Renewable energy technologies can help Federal sites meet agency goals and legislative mandates, improve energy security, and reduce environmental impact while efficiently providing electricity, heating, cooling, and other applications. This course will introduce learners to renewable energy system integration (ESI) from the building to the utility level. This course addresses how increasing amounts of intermittent renewable energy generation can be controlled to realize energy cost savings and improve system reliability.

Learning Objectives

Upon completing this course, you will learn to:

• Participate in "Integrated Resource Planning" with other stakeholders to determine what resources should be deployed to meet the system load;
• Understand the challenges and solutions for renewable energy system integration at the building, substation, and grid levels;
• Identify strategies to increase amounts of intermittent renewable energy onto the grid; and
• Assess factors to integrate larger energy systems.