SUS 562 - Survey of Renewables

Credits 3
Requirements: Pre-req: Graduate StandingLecture / 3 hours per week
Introduction to renewable energy technologies. We will introduce some broad concepts of current energy consumption and trends, and then look at Renewable Energy technologies currently being developed to meet those needs. Students will get a quantitative grasp of different energy options, both technologically and economically, with the emphasis being on analyzing relative efficiencies and value, but not engineering calculations per se. We will look at the current state of the art as applies to solar, geothermal, wind, bio-fuels, hydropower, marine and several other technologies.

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