Northwest Workforce Training on Smart Grid > Graduate Courses > G9
Course Description
Goals
To introduce students to
- Generation planning
- Transmission planning
- Distribution and microgrid planning
Learning Objectives
At the end of this course, you will be able to
- Develop generation planning alternatives, evaluate them, and select the best alternative
- Appreciate the challenges associated with planning of renewable energy sources
- Develop transmission planning alternatives, evaluate them, and elect the best alternative
- Develop distribution, including microgrid, planning alternatives, evaluate them, and elect the best one
- Understand how to deal with uncertainties in planning
Syllabus
The course is divided into five modules, as follows:
Planning Basics, Demand, and Demand Forecast
- Basic Principles for Power System Planning
- Economic Principles
- Demand and Demand Forecast
Generation Planning
- Reliability Indices
- Single-bus Generation Planning
- Multi-bus Generation Planning
Transmission Planning
- Substation Expansion Planning
- Network Expansion Planning, Basic
- Network Expansion Planning, Advanced
Planning and Uncertainties
- Planning Under Uncertainties
- Large-scale Renewable Energy Planning
Distribution Planning with Microgrid Components
- Basics of Distribution Planning with Microgrid Components
- More on Reliability Indices
- Modularity and Reliability and Cost
- Grid Interconnection Options
- Schedule and Operating Characteristics
- Reliability, Maintenance, and Availability
- Renewable Resource Generation
- Detailed Case Study and Sensitivity Analysis
- More on Microgrid Planning
