind Energy. Wind Energ. Sci., 1, 1-39. DOI: 10.5194/wes-1-1- 2016 (Open Access) Jan Kleissl; Solar Energy Forecasting and Resource Assessment, Elsevier M. Sengupta, A. Habte, S. Kurtz, A. Dobos, S. Wilbert, E. Lorenz, T. Stoffel, D. Renné, D. Myers, S. Wilcox, P. Blanc, and R. Perez, Best Practices Handbook for the Collection and Use of Solar Resource Data for Solar Energy Applications, Technical Report, NREL/TP-5D00-63112, prepared in collaboration with the International Energy Agency, Solar Heating and Cooling Programme Task 36 and 46 (open access)
4	Teaching methods Lectures and project. The lectures may be offered as a block course. The student is assigned a project with a duration of about one week. They then present the results of this project in a seminar talk.
5	Prerequisites (for the module) Formal: None. The content of the course requires the undergraduate knowledge of meteorology (e.g. atmospheric dynamics, boundary layer physics, radiation, remote sensing).
6	Type of examination Oral examination (graded)
7	Credits awarded The module is passed, and the credit points will be awarded, if the oral examination is passed, and the seminar talk (concluding the project) is passed.
8	Compatibility with other curricula Suitable as an elective course for mathematics, physics or geoscience students.
9	Proportion of final grade Weight of the module grade in the overall grade: 6/150 (4 %)
10	Module coordinator Bernhard Pospichal, Ulrich Löhnert
11	Further information Version: 2023-03-28