• Offered by School of Engineering
  • ANU College ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science
  • Course subject Engineering
  • Areas of interest Engineering, Renewable Energy
  • Work Integrated Learning Other
  • Academic career PGRD
  • Course convener
    • Prof Klaus Weber
  • Mode of delivery In Person
  • Co-taught Course
  • Offered in Second Semester 2022
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  • STEM Course

In Sem 2 2022, this course is delivered on campus with adjustments for remote participation due to unavoidable COVID constraints.

The Wind Energy course covers the full spectrum of wind energy from the underlying physics of wind and wind generation technologies, to practical issues including site prospecting, project financing, regulation and societal aspects. The course is delivered in collaboration between ANU Energy academics and Windlab, a Canberra-based innovative wind energy company that was a winning bidder in the 2015 ACT Government 200MW Wind Energy Reverse Auction. In addition to meeting the demand for up-to date, structured knowledge in Wind Energy, the course cements scientific collaboration between ANU and Windlab, and opens up prospects for students to undertake research internships with Windlab as part of their degree.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:

  1. Proficiently apply advanced knowledge of wind physics and characterisation and manage wind data uncertainty.
  2. Critically evaluate key wind farm planning studies and explain implications for wind farm development.
  3. Professionally apply systematic engineering methods including wind mapping and modelling to design wind farms.
  4. Understand and apply key elements of typical legal agreements used in wind energy development, key aspects of the economics of wind energy projects, and basic financial models.
  5. Critically evaluate different wind energy policy environments and analyse and critique the relative merits of alternative policy scenarios.
  6. Communicate effectively with colleagues and others employing a range of communication media and tools.
  7. Engage in independent investigation and reflection.

Work Integrated Learning

Other

Other Information

Professional Skills Mapping:

Mapping of Learning Outcomes to Assessment and Professional Competencies

Indicative Assessment

  1. Major report and presentation (50) [LO null]
  2. Assignments (40) [LO null]
  3. Journals (10) [LO null]

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Workload

Taught as an intensive course.

3-5 hours of lectures per day for 8 days and full day site visit to local windfarm.

Assessment submission and presentation extends for approximately six weeks after course complete

Inherent Requirements

Not applicable

Requisite and Incompatibility

Incompatible with ENGN4548.

Prescribed Texts

None

Assumed Knowledge

Students enrolling in this course are assumed to have a Maths/Physics background equivalent to completing 12 units of 1000 level Maths/Physics.

Fees

Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.  

Commonwealth Support (CSP) Students
If you have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). More information about your student contribution amount for each course at Fees

Student Contribution Band:
2
Unit value:
6 units

If you are a domestic graduate coursework student with a Domestic Tuition Fee (DTF) place or international student you will be required to pay course tuition fees (see below). Course tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.

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Units EFTSL
6.00 0.12500
Domestic fee paying students
Year Fee
2022 $4740
International fee paying students
Year Fee
2022 $6000
Note: Please note that fee information is for current year only.

Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links

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Class summaries, if available, can be accessed by clicking on the View link for the relevant class number.

Second Semester

Class number Class start date Last day to enrol Census date Class end date Mode Of Delivery Class Summary
7345 25 Jul 2022 01 Aug 2022 31 Aug 2022 28 Oct 2022 In Person View

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