Fee waivers available if you live in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire and Moray.
Hosted by the School of Engineering, this short course will provide the technical knowledge and skills required to understand and promote the energy transition towards net zero economies, as well as some of its social, economic, regulatory, and environmental enablers and impacts.
Study online over the course of 4-weeks, whilst meeting weekly with the academic team and other learners.
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Course outline
This short course will provide the technical knowledge and skills required to understand and promote the energy transition towards net zero economies, as well as some of its social, economic, regulatory, and environmental enablers and impacts. The course will include case studies related to Scotland, the United Kingdom, and the European Union, and how these can be extrapolated to other regions of the World.
Topics include
Introduction to the energy transition and renewable energies (wind, solar, biomass)
Hydrogen economies. Power to X.
Offshore and onshore wind. Integration to the grid.
Carbon Capture, Utilisation, and Storage
Regulatory and financial challenges (international)
