The International Labour Organization (ILO), with funding provided by the Government of Sweden, is supporting the Kafue Gorge Regional Training Centre (KGRTC) to implement the Skills for Energy in Southern Africa (SESA) Project. This is a three-and-a-half-year intervention with the overall development objective of increasing the uptake of renewable energy, energy efficiency and regional energy integration through skills development in Zambia and the SADC region. It is expected that the project will strengthen KGRTC’s capacity as a Centre of Excellence for energy training in the region and significantly increase the number of power technicians, engineers and managers that are skilled in renewable energy, energy efficiency and regional energy integration. The project will be implemented through a Public Private Public Development Partnership (PPDP) approach.

This course introduces participants to the possible challenges and solutions for the integration of Renewable Energy Sources (RES) into the power system, aiming to increase participants’ technical knowledge and awareness of the new energy transition.

The objective of this course is to provide:

• Participants with technical knowledge of topics related to Renewable Energy Sources and in particular the challenges and possible solutions for RES Grid Integration;
• Participants with a deep understanding of the correlation between RES characteristics and their impact on the grid, analysing which regulatory and technical solutions could be adopted to promote a high level of penetration into the power systems.

At the end of this training programme, course participants shall be able to:

• Assess the impact of Non-programmable RES on the Electric Power System;
• Assess Renewable Energy Sources Impact on Static and Dynamic Behaviour of the Electric Power System;
• Ensure RES Compliance with Grid Codes and Connection Codes Requirements;
• Explain the technology of the art of storage systems, with a focus on Battery Energy Storage Systems;
• Model RES technologies in software for power systems static and dynamic analysis.

• Impact of Non-programmable RES on the Electric Power System
• Assessment of RES Impact on Static and Dynamic Behaviour of the Electric Power System
• RES Compliance with Grid Codes and Connection Codes Requirements
• General Information on the Electric Energy Storage Systems and their Application
• Model and Scenarios of Renewable Energy Generation.

Participants’ profile or target group are engineers, technicians, IPP Project Engineers and any suitably qualified personnel requiring an understanding of grid integration of renewable energy sources.