About this course
Overview
Renewable generation rises and falls with the weather, and storage is how a grid copes. Two classroom days cover battery technologies and their characteristics, battery management and thermal safety, and the design of a complete storage system: power conversion, grid connection with solar PV and wind, control and SCADA, protection, peak shaving and commissioning. You then spend two days at an operating installation, inspecting equipment and analysing performance and fault records, and finish with a written site report. Site visits depend on host-site approval, and live testing is limited to authorised, qualified people.
What you will be able to do
Learning outcomes
- Size a battery system for an industrial application
- Read a BESS single-line diagram and identify the major components
- Prepare a commissioning checklist
- Analyse charge and discharge data and calculate efficiency
- Interpret BESS alarms and recommend corrective measures
- Write a site inspection and operational assessment report
What the course sets out to do
Course objectives
- Compare lithium-ion, LFP, lead-acid and flow battery technologies
- Calculate capacity, energy, state of charge and depth of discharge
- Describe BESS architecture, power conversion and grid integration
- Explain protection, earthing, control and SCADA arrangements
- Apply peak shaving and load management
- Assess battery performance and diagnose faults from operating data
Who it is for
Target audience
Power system, renewable energy and project engineers, utility planners and technicians who work with battery storage.
Before you start
Prerequisites
An electrical or energy background is recommended.
