Ultimate WIND & SOLAR Energy. Beginner to Advanced Level (Udemy.com)
Your complete guide about Renewable Wind & Solar energy: Wind power basics, Turbine design, Solar PV, PV panels design
Created by: Amr Saleh
Last updated June 2026
What you will learn
- Understand how wind turbine works
- History of wind energy industry
- Pros and cons of wind energy
- where does the wind come from ?
- Types of wind turbines
- Understand sizes and application of wind turbines
- Understand the difference between wind power and turbine power
- Understand Betz model
- Get the definition of tip speed ratio
- Study the effect of the tower height on the turbine power
- Understand the different components of wind turbine
- Aerodynamics of wind turbine blades
- Understand pitch mechanism and yaw mechanism
- Different braking mechanisms in wind turbines
- Learn the function and design of gearbox
- Learn the wind turbine power characteristics
- Understand the meaning of power regulation
- Stall Control Vs. Pitch control
- furling regulation
- Learn how to achieve MPPT control in wind turbines
- Learn different types of wind farms
How it compares
Against the other 335 rated Udemy courses in Engineering on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.4 out of 5higher than 39% of them
- Reviews430#168 of 336 by number of reviews
- Length16.3 hourslonger than 88% of them
- Last updatedJune 2026more recently than 86% of them
Course Description
Welcome To our Course "Ultimate WIND & SOLAR Energy. Beginner to Advanced Levels"
This course is designed for anyone who would like to learn about wind and Solar energy from A to Z for electrical engineers, technicians, and all who are interested in working in the wind and solar energy industry.
Throughout the course we will cover Tons of topics and details:
Wind Power Topics
Working principle of wind turbine
History of wind energy industry
Pros and cons of wind energy
where does the wind come from ?
Types of wind turbines
Sizes and application of wind turbines
the difference between wind power and turbine power
Betz model for maximum wind turbine efficiency
the definition of tip speed ratio
the effect of the tower height on the turbine power
different components of wind turbine
Aerodynamics of wind turbine blades
pitch mechanism and yaw mechanism
Different braking mechanisms in wind turbines
the function and design of gearbox
the wind turbine power characteristics
the meaning of power regulation
Stall Control Vs. Pitch control
furling regulation
how to achieve MPPT control in wind turbines?
different types of wind farms
Typical layout of a wind farm
guidelines of wind farm siting
wind resource assessment
how to get wind speed duration curves for a given site
Weibull statistics of wind data analysis
calculation of energy and capacity factor for wind turbines
different types of generators used in wind energy industry
different configurations of WECS
Doubly Fed Induction Generator (DFIG) in wind energy industry
how to handle variable speed of wind turbines
wind energy supply chain
Different careers and occupations in wind energy industry
Practical projects on wind energy on MATLAB/Simulink
Solar PV Energy Topics
Global contribution of renewable energy sources
Working principle of solar energy
Photovoltaic Principle
PV Cell vs. PV Module vs. PV Panel vs. PV Array
Grid connected PV system
Off -Grid PV system
Hybrid PV system
Equipment of PV system
Types of PV modules
Construction of PV module
PV module characteristics
Effect of irradiance and temperature on PV module performance
Mounting systems of PV modules
Wirings & Cablings in PV systems
Different functions of Grid tied inverter GTI in PV systems
GTI for synchronization process with grid
GTI for reactive power production
MPPT Control
String vs. Centralized inverter
Meters & Met Station in PV power plant
Grid connection interface in PV power plant
Efficiency assessment of PV system
Performance Ratio of PV power plant
Capacity Utilization Factor (CUF) of PV system
Practical projects on solar energy on MATLAB/Simulink
Solar Thermal (Concentrated Solar Power CSP) Topics
Working principle of solar thermal power
Equipment of concentrated solar power (CSP) systems
Solar thermal heat energy storage systems
Parabolic trough solar thermal systems
Linear Frensal solar thermal systems
Power tower solar thermal systems
Parabolic dish/engine solar thermal systems
Types of central receivers used in tower CSP plants
If you've been looking for ONE COURSE with an in-depth insight on Wind & Solar energy, This course is what you want !!
Instructor Details
- 4.4 Rating
430 Reviews
Amr Saleh
I'm Amr Saleh, lecturer assistant, and researcher in the department of electrical power and machines, Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University.
I'm also an electrical power engineer, having a Master's degree in electrical power system control with numerous published research works in the top electrical engineering journals worldwide.
In addition, I am a freelancer, content creator, and bestselling electrical instructor who provide high quality courses in electrical engineering fields to make my students realize both the theory behind a topic as well as real-world applications in very simple way.
Through my professional career over the past 9 years, I have helped more than 15,000 student all over the word, accomplish success in different electrical engineering disciplines through my high quality E-learning materials and simple courses.
In every one of my Udemy courses, through the satisfactory ratings and reviews of my students, you will notice that the course lectures are arranged in progressive manner so that you can start with the basics and fundamentals of the topic moving to understanding the complete picture of the subject.
Finally, thank you very much for your time. You'll find my courses below this bio, with at least 5 free videos available for you for each course, so you can quickly decide the courses that are right for you.
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Reviews
By Remi LARGEAU on 9/21/2024
Cours assez complet, mais manque un peu de fluidité dans la langue parlée. Je recommande ce cours compte tenu de l'apport théorique important pour comprendre le fonctionnement des éoliennes avec un bon niveau de détails.
By Siva Gnana Deepak S on 7/29/2024
It was simple and easy to understand, but it provides really basic information for a long time, and it also repeats a few times. There were a lot of spelling errors which was not that big of a deal but for a professional course this should not have occurred. Other than that, it was a solid course.
By SHAFIK MATOVU on 11/3/2023
It is just an amazing course if that is the best way to describe something so perfect and incredible like this course.
By Debajit Chakraborty on 10/9/2022
The sections are well structured for any beginner to have insights about WTG. I have a clarification to ask. Please do correct me if i am wrong. As per my previous learnings angle of attack is the angle between the relative wind vector(resultant of absolute wind vector which is normal to rotor plane & rotational speed vector) & chord line. Here it has been shown wrt absolute wind vector. The axial induction factor, rotational induction factor, velocity triangles should have been covered for detailed understanding of aerofoil aerodynamics. Adding another section on forces, stress & moments acting on the blade would have been very well though along with material/composite details.
By Bryson Nichols on 8/24/2022
This course is packed with information. All is very useful to me as I am beginning my career in the Wind Energy Industry.
By Shubham Prajapati on 1/9/2022
Thank you for the course! Yes, I've received the details (Overall Idea of the Wind Energy Industry) which I wanted through this course; however, could be made more interesting by proper animation or visual effects and language use. Thank you again!
By Amar Jadhav on 8/16/2021
Some of the information was repeating in nature and also very basic. could have been avoided. Otherwise overall it was good learning. Fundamentals are explained very well.
By Ziyang Liang on 7/29/2021
The content is good and easy to understand. The instructor is really good at going through all the information.
By Niel Jordaan on 6/1/2021
This course was quite comprehensive and took me from knowing almost nothing about the subject to a good understanding of the various concepts involved. It will not make you an expert in a specific aspect, as the field is large and varied, but you will have a very good head start if you get involved in these types of projects. It also prompts you to learn more about specific areas which interests you. I enjoyed the course.
By Rey Anthony G. Herrera on 4/23/2021
Very informative topic. Highly recommended to anyone interested to learn about wind turbine technology.
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Overall Score : 88 / 100







