H01 – Renewable Energy Technologies
A postgraduate-level course on the physical resource base behind major renewable energy technologies, from energy systems context through site measurement, resource quantification, and wind-turbine engineering. It emphasizes the governing equations, assessment methods, worked calculations, and practice problems used in professional renewable-resource analysis.
£299.00
2 hours 1 minute
Focused, self-paced learning designed to fit around professional schedules.
Online, self-paced
Study online at a pace that fits your schedule.
12 sections
Structured curriculum sections.
English
Language of instruction for this course.
41 lessons
Focused lessons organised into a clear learning path.
Course overview
A postgraduate-level course on the physical resource base behind major renewable energy technologies, from energy systems context through site measurement, resource quantification, and wind-turbine engineering. It emphasizes the governing equations, assessment methods, worked calculations, and practice problems used in professional renewable-resource analysis.
What you will learn
Describe global energy use, climate drivers, and the role of different generation sources within electricity networks.
Explain the physical origin and geographical distribution of the major renewable resources: solar, wind, hydro, wave, tidal, and bioenergy.
Apply standard methods and governing equations to estimate renewable resource potential at candidate sites.
Interpret measurements, datasets, and assessment workflows used in solar, wind, hydro, wave, and tidal resource evaluation.
Analyse wind-turbine engineering concepts including aerodynamics, control, structural loading, fatigue, offshore engineering, and project economics.
Solve worked numerical problems and review model solutions in the style of postgraduate renewable-energy resource assessments.
Skills and knowledge
Resource assessment
Energy systems
Solar resource
Wind statistics
Hydropower
Wave and tidal
Bioenergy
Wind engineering
Course curriculum
Introduction
1.1 Welcome
Energy Fundamentals
2.1 Energy History
2.2 Energy Sources
2.3 Demand and Climate
2.4 Electricity Networks
Solar Resource
3.1 Sun-Earth Geometry
3.2 Solar Radiation
3.3 Tilted Surfaces
3.4 Solar Measurements
Wind Resource
4.1 Wind Origins
4.2 Wind Shear
4.3 Weibull Analysis
4.4 Site Assessment
Hydropower
5.1 Hydro Principles
5.2 Head and Flow
5.3 Site Measurement
5.4 Hydro Debate
Wave Resource
6.1 Wave Basics
6.2 Wave Propagation
6.3 Wave Power
Tidal Resource
7.1 Tide Mechanics
7.2 Range Enhancement
7.3 Barrage Power
7.4 Tidal Currents
Bioenergy and Biomass
8.1 Biomass Origins
8.2 Conversion Routes
8.3 District Heating Case
Wind Turbine Engineering
9.1 Rotor Aerodynamics
9.2 Betz and BEM
9.3 Control Systems
9.4 Structural Dynamics
9.5 Fatigue and Materials
9.6 Offshore Economics
Practice Examinations
10.1 Practice Paper A
10.2 Practice Paper B
10.3 Practice Paper C
Answer Key
11.1 Quiz Solutions
11.2 Worked Calculations
11.3 Advanced Solutions
11.4 Paper Solutions
Summary
12.1 Key Takeaways
Ready to enrol?
£299.00