Renewables and the Energy Transition

Short Course - 15 credits at SCQF level 11
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Short Course & Professional Development

Explore the operation of renewable systems and the impact and challenges involved.

This course aims to demonstrate critical awareness and understanding of the advanced technologies implemented in the conversion of renewable energy into clean electricity, the technologies implemented in the transportation of this renewable electricity to grid, and the energy storage technologies used to address the challenges to its grid-integration. We will also cover aims to demonstrate the economics of renewable-based energy systems.

Mode of Study

  • Online Learning

Mode of Attendance

  • Part Time

Start Date

3 February 2025

Course Length

10 weeks

On completion of this module, participants are expected to be able to:

  1. Appraise the current energy transition and the role of renewable energy technologies.
  2. Analyse the prospects and challenges of the different renewable energy technologies and the fundamentals
    of the renewable energy conversion into electricity.
  3.  Evaluate the advanced technologies applied in the transportation of renewable-electricity and the role of
    energy storage in addressing its grid-integration challenges.
  4. Make informed judgement on the economics of operating renewable-based electrical power systems.

Topics

  • An energy outlook: energy classification, statistics, consumption, environmental concerns, and the electricity market reform.
  • Energy transition and the renewable energy technologies fundamentals, operation, and challenges.
  • Transportation of the renewably generated electrical power.
  • Challenges to the integration of large-scale renewable energy generation into the electricity grid and strategies to offset them.
  • Role of Energy Storage.
  • Economics of operating renewable energy systems.
  • Guest Lecture by Energy Transition Industry Expert

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Undertaking a RGU online short course can help you to develop or change your career or support your business to grow.

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