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Weekend-Seminar – Introduction to Renewable

Energy Technologies, 26 –

27 November 2011 atEARTH University, Costa Rica

Program

Saturday, 26 November 2011

4 hours PV (off-grid)

Basics of off-grid PV-Systems

Different technologies and

components

Operation and maintenance

Applications and project examples

Economic aspects

Frank Jackson, RENAC

2 hours Solar Thermal

Basics of solar thermal systems

Different technologies and

components



Economic aspects

Katie Brown, RENAC

2 hours Wind Energy

Basics of wind power systems

Different technologies andcomponents



Economic aspects

Volker Jaensch



Sunday, 27 November 2011

2 hours Bioenergy – Liquid Biofuels

Vegetable Oils

Biodiesel

Bioethanol

Thermochemical Biofuels

Economic and environmental

aspects

Volkhard Scholz

2 hours Bioenergy – Biogas

Basics

Biogas Yield

Biogas Technologies

Biogas Residues

Energy Conversion Technologies

Volkhard Scholz

2 hours Small Hydro

Basics of hydro power

Technology und components



Economic aspects

Katie Brown

2 hours Economics of RE projects

Investment requirements

Operating costs and revenues

Sensitivity analysis: Important

sensitive parameters

Project finance including Clean

Development Mechanism (CDM)

Calculation tools & exercise

(example Biogas)

Volker Jaensch



Information on Lecturers

Frank Jackson

Frank Jackson has been involved in the solar energy industry since the early 1990s, running courses

and seminars, and designing and installing systems. He has worked in the UK, France, Germany,

Spain, Kenya, Tanzania and Somalia.

Besides training activities, he has designed and installed numerous photovoltaic systems. He also is

involved in running courses for people entering the renewable energies industry.

He is editor of the Earthscan Expert series, a new series of books designed to providing clear,

practical information for people who want to work with environmentally friendly low-carbon

technologies; the books range from specific handbooks to more general guides.

Volker Jaensch

Volker Jaensch joined RENAC in August 2010. He has ten years professional experience in project

development, due diligence, financing and implementation of renewable energy projects with focus

on biomass and wind-energy (at daughter companies of Veolia Environment and Gamesa Energia).

He also gained experience in the political arena of renewable energies at German Energy Agency.

Before joining RENAC, Volker was active for four years in the development and implementation of

sustainable Carbon Credit generating projects (according to the Kyoto Protocol and the Gold

Standard) in developing countries. Volker holds degrees in Environmental Engineering and Master of

Business Administration (MBA).

Katie Brown

Katie Brown studied Mechanical Engineering at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland.

After obtaining her Masters in Mechanical Engineering in 1999 she worked for Arup Engineering

Consultants for two years as a building services engineer on heating and ventilation system design, in

particular on the New Justice Building in Antwerp, Belgium.

In between times she has been involved with a development charity, working with street children in

Nairobi and being involved in water projects in Kenya and Nepal.

From 2002 to 2008 Katie worked with renewable energy systems at the Centre for Alternative

Technology in Wales, UK (www.cat.org.uk) installing and maintaining small-scale solar thermal,

wood-fuelled, hydro, wind and pv systems as well as doing consultancy and teaching work.

Since mid-2008 Katie has been living and working in Berlin. As a freelancer she has been teaching at

RENAC in the areas of solar thermal and hydro and doing consultancy work with projects including,

for example, a large pv installation in Rostock, Northern Germany, and carrying out a feasibility study

on solar thermal for space heating provision in rural Mongolia.



Dr. Volkhard Scholz

Dr. Volkhard Scholz works in agricultural engineering research at ATB Potsdam-Bornim. For the last 20

years, he has worked predominately in the area of renewable energy in rural areas. He holds degrees

in Mechanical Engineering, Tropical Agriculture and a PhD in Engineering Sciences.

He has specialized in sustainable production and use of bioenergy sources such as energy crops,

biogas and other biofuels. He managed projects in research and in industrial practice and published

about 100 articles in journals and books.

Aside from his R&D activities, he continues to work as consultant and lecturer in more than 10

different countries. In the last few years, he delivered lecture series in renewable energy at

universities in Germany, Nigeria, Brazil and Costa Rica. Currently, he is lecturing at EARTH University

in the frame of the REN@EARTH project.

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