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Renewable Energy
Rating: 4.4 out of 5(4,968 ratings)
8,605 students

Renewable Energy

Future Potential, Technologies, and Policies.
Created byEDS Global
Last updated 8/2020
English
English [Auto],French [Auto],

What you'll learn

  • You will be able to discuss potential of renewable sources in meeting future energy demand
  • You will be able to list different Renewable Energy (RE) sources and their applications
  • You will be able to recognize challenges of renewable energy transition
  • You will be able to identify countries and projects leading RE energy transition

Course content

2 sections • 7 lectures • 1h 7m total length

  • Introduction2:58

    Explore current trends in renewable energy and examine major technologies, solar, wind, biofuels, geothermal, and hydro power, along with design requirements, challenges, policy drivers, and energy security.

  • Current status and trends13:32

    Explore the current status and trends in renewable energy, from fossil fuels to wind, solar, and hydro, with examples from Sweden and Iceland.

  • solar energy12:16

    Explore how solar energy powers electricity, heating, and water desalination through active and passive technologies, including photovoltaic and concentrating solar power, with storage and practical applications.

  • Wind energy11:13

    Discover how wind energy converts wind into electricity via turbines, generators, and transformers, examines onshore and offshore wind farms, storage options, and the challenges of cost, siting, and intermittency.

  • Bioenergy10:30

    Explore bioenergy derived from organic matter, including direct combustion, biomass gasification, biogas from anaerobic digestion, and modern liquid biofuels powering district heating and electricity.

  • Geothermal energy8:03

    Explore geothermal energy, deriving heat from beneath the earth to heat, cool, or generate electricity. Compare closed and open loop systems, heat sources, and regional geothermal potential.

  • Hydro Energy9:03

    Explore how running water yields hydro energy and powers electricity through efficient turbines with up to 90% conversion. Learn about run-of-river, storage, pump-storage, and offshore hydro, plus environmental impacts.

Requirements

  • This is an introductory course and no previous knowledge of the energy sector is required

Description

This course is approved for 1 GBCI Continuation Education (CE) credits. After completing the course, you can report your credit towards LEED credential maintenance.

This course does a 360 degrees appraisal of 10 different RE technologies- diving into design requirements, applications, challenges, and zooms out to assess their global potential. Renewable energy has grown to 10.4% of the global energy mix with solar photovoltaic and wind emerging as the most preferred new energy installation types.   

Anybody keen on gaining a comprehensive overview of RE in the global context will find this course informative and insightful. 

At the end of the course, you will be able to recognize different RE installations, their design criteria as well as challenges involved. You will be able to critically examine policy measures supporting the rapid transition to RE across the world.

Who this course is for:

  • Students keen on working in the renewable energy sector
  • Students interested in sustainability trends
  • Professionals starting on renewable energy projects

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