[The following information is still preliminary. Please check back soon for an up-to-date lecture schedule! Thanks!]
Lecture: Prof. Dr. Moritz Diehl
The aim of this lecture course (6 ECTS) is that students understand the physical principles of wind energy and the technology of modern wind energy systems. It consists of lectures and exercises.
Contents:
- global wind energy resource
- aerodynamic principles of wind turbines
- design of modern wind turbines
- control of modern wind turbines
- the electrical system of wind turbines
- alternative concepts and airborne wind energy
Course Organization
The course is organized as flipped classroom. We provide recordings of the lectures and will meet regularly for either a Q&A or an exercise session. The detailed time plan for the semester is currently being developed.
Sessions: This course will be given as a block course, with full days between: 28.7 - 31.7.2025. From 5.5.2025, there will be preparatory meetings dedicated to either Q&A sessions with Prof. Diehl or exercise sessions with a tutor [TBD].
Lecture recordings: The lecture recordings were already created in a past semester.
Course manuscript: The lectures are accompanied by a detailed course manuscript, which you may find here.
Q&A sessions: There will be a virtual Q&A session with Prof. Diehl, where you can ask any questions about the course content. The format is meant to be highly interactive and depends strongly on your participation. We would recommend that while watching the video lectures or reading the course script, you write down any questions that come to your mind, such that you have them readily available for the Q&A sessions.
Exercises: [TBD]
Final evaluation: [TBD]
Schedule [TBD]
Special Events [TBD]
Resources
Wind Energy Handbook is available here.
Wind Energy Explained: Theory, Design and Application is available here. This book should be your number one reference if you don't understanding something from the handbook.
Links of interest
- Report on renewable power generation costs in 2018 (by IRENA) (PDF)
- Which way a wind turbine turns might not seem to matter (by the Economist) (screenshot)
- Atmospheric circulation patterns (from wikipedia)
- Article on the Global Energy Transition (by the Economist)
- Albert Betz: Wind-Energie. Cover, Turbine Illustrations, Concluding Sentence
