Power and ElectricalEvolving Power Generation: Gas, Combined Cycle, Wind and Solar
Generation mixes across Africa are shifting quickly, and the technologies now being added behave very differently from the plant they supplement. This course covers gas turbines and combined cycle plant, wind and solar generation, and the system consequences of a mix that includes a large variable component. Delegates work through the operating characteristics and economics of each technology, plant performance and degradation, the flexibility requirements that variable generation imposes on the rest of the fleet, and the integration issues of inertia, ramping and curtailment. The course closes on storage and the role it now plays in making a variable fleet operable.
Course objectives
- Describe gas turbine and combined cycle operation, performance and degradation
- Explain wind and solar generation characteristics and resource assessment
- Compare the economics of each technology on a consistent basis
- Analyse the flexibility requirements variable generation imposes on a fleet
- Assess inertia, ramping, curtailment and grid integration issues
- Evaluate the role of storage in a mixed generation fleet
Who should attend
- Power generation engineers and plant managers
- Utility planning and system operations staff
- Independent power producer staff
- Energy analysts and regulators
- Project developers and financiers in power
Course outline
- 01Gas turbines: cycle, performance and degradation
- 02Combined cycle configuration and heat recovery
- 03Wind generation and resource assessment
- 04Solar generation, yield and degradation
- 05Comparing technology economics on a consistent basis
- 06Flexibility requirements imposed on the rest of the fleet
- 07Inertia, ramping, curtailment and grid integration
- 08Storage and its role in a variable fleet
Scheduled sessions
| Dates | Venue | Format | Price | Register |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 to 23 October 2026 | Mbabane, Eswatini | Classroom | R19,950 per delegate | Register Now |
| 7 to 11 December 2026 | Pretoria, South Africa | Classroom | R19,950 per delegate | Register Now |
| 15 to 19 February 2027 | Online | Online | R8,500 per delegate | Register Now |
| 15 to 19 March 2027 | Kampala, Uganda | Classroom | USD 1,325 per delegate | Register Now |