Energy resources and electric power generation with particular emphasis on renewable energy systems such as solar, wind, and biomass; review of balanced and unbalanced 3-phase systems; review of per-unit systems; real and reactive power, sequence networks and unsymmetrical analysis; transmission line parameters; basic system models; steady state performance; network calculations; power flow solutions; symmetrical components; fault studies; short circuit analysis; economic dispatch; introduction to power system stability, operating strategies and control; modern power systems and power converters; DC/AC and AC/DC conversion; and introduction to DC transmission. (0/0/0/24/18) ~COURSE NOT OFFERED in 2011-2012~ PREREQUISITE: ELEC 333
