PEC620 Topic Schedule

Week	Lecs	Topic
1	1	Unit Outline, Technological Innovation
1	2	The Renewable Energy Industry / Demonstration Projects
2	3	Small-scale SAPS - Design
2	4	Small-scale SAPS - Monitoring
3	5	Small-scale SAPS - Performance and Evaluation
3	6	Small-scale SAPS - Implementation
Group Project Task 1
4	7	Large Scale RAPS - Wilpena Pound, South Australia
4	8	Large Scale RAPS - Kings Canyon, NT and the Maldive Islands
5	Study Break
6	9	Grid-connected PV Systems
6	10	Rooftop PV Systems
Assignment 1 Due
7	11	Wind-diesel on Mini-grids - Denham, WA and Rottnest Island, WA
7	12	Wind Farms on Interconnected Grids - Albany, WA
8	13	Wind Turbines in Harsh Environments - Exmouth, WA and Mawson Station, AAD
8	14	Wave Energy - The CETO Project
Group Project Task 2
9	Study Break
10	15	Offshore Wind Farms - Middelgrunden, Denmark
10	16	Sustainable Transport - Fuel Cell Buses
11	17	Biomass Conversion - Biogas from Sewerage
11	18	Biomass Conversion - Integrated Wood Processing
Assignment 2 Due
12	19	Biomass Conversion - Landfill Gas
12	20	Problems and Issues in Biomass Conversion
13	21	Village Power in Developing Countries - Sukatani
13	22	Village Power in Developing Countries - Further Examples
14	23	Review of Case Studies - Lessons Learnt
14	24	Review of Case Studies - The Role of Demonstrations
Group Project Task 3

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