University of Colorado Boulder
Renewable Energy Specialization
University of Colorado Boulder

Renewable Energy Specialization

Renewable Energy Technologies and Implementation. Build a comprehensive understanding of renewable energy technologies, projects, grid integration, and future prospects!

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Stephen R. Lawrence
Paul Komor

Instructors: Stephen R. Lawrence

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What you'll learn

  • Understand and evaluate the operations and performance of renewable energy technologies.

  • Explain how renewable energy systems integrate with electricity grid operations and market structures.

  • Explore how issues such as electric vehicles, hydrogen, and storage will influence renewable energy, and assess future pathways for renewables.

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Specialization - 4 course series

Renewable Energy Technology Fundamentals

Course 112 hours4.8 (457 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • You will understand the key physical characteristics of renewable energy and electricity

  • You will have the knowledge to assess the advantages and disadvantages of wind, solar, and other important renewable energy technologies.

  • You will be able to evaluate and recommend alternative renewable energy storage technologies.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Wind Energy
Category: Renewable Energy
Category: Solar Energy
Category: Renewable Energy Techologies
Category: Energy storage

Renewable Power and Electricity Systems

Course 212 hours4.7 (185 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • How electricity systems work, from both technical and institutional perspectives

  • -The challenges and opportunities arising from renewables in electricity systems

Skills you'll gain

Category: Electricity systems
Category: Wind Power
Category: Sustainable Energy
Category: Renewable Energy
Category: Solar Energy

Renewable Energy Projects

Course 314 hours4.8 (96 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • How to quickly assess the feasibility of a proposed renewable energy project.

  • How to plan and finance a renewable energy project.

  • How to execute the construction and ongoing operations of a renewable energy project.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Project Management
Category: Renewable Energy
Category: Project Execution
Category: Project Operations
Category: Project Feasibility

Renewable Energy Futures

Course 416 hours4.8 (159 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • How renewable energy's future is linked to other technologies, such as electricity storage and electric vehicles.

  • How renewables' recent success is bringing new issues to light, such as electrification and electricity market design.

  • Where renewable energy is headed, and how to get ahead of the trends.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Renewable Energy
Category: Hydrogen
Category: Electric Vehicles
Category: Climate Change
Category: Energy storage

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Stephen R. Lawrence
University of Colorado Boulder
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