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Outsmarting intermittency
  • Level Foundation
  • Duration 2 hours
  • Course by École Polytechnique
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About

Solar and wind offer clean and renewable ways to produce large amounts of electricity. They have boomed over the last few years, evolving from an eco-daydream to a major market and showing unprecedented growth rates. Yet, installing solar panels and wind turbines is by no means the end of the story. The electrical grid, which connects production means to the end-users’ sockets, is not a simple electron pipe. It is the beating heart of our electricity system and ensures its stability. Solar and wind raise specific challenges for the grid, and these challenges will have to be tackled if we want to deploy larger amounts of renewable sources. The aim of this lecture is to introduce these challenges and some approaches considered to overcome them. We are convinced that everyone involved in this journey, from investors, to entrepreneur, policy makers or simple customer should be aware of these issues if we want to make sure they don’t become a bottleneck limiting further development of renewable sources.

Modules

Aim and scope of the course

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  • 0 – Grid integration what, why, how

Lecture 1: Welcome to the electrical grid

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    • 1 Assignment
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  • Test your knowledge on the main actors of the grid.

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  • 1-1 Physical infrastructure
  • 1.2 Who's who
  • 1-3 Bonus electricity 101

Lecture 2: The grid stability timeline

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  • Test your knowledge on grid stability

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  • 2-1 The time scales of power balance
  • 2-2 Why is grid stability critical - when things go wrong

Lecture 3: Challenges

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  • 3-1 Challenges - Introduction and Dispatchability
  • 3-2 Challenges - Intermittency, variations and prediction
  • 3-3 Challenges - Grid architecture

Lecture 4: Solutions

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  • Test your knowledge on solutions for grid integration

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  • 4-0 Bonus - Assessing solutions - Energy trilemma
  • 4-1 Solution - Power electronics
  • 4-2 Solution - Storage
  • 4-3 Solution - Aggregation
  • 4-4 Solution - Forecasting
  • 4-5 Solution - Smart grid - dispatching demand

Take home messages

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  • Take home messages

Further readings

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Auto Summary

"Outsmarting Intermittency" focuses on the challenges solar and wind energy pose to the electrical grid. This foundational course, offered by Coursera, spans 120 minutes and is ideal for investors, entrepreneurs, policymakers, and customers. It covers strategies to overcome grid stability issues, ensuring renewable energy's seamless integration. Subscription options include Starter and Professional tiers.

Bonnassieux yvan
Instructors

Bonnassieux yvan

Daniel Suchet
Instructors

Daniel Suchet

Erik Johnson
Instructors

Erik Johnson