Format, Schedule & Handouts

The course is divided into two parts, as detailed in the Contents & Organization section. Each part is further divided into nine (9) lectures each lasting about three hours. To minimize interruption to attendees’ usual work schedule, the lectures will be delivered online on a weekly basis, that is, one lecture per week.

The lecture series will start in the week of 13 January 2025. The specific dates and time of the lectures will be communicated to registered participants in October/November 2024. However, it is intended that each lecture will start in early afternoon in Central Europe Time (CET) and finish by the end of normal business hours. This would allow attendees in Europe, Americas and Africa to participate. If you are interested in the course but work in other regions, please contact us to discuss special arrangements or possible alternatives.

The lectures will be recorded and be available for online review after each lecture. Participants will have ample opportunity to ask questions during the lecture and can also submit questions for offline discussion. Depending on the number and nature of such questions, separate Q&A sessions may be scheduled to discuss with the whole class.

Course Materials

In addition to an electronic copy of lecture notes and selected publications, participants of the course will also receive a copy of the manuscript “Impedance Modeling and Analysis Methods for Offshore Wind and HVDC Systems”. This is the second and much-expanded version of an early document written by the instructor as a guidebook for the implementation of immittance-based frequency-domain modeling and system study requirements introduced in 2015 for offshore wind projects in the German North Sea. The new version, containing nine chapters and ca. 210-page long, provides written details and explanations for about half of the materials covered in this course.

Other materials that will be distributed include:

• Examples and excise problems to help attendees practice the theory and methods
• Simulation models that can be used to perform different converter and system analysis