is course deals with topics in advanced renewable energy system technology from an engineering point of view. The full spectrum of alternative and renewable energy is introduced and analyzed, including methods of integrating these solutions in the society in order to fulfill requirements for energy services in a sustainble way. The principles, possibilities, and limits of alternative and renewable energy is discussed.
This 15 hp course will be examined four parts: 1) a 4,5 hp exam after period 3, dealing with the principles of existing and up-and-coming alternative energy sources, including hydro, wind, solar, photovoltaic, thermosolar, fuel cells, and biomass; 2) a 2 day mandatory workshop (0 hp) on challenges in renewable energy systems; 3) a 4.5 hp exam after period 4 focusing on the metodology for, and dynamics in the integration of various renewable energy sources for providing various energy services; 4) a 6 hp project dealing with the concept of polygeneration in renewable energy systems.
Throughout this course, the students' ability to read, write, and talk about the topic "advanced renewable energy systems technologies" is trained, in particular through the project work and also through five planned half-day seminars where up-to-date topics are high-lighted by some proper literature or other documentation that everyone reads and discuss, or by a relevant lecture by industry, policy maker, etc that is later discussed in the seminar.