How does power supply work?

The one-day training also covers the latest developments in the legal, market-related and technical environment. We give you a structured insight from the perspective of an independent service provider in the energy sector

Lernziele

• Understand the basic physical relationships and know why energy is transmitted in this way and why the energy supply system has developed as we know it today
• Understand the structure of the grids and know the most important players
• Understand the “tools” of the power supply that are used to keep the system running (e.g. “redispatch”)
• Understand and be able to categorise the latest news from the energy industry

Target group (recommendation)

• All employees of energy suppliers who do not work in specialised electrical engineering fields (e.g. customer management, accounting, human resources, construction engineering, etc.)
• Managers, employees or trainees who require knowledge and connections to electricity supply for their professional activities
• Politicians, members of parliament or members of parliamentary groups who need a structured insight into the electricity supply in Germany
• Interested parties who have always wanted to know how the electricity supply in Germany works.

Methods

Lecture, discussion, knowledge quiz, playful, low-threshold knowledge control

Contents

• Fundamentals of electrical engineering (e.g. current, voltage, active and reactive power, frequency, etc.)
• Organisation of grids in Germany, voltage levels, grid structures, grid operators
• The most important topics of grid and system management: including frequency maintenance, voltage maintenance, control power, redispatch, feed-in management
• Challenges posed by the energy transition
• Composition of the electricity price
• Optional: Introduction to dispatcher training simulator