Master in Smart Energy - Smart Grids
Vaasa, Finland
DURATION
2 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
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TUITION FEES
EUR 10,000
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Introduction
Are you interested in smart energy systems, and combining modern technologies and business models? Do you dream of creating innovative and sustainable energy solutions for the future?
Studies in Smart Grids offer you the latest knowledge in ongoing energy transitions and excellent capabilities to renew the industry and create future-proof solutions for sustainable and resilient energy systems.
By completing this degree, you will be able to:
- Analyse and assess the effect of the green energy transition, digitalisation, and new enabling technologies on future smart energy solutions.
- Plan, research and develop new intelligent solutions for resilient and smart energy systems by using different simulation tools.
- Understand the role of new technologies and components (energy storages, advanced ICT solutions), concepts (microgrids, energy communities), energy networks integration (sector-coupling) and new market and business models on energy transition.
- Lead and manage different new solutions development, planning, and research projects as well as use existing sources of information critically and produce new knowledge in the multidisciplinary field of future smart energy systems.
In addition, the degree prepares for research work and gives you eligibility for further studies in electrical engineering and electrical energy engineering.
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Scholarships and Funding
The University of Vaasa offers a generous scholarship programme for students who are subject to tuition fees. The scholarships can be granted for the target time of the programme, which is two years in the Master’s programme. Find out more about the scholarship programme on our website.
Curriculum
The Master’s Programme in Smart Energy consists of three major blocks: 1) Smart Grids and Power Generation, 2) Digitalisation and 3) Business Studies. Programme gives extensive and future-proof capabilities for students in order to make the ongoing energy transition into reality. The program provides good analytical skills and extensive knowledge about the key smart energy system and components related technologies (like battery storages, microgrids, big data analytics/artificial intelligence) as well as future market and business models.
Traditional power systems are changing due to global drivers like climate change, environmental issues and increasing dependency on electricity. Therefore, there is a need for large-scale integration of renewable, low-emission (CO2) energy sources in high-, medium- and low-voltage (HV, MV and LV) networks, need to improve energy efficiency of the whole energy system and need to improve electricity supply reliability. This will have a major impact on power systems and utilization of new flexible, distributed energy resources i.e. flexibilities (like distributed generation, demand response, battery energy storages and electric vehicles) utilisation enabling technologies, standardization, planning principles, regulation, market and business models are needed in order to realise future smart and flexible energy systems.
Moreover, intelligent utilisation of increased amounts of data (big data analytics) through advanced communication networks like wireless 5G as well as interoperability, cost efficiency and reliability of all new management, protection and communication solutions will be in key role in smart power systems. Furthermore, the programmme provides students with recent knowledge about the utilisation of artificial intelligence (AI) and optimisation in future Smart Grids taking into account other energy networks (heat, gas), their integration and related storage solutions.