Sustainable Energy: Design a Renewable Future

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Free Online Course: Sustainable Energy: Design a Renewable Future provided by edX is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 9 weeks long, 6-8 hours a week. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from edX. Sustainable Energy: Design a Renewable Future is taught by Arno Smets and Additional Instructors.

Overview
  • A transition to sustainable energy is needed for our climate and welfare. In this engineering course, you will learn how to assess the potential for energy reduction and the potential of renewable energy sources like wind, solar and biomass. You’ll learn how to integrate these sources in an energy system, like an electricity network and take an engineering approach to look for solutions and design a 100% sustainable energy system.

    This course is an introduction to the Master Programme Sustainable Energy Technology at TU Delft and is aimed at Bachelor students from science and engineering disciplines.

Syllabus
  • Week 1: Definition of Energy Use
    The use of energy in transport, building and manufacturing.

    Week 2: Generation of Renewable Energy
    How much can you generate from all the different sources?

    Week 3: Energy Balances
    How can you analyse energy and what are the climate effects?

    Week 4: Policies for Sustainable Energy
    How to stimulate the use of renewable energy and energy efficiency?

    Week 5: Wind Energy
    Technologies to generate energy from wind

    Week 6: Solar Energy
    Technologies to generate Energy with photovoltaic systems

    Week 7: Biomass
    Technologies to generate energy from biomass

    Week 8: Electrical Power System
    How to integrate renewable energy in de Electrical Power System

    Week 9: Storage
    How to store energy?