1. Global energy context
  2. Climate change
  3. Decarbonisation of the economy and energy transition
  4. Climate Neutrality. The Green Deal Smart Cities

  1. Sustainable Development Goals
  2. United Nations climate summits. Kyoto Protocol and Paris Agreement
  3. Development Mechanisms
  4. Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and Joint Implementation (JI)
  5. CO2 Emissions Trading. Capture and use

  1. Energy Security. Energy policy of the European Union
  2. Renewable energy penetration and electrification by 2050
  3. The importance of hydrogen
  4. Batteries Distributed generation

  1. General Aspects of Energy Efficiency (I)
  2. General Aspects of Energy Efficiency (II)
  3. Energy efficiency in transport
  4. Energy efficiency in buildings
  5. Circular Economy.

  1. Introduction to thermodynamics
  2. Fuels and combustion
  3. The steam power station. The regenerative Rankine cycle
  4. The steam power station. General layout and main equipment
  5. Types of steam power plants

  1. The gas turbine. The Brayton cycle
  2. Types of gas turbines. Gas turbine parts. Technologists
  3. Simple cycle power plants
  4. Combined cycle power plants
  5. General layout of a combined cycle power plant. Components

  1. The internal combustion engine. Otto cycle and Diesel cycle
  2. The Diesel engine. Types. Technologists
  3. The engine centre. Types and configurations
  4. The engine centre. General layout and components
  5. Status and prospects of conventional thermal generation

  1. Nuclear Energy Basics
  2. Fundamentals of Nuclear Technology
  3. Conventional Nuclear Power Plants
  4. Safety and radiation protection of nuclear power plants
  5. The role of nuclear energy in the transition to decarbonisation.

  1. Introduction and Overview of hydropower generation
  2. Typology of Hydropower Plants
  3. Water Resource Assessment
  4. Dams and weirs. Introduction and typology
  5. Dams and weirs. Stocks, spillways and outfalls

  1. Intake works
  2. Channels and pressure galleries
  3. Forced piping
  4. Gates and valves
  5. Equipment and piping

  1. Powerhouse and turbine generalities
  2. Field of application of action turbines and turbines
  3. Reaction turbines
  4. Turbine selection criteria and performance
  5. Alternators, regulation and control

  1. Reversible Power Plants
  2. Feasibility studies
  3. Example of dimensioning
  4. Hydroelectric projects
  5. Environmental assessment. Mitigation and environmental impact.

  1. The energy of the sun
  2. Radiation measurement and databases
  3. The photovoltaic effect
  4. The solar cell
  5. The photovoltaic solar panel

  1. Crystalline silicon panel technology
  2. Crystalline silicon technology
  3. Thin film panel technology
  4. Thin film panel technology
  5. Concentrated Photovoltaic Solar

  1. Solar energy produced. Concept of PR
  2. PVsyst. Site definition and meteorological basis
  3. PVsyst. Component modelling (I)
  4. PVsyst. Component modelling (II)
  5. PVsyst. Energy simulation and results

  1. Photovoltaic self-consumption. Simulation with PVsyst software
  2. Structures and solar trackers
  3. Main electrical equipment
  4. Medium-voltage cables and electrical substation
  5. Civil works

  1. History of hydrogen
  2. What is hydrogen?
  3. Current electricity and energy matrix
  4. Hydrogen as an energy carrier
  5. Prospects for the Hydrogen Roadmap

  1. PEM electrolysis
  2. Alkaline Electrolysis
  3. Electrolysis SOEC and AEM
  4. Hydrogen storage
  5. Hydrogen distribution

  1. Fuel cells
  2. PEM fuel cells
  3. HV fuel cells
  4. Hydrogen turbines and engines
  5. Fuel cell vehicles

  1. Refuelling stations
  2. Dimensioning of main equipment
  3. Safety considerations. Explosive atmospheres
  4. Design of hydrogen fuel cell related facilities
  5. Example of installation calculation.

  1. Introduction to biomass
  2. Biomass as an energy source
  3. Characterisation of biomass as an energy resource
  4. The problem of the use of biomass
  5. Biomass technologies and treatments

  1. Introduction to biogas
  2. Biogas production
  3. Biogas production technologies
  4. Pre- and post-biomethanisation operations
  5. Uses of biogas

  1. Biodiesel HVO
  2. Biodiesel FAME
  3. Bioethanol
  4. Bioethanol production

  1. The combustion reaction. Reagents
  2. The combustion reaction. Products
  3. Design of combustion plants
  4. Biomass power generation
  5. Solar Thermoelectric I
  6. Solar Thermoelectric II

  1. Introduction and Objectives.
  2. Smart cities.
  3. Some Smart Cities experiences.
  4. Energy in cities.
  5. The consumer at the centre. Smart meters.

  1. The need to decarbonise transport.
  2. Possible actions to decarbonise transport.
  3. The electric vehicle.
  4. The electric bus.
  5. New activity or business models.

  1. Overview of renewable distributed generation.
  2. Promotion of distributed generation and self-consumption.
  3. Incorporation of self-consumption in the electricity system.
  4. Energy communities.
  5. Some experiences.

  1. Electricity distribution (I).
  2. Electricity distribution (II).
  3. Networks in the face of the energy transition.
  4. New tools. Acquisition of flexibility.
  5. Smart Grids.

  1. Renewable energy projects. Definition and type of projects
  2. Project objectives
  3. Different organisations and roles in the project
  4. The project team. The project manager

  1. Site search and land management
  2. Acquisition of projects in the development phase
  3. Project analysis. Detailed business plan
  4. Project processing

  1. Project implementation strategy (I)
  2. Project implementation strategy (II)
  3. Tendering processes
  4. Contracts
  5. Risk management (I). Risk matrix
  6. Risk management (II). Contingency estimation

  1. Project planning
  2. Budget and economic control of the project
  3. Safety and environmental management
  4. Procurement management and equipment manufacturing control
  5. Construction supervision and commissioning
  6. Completion of plant construction, closing of contracts and transfer to the operations organisation.

  1. History of wind energy.
  2. Wind meteorology.
  3. Physics of the wind resource.
  4. Site selection.
  5. Wind measurement campaign.

  1. Wind resource.
  2. Exercise. Descriptive statistical analysis of the wind resource.
  3. Wind turbines 1.
  4. Wind turbines 2.
  5. Wind turbines 3.

  1. WASP programme. Data analysis model (WAP CLIMATE ANALYST).
  2. WASP programme. Topographic terrain model (WAP MAL EDITOR).
  3. WASP Programme. Wind Turbine Generator Model.
  4. WASP programme. Energy simulation I.
  5. WASP Programme. Energy simulation II.

  1. Civil works for a wind farm.
  2. Electrical installations for the generation of a wind farm.
  3. High-voltage electrical substation.
  4. High-voltage overhead power line.
  5. Offshore wind energy.