GREEN SKILLS FOR JOBS Student Book Renewable Energy Technologies NQF Level 4 Introduction to Renewable Energy and Energy Effi ciency Textbook provided free of charge by the Skills for Green Jobs Programme ! For classroom use only! Not for resale or redistribution without further permission! Editor Skills for Green Jobs (S4GJ) Programme Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH Registered offices: Bonn and Eschborn GIZ Office Pretoria P.O. Box 13732, Hatfield 0028 Hatfield Gardens, Block C, 1st Floor, 333 Grosvenor Street Pretoria, South Africa Tel.: +27 (0) 12 423 5900 E-mail:
[email protected] www.giz.de 1st Edition Responsible: Edda Grunwald Authors: S4GJ Team Illustrations, Layout: WARENFORM Photos: Dörthe Boxberg, Ralf Bäcker, version-foto Pretoria, September 2017 CONTENTS List of Figures and Tables 3 Glossary 12 Preface 26 Foreword 27 Using this Student Book 28 Topic 1 1. Introduction to Renewable Energy Resources and Energy Effi ciency 29 1.1 Economic and Environmental Benefits of Wind Power Systems 30 1.1.1 Wind Power Applications: A Short History 31 1.1.2 Wind Energy Markets in South Africa and the World 41 1.1.3 Advantages and Disadvantages of Wind Power Generation 50 1.2 Economic and Environmental Benefits of Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technology and E-Mobility 61 1.2.1 Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies 62 1.2.2 E-Mobility 75 Topic 2 2. Basic Scientifi c Principles and Concepts 85 2.1 Basic Principles of Wind Power Generation 86 2.1.1 What Causes Wind? 87 2.1.2 Wind Power Factors 94 2.1.3 Essential Wind Turbine Components and their Functions 107 2.1.4 Wind Turbine Types 132 2.2 Basic Principles of Battery and Fuel Cell Technologies 146 2.2.1 Electrochemical Processes in Batteries 147 2.2.2 Electrochemical Processes in Fuel Cells 169 2.3 Basic Principles of E-Mobility 188 2.3.1 Eco-Car Types Compared 189 2.3.2 Essential E-Car Components and their Functions 203 Topic 3 3.