Course Description:
Cars that run on used vegetable oil. Electricity produced from your garbage. A windmill made from spare bicycle parts that pumps water to crops. Energy is life. So, how do we address the world’s growing concerns about energy sources? Where will it come from in the future? How can energy be something sustainable, renewable, and accessible? Introduction to Renewable Technologies begins to uncover the development of new energy technologies and explores how recent approaches to generating, storing, and creating this precious resource have evolved. By gaining a larger understanding of this challenge, we, as thoughtful people, can implement real change and unlock the solution needed for a safer, cleaner, and more enduring world.
Prerequisite: Successful completion of Biology
Course Length: 1 Semester
Credits: 0.5 Credit
Units at a Glance
1: Introduction to Renewable Energy Technologies
2: Climate Change & Energy Policies
3: The Electric Power System and Fossil Fuels
4: Nuclear Power
5: Solar Energy
6: Wind Energy
7: Biomass & Biofuels
8: Geothermal and Hydroelectric Energy