Power and ElectricalRenewable Energy Integration Challenges and Solutions
Connecting significant variable generation to a network creates problems that the network was not designed for, and African systems face them with less interconnection and thinner reserves than most. This course addresses the technical reality. Delegates work through variability and forecasting, reserve and ramping requirements, declining system inertia and frequency response, voltage and reactive power management on distribution networks with embedded generation, grid code requirements for connection, and the storage and demand response options available. Curtailment is treated honestly as an operational and commercial outcome rather than a failure, and the course closes on the planning studies required before a connection is approved.
Course objectives
- Quantify variability and apply forecasting to operational planning
- Determine reserve and ramping requirements for a given penetration
- Explain declining inertia and its effect on frequency response
- Manage voltage and reactive power on networks with embedded generation
- Apply grid code requirements to a proposed connection
- Evaluate storage and demand response as integration measures
- Specify the planning studies required before a connection is approved
Who should attend
- Utility planning and system operations engineers
- Renewable project developers and their engineers
- Regulators and grid code authorities
- Distribution network engineers
- Energy analysts and consultants
Course outline
- 01Variability, forecasting and operational planning
- 02Reserve, ramping and dispatch under high penetration
- 03System inertia, frequency response and its decline
- 04Voltage and reactive power with embedded generation
- 05Protection implications of distributed generation
- 06Grid code requirements for connection
- 07Storage and demand response as integration measures
- 08Curtailment, and the planning studies that precede approval
Scheduled sessions
| Dates | Venue | Format | Price | Register |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 to 30 October 2026 | Harare, Zimbabwe | Classroom | USD 1,325 per delegate | Register Now |
| 21 to 25 December 2026 | Kampala, Uganda | Classroom | USD 1,325 per delegate | Register Now |
| 4 to 8 January 2027 | Maputo, Mozambique | Classroom | USD 1,325 per delegate | Register Now |
| 11 to 15 January 2027 | Online | Online | R8,500 per delegate | Register Now |
| 25 to 29 January 2027 | Accra, Ghana | Classroom | USD 1,325 per delegate | Register Now |
| 22 to 26 February 2027 | Lagos, Nigeria | Classroom | USD 1,325 per delegate | Register Now |