Renewables and the Energy Transition
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.
On completion of this module, participants are expected to be able to:
- Appraise the current energy transition and the role of renewable energy technologies.
- Analyse the prospects and challenges of the different renewable energy technologies and the fundamentals
of the renewable energy conversion into electricity. - Evaluate the advanced technologies applied in the transportation of renewable-electricity and the role of
energy storage in addressing its grid-integration challenges. - 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
RGU Upskilling
Undertaking a RGU online short course can help you to develop or change your career or support your business to grow.
We're proud to offer a range of online short courses tailored to meet the evolving needs of businesses and individuals in Scotland. If you are domiciled in Scotland, you will be eligible for a fee-waiver place, meaning you can study for free. Identified and created in collaboration with industry, these 15-credit online courses are designed to enhance employability for individuals and organisations looking to upskill their workforce.
Find out more about the range of courses on offer and the benefits of studying online with RGU:
Learning Methods
The course will be delivered online using the University’s virtual learning environment, Moodle.
This is a 10-week course with 7 weeks for teaching and 2 weeks for working on the assessment and submission.
Teaching will be online using a mix of recorded presentations, PowerPoint slides, recordings, lecture notes and guest lectures. Participants will be expected to engage in online forum discussions.
There will be a number of optional live drop-in sessions to allow students to interact with each other and staff and ask questions.
Independent Study
This course is completed through online independent study. It is expected that you will spend a minimum of 150 hours study over 10 weeks of the module, including preparation and submission of your assessment (group project/presentation). Your academic tutor will be there to support you through the module.
Assessment
This course is assessed through a single written report to be submitted at the end of the course.
Staff Delivering on This Course
This course has been developed by a team of academic and professional staff with extensive expertise in energy transitions. The team comprise of tutor from School of Computing, Engineering and Technology and experts from the Energy Transition Industry.
Dr Dallia Ali, is a Chartered Engineer, Fellow of Higher Education Academy, Course Leader for MSc Solar Energy Systems at Robert Gordon University, Expert for the European Commission Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA), and her expertise is included in the ETP Scotland's HEI hydrogen capability document to support the Scottish Government's Hydrogen Policy and feed into their upcoming Hydrogen Action Plan. Her research interests include zero-carbon technologies, energy management and storage, implementing renewable energy technologies and green hydrogen technology for decarbonizing the energy, heat and transport sectors carbon footprint. She has a submission in the Energy Transitions to the UK Universities COP26 Network’s Innovation Showcase. Prior to RGU she was Visiting Associate Professor at Texas A &M University in Qatar and HBKU (Qatar Foundation) and Chair of R&D for Monsson Middle East.
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There are no prerequisites for this course.
Academic Year 2024/2025
Fee-waiver places
If you are domiciled in Scotland, you may be eligible for a fee-waiver place, meaning you can study for free.
To meet the requirements to be allocated a funded place, applicants must meet the criteria to be assessed as "Home" for the purposes of fees. Find out more about the Fee Status and the Scottish Government regulations that we use to make our assessment:
Eligibility is assessed on application and further evidence may be required.
All other applicants
Applicants who are not eligible for a fee-waiver place can pay to study the course - £500 for the entire course
Additional Costs
Some other costs are not included in the course fees:
Disclaimer
For new intakes, course fees are reviewed and published annually for each mode of delivery. Tuition fees are fixed for the duration of a course at the rate confirmed in the offer letter. For further information:
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