Decentralized Electricity Production from Renewable Energy / Decentralized production -- The issue of renewable energies -- Observations -- The sustainable development context -- Commitments and perspectives -- Renewable energy sources -- Wind energy -- Solar energy -- Hydraulics -- Geothermal energy -- Biomass -- Contribution of the various renewable energies -- Production of electricity from renewable energies -- Electricity supply chains -- Efficiency factor -- Bibliography -- Solar Photovoltaic Power / Introduction -- Characteristics of the primary resource -- Photovoltaic conversion -- Introduction -- Photovoltaic effect -- Photovoltaic cells -- Cell association -- Maximum electric power extraction -- Power converters -- Introduction -- Structure of the photovoltaic conversion chains -- Choppers -- Inverters -- Adjustment of the active and reactive power -- Solar power stations -- Introduction -- Autonomous power stations -- Power stations connected to the network -- Exercises -- Characteristic of a photovoltaic panel -- Sizing an autonomous photovoltaic installation -- Bibliography -- Wind Power / Characteristic of the primary resource -- Variability -- The Weibull distribution -- The effect of relief -- Loading rate -- Compass card -- Kinetic wind energy -- Wind turbines -- Horizontal axis wind turbines -- Vertical axis wind turbines -- Comparison of the various turbine types -- Power limitation by varying the power coefficient -- The "pitch" or variable pitch angle system -- The "stall" or aerodynamic stall system -- Mechanical couplings between the turbine and the electric generator -- Connection between mechanical speed, synchronous speed and electrical network frequency -- "Direct drive" wind turbines (without a multiplier) -- Use of a speed multiplier -- Generalities on induction and mechanical electric conversion -- "Fixed speed" wind turbines based on induction machines -- Physical principle -- Constitution of induction machines -- Modeling -- Conversion system -- Operation characteristics -- Variable speed wind turbine -- Issues -- Classification of the structures according to machine technologies -- Principle of element sizing -- Adjustment of active and reactive powers -- Aerogenerators based on a doubly fed induction machine -- Aerogenerators based on a synchronous machine -- Wind turbine farms -- Exercises -- Fixed speed wind turbines -- Characterization of a turbine and estimate of the generated power -- High power variable speed wind turbines -- Bibliography -- Terrestrial and Marine Hydroelectricity: Waves and Tides / Run-of-the-river hydraulics -- Hydroelectricity -- Small hydraulics -- Hydraulic turbines -- Electromechanical conversion for small hydroelectricity -- Exercise: small hydroelectric run-of-the-river power station -- Hydraulic power of the sea -- Wave power -- Energy of the continuous ocean currents -- Tidal energy -- Wave production, wave-power generator -- Production by sea currents -- Tidal production -- Exercise: Estimation of the production of a simple effect tidal power -- Bibliography -- Thermal Power Generation / Introduction -- Geothermal power -- Introduction -- The resource -- Fluid characteristics -- The principle of geothermal power plants -- Thermodynamic conversion -- Steam turbine -- The alternator -- Thermodynamic solar power generation -- Introduction -- The principle of concentration -- Cylindro-parabolic design -- The solar tower -- Parabolic dish design -- Comparison of solar thermodynamic generations -- Cogeneration by biomass -- Origin of biomass -- energy interests -- Cogeneration principle -- Bibliography -- Integration of the Decentralized Production into the Electrical Network / From a centralized network to a decentralized network -- The transport network -- The distribution network -- Services for the electric system -- Towards network decentralization -- Connection voltage -- Connection constraints -- Voltage control -- Frequency control -- Quality of the electric wave -- Short-circuit power -- Protection of the electric system -- Coupling of the production facilities to the network -- Other constraints -- Limitations of the penetration level -- Participation in ancillary services -- Untimely disconnections -- Production prediction -- Network hosting capacity -- Perspectives for better integration into the networks -- Actions at the source level -- Actions on the network level -- Actions on the consumer level -- Bibliography.