The Energy Center (TEC) of the College of Engineering, KNUST in partnership with l'Institut international d'Ingénierie de l'Eau et de l'Environnement (2iE), Ouagadougou, is implementing a Renewable Energy Education Project (REEP) with support from the EU-ACP/EDULINK Programmme. As part of this project, short courses are organized to help build local and sub-regional capacity in the development and utilization of Renewable Energy Technologies (RETs). 

The next short-courses begin in May 2010. Each module has 25 places available and applications will be considered on a first-come-first-served (fcfs) basis. Available modules with dates and fees are provided below; 

Stand-Alone Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Systems, 17-21st May 2010   Fee: GHC300
Will equip participants to among others, do estimation of available solar radiation, undertake load assessment, sizing of PV arrays, charge regulators, battery banks and maintenance and management practices. Participants will also be trained to do basic economic assessment of PV projects.          

Utility Grid-Connected Solar PV, 24-28th May 2010, Fee: GHC300
This course will build on the outline of the stand-alone course and go further to equip participants with the knowledge and skill to condition and integrate the output of PV systems into the electricity grid. 

Biogas Systems Design and Construction, 17th-28th May (2weeks); Fee: GHC450
Biogas technologies have immense potential in waste management and energy generation. This course will train participants in the following key areas: assessment of feedstock (raw material) suitability for biogas production; estimation of recoverable biogas quantities; selection; sizing and construction of bio-digesters etc.
 
Biofuels Technology, 31st May- 4th June, Fee: GHC300
This course gives participants the skill to; Identify and assess the potential of various feedstocks (such as jatropha, sunflower, sugarcane, etc) for biofuels production; mechanical, thermal and chemical processes for extraction, etc.  

For more information please download course brochure and application form 

You may also call +233 (026) 6755479/ (024) 7590828 or email: reep_tec@knust.ed.gh, david.ato.quansah@gmail.com