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ArcGIS Wind Farm

Where should you locate a wind turbine to maximize its efficiency while ensuring it fits into the surrounding environment? In this one-on-one course, you’ll learn how to use ArcGIS to identify hidden patterns in geodata and make smart site selection decisions for wind farms. With personalized guidance, you’ll work on current spatial challenges through interactive online modules. You’ll not only learn how ArcGIS works, but more importantly, how to use it to visually and substantively support sustainable decisions.

Analyzing a Wind Farm Site with ArcGIS 

The energy transition is in full swing. All across the Netherlands, wind turbines are popping up, contributing to a cleaner, sustainable future. But of course, those wind turbines aren’t just placed anywhere. There’s a lot involved—and that’s exactly where geodata plays a key role.

With ArcGIS, a powerful tool for spatial analysis, you can clearly map and interpret geographic information. Think of data on the landscape, wind directions, residential areas, nature zones, and existing infrastructure. By intelligently combining this data, you can quickly identify which locations are suitable for a wind farm—and which are not.

That makes ArcGIS an indispensable tool for anyone involved in renewable energy projects. Do you work for a municipality, an engineering firm, or do you simply have a passion for spatial issues? Then understanding how to use GIS software in these kinds of contexts is of immense value.

What will you learn in this Blended Learning course?

In this course, you’ll discover how to use ArcGIS to tackle spatial challenges involved in designing and building wind farms. You’ll learn to work with geospatial data and see how to use that data to make smart and sustainable decisions. The training is hands-on, so you’ll immediately apply your knowledge to realistic scenarios.

You’ll start by collecting and analyzing geodata. This includes information on wind directions, distance to buildings, the location of nature areas, and the presence of infrastructure. You’ll learn how to combine this data into clear maps, allowing you to immediately see which locations are suitable or unsuitable for a wind farm.

You’ll then delve deeper into how to use ArcGIS to build different layers within a single map and how to utilize handy analysis tools. This way, you’ll learn to assess locations for opportunities and risks. The emphasis isn’t on theory, but on applying your skills in practice.

This course is therefore more than just an introduction to ArcGIS. It is a training program in which you learn how to use spatial data to address real-world challenges related to renewable energy. You will build both knowledge and confidence in working with GIS software in a rapidly evolving field.

Why choose this ArcGIS Wind Farm course?

Blended learning combines independent online study with practical, interactive sessions, so you gain both theoretical knowledge and practical experience with ArcGIS and site analysis for wind farms. The online modules offer you the flexibility to study wherever and whenever it suits you. You’ll take interactive lessons on geodata, spatial planning, and analyzing environmental factors that play a role in wind energy projects. You’ll learn how to use ArcGIS to collect, edit, and analyze geographic information in support of the energy transition.

During the hands-on online sessions, you’ll immediately apply the knowledge you’ve gained. You’ll work with current geodata and be guided by experienced GIS professionals. Together, you’ll analyze locations based on concrete criteria such as wind direction, distance to buildings, and the presence of infrastructure or nature areas. By practicing directly with realistic scenarios, you’ll develop practical skills that allow you to use spatial data to make well-considered, sustainable decisions.

The combination of flexible online learning and hands-on training ensures that you not only learn how to work with ArcGIS, but also how to apply it effectively to current issues within the sustainable energy sector. After completing this course, you will be able to independently conduct spatial analyses, substantiate results both visually and substantively, and strategically apply ArcGIS within your own professional practice. In this way, you will not only build knowledge but also strengthen your position as a professional in geoinformation and renewable energy.

Enroll

€395,- (VAT included)
  • Start: 2-hour online session
  • Self-study: Review course materials
  • End: 1-hour online session
Register for this course

You’ll receive 1-on-1 guidance. After signing up, our course coordinator will contact you to schedule your first session.

Leerdoelen

After completing this course, you will be able to:

  • Download and process relevant geospatial data for wind farm analyses.
  • Create buffer zones around objects to determine spatial impact.
  • Use a digital elevation model (DEM) for terrain analysis in ArcGIS.
  • Restructure and combine raster files for spatial interpretations.
  • Generate slope maps and apply them to site selection.
  • Identify suitable locations based on spatial and environmental criteria.

Want to know more?

Do you have questions about the course content? Or are you unsure whether the course aligns with your learning goals or preferences? Would you prefer an in-house or private course? We’d be happy to help.

Frequently Asked Questions About Courses

After the course, you’ll have another two weeks to ask the instructor questions. Since the instructor is already teaching other courses, it’s best to email your questions to info@geo-ict.nl. Your question will be forwarded to the instructor, and you’ll receive a response within 24 hours.

If you’re a bit further along and encounter practical problems you can’t solve on your own, it’s best to use Online Support. You’ll spend one day online with the instructor and receive personalized one-on-one instruction. All your problems will be resolved, and you’ll have made significant progress.

  • Blended learning, also known as hybrid learning, is an educational method that combines traditional face-to-face classes with online learning materials and interactive sessions. This approach offers students flexibility and control over aspects such as the time, place, and pace of learning, while allowing them to benefit from direct interaction with instructors and fellow students. ​
  • At the Geo-ICT Training Center in the Netherlands, blended learning is implemented by having students study largely independently, supplemented by scheduled interactive sessions with an instructor. During these sessions, students can ask questions and discuss complex topics, which fosters a deeper understanding of the course material. All Blended Learning courses begin with a 2-hour online session. The instructor delivers presentations and assigns various exercises and assignments to the student. The student can then work on these independently. After a few weeks, another one-hour online session follows.

If you run into problems in practice that you can’t solve on your own, you have two options: you can sign up for a beginner or advanced course, or you can sign up for Online Support.

You’ll spend a day online with an instructor and receive personalized one-on-one instruction. All your problems will be resolved, and you’ll have made significant progress.

 

All courses are taught in person. Course hours are from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Coffee, tea, lunch, and a laptop are provided.

Taking a course online is also possible, but we only offer hybrid courses in exceptional cases. If you wish to participate in a course online, please indicate this during registration—select “Online” as the location. If that is not possible, this course will only be offered on-site in Apeldoorn.

Yes, we do this regularly. Our instructor will come to your location and bring laptops for the participants. All you need to do is arrange a classroom at your location.

Please email your requirements to info@geo-ict.nl, and we will send you a quote. Once you’ve confirmed the order, our course coordinator will contact you to schedule the training days.

After each course, participants receive a link to our evaluation portal. There, you can share your feedback on what you liked and didn’t like about the course. We always do our very best, but of course, there may be times when you have a complaint. Click on “Complaints Procedure.” It explains what steps you can take. Geo-ICT Training Center, Netherlands is a member of the Dutch Council for Training and Education (NRTO).

After the course, we will email you a link to our evaluation portal. There, you can log in and fill out an evaluation form, and you can also download your certificate of participation.

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