| Abstract |
Electrical power engineering faces the challenge of attracting students whose attention is paid to IT
and who regard ET, Energy Technology, as stagnated. This competition is ubiquitous in Europe. The
students meet traditionally the subject of electrical power engineering in a course that starts from
electric power consumption, i.e. motors, power electronics etc. In this paper it is argued that such
courses should provide an increased perspective of electrical power engineering, i.e., comprising
generation aspects as well. A thorough attempt to do so is made at Lund University and presented in
this paper. The main thoughts behind comprising generation aspects are:
1º that there is an increasing concern of environmental issues among young people,
2º that the development of new renewable energy sources like wind power need engineers, and
3º that there is a growing economy and jobs in developing new renewable energy sources.
Courses for such jobs and careers are likely to attract a large number of students concerned about
environment and sustainability. To establish the renewable electricity, like priming new renewables’
“intermittent” bulk energy into electrical power, which is easily dispatched and which provides socalled
ancillary services, form a large research area in addition to being topics when teaching. It is a
challenge. |
