ENV 154 — Introduction to Renewable Energy
This course covers all the major technologies and types of renewable energy It addresses the economic considerations and life cycle analyses for implementing alternative energy systems while explaining environmental/governmental policies, standards, and incentives The course provides an overview of renewable energy resource assessment, and application It includes solar thermal, photovoltaics, concentrating collectors, wind energy, geothermal energy, biomass energy, mini hydro, and ocean waves, tides, and currents It will examine large and small systems for generation of electricity, including village power It also examines institutional issues such as policies, legislation, regulations and environmental issues and considers economic analyses of the different renewable energies