Renewable Energy Systems
University
              
          Sponsor
              Next Renewable Generation (Pty) Ltd
          Goals
              To improve the turnaround time of the development phase of Power-purchase Agreements, minimise downtime of these assets and proactively monitor system health of existing photo-voltaic arrays.
Issues
          <p>Determine key obstacles and identify improvements in the development phase of PPA's; develop monitoring systems for proactive identification of faults, inefficiencies and cleaning routines.</p>
              Tools and Methods
          Power-purchase agreements
          PV panel efficiency
          IoT systems monitoring
              Desired Majors
          Electrical Engineering
          Industrial Engineering
          Chemical Engineering
          Mechanical Engineering
              Prep
              <p>Renewable energy systems and sustainable operations<br />EE, inverter and DC-DC converter design<br />IE, system modelling, client relations and business model<br />ChemEng & MechEng, optimisation and effiency improvements of PV arrays</p>
          Sponsor
              Next Renewable Generation (Pty) Ltd