Renewable Energy and the Environment Course
Gain practical skills to reduce city emissions using renewable energy. Master CO2e calculations, evaluate solar, wind, and PPA options, quantify health and job benefits, handle risks, and deliver clear data-driven recommendations to environmental decision-makers. This course equips you to estimate electricity demand, design scenarios, assess impacts, and report professionally.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
This course builds skills to estimate municipal power needs, calculate grid and lifecycle emissions, and confidently compare solar, wind, and PPA choices. You will design scenarios, perform kWh-to-CO2e calculations, evaluate co-benefits and risks, and produce concise professional reports for decision-makers.
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Develop skills
- Quantify grid emissions by converting kWh to tons of CO2e using quick math.
- Design city energy scenarios with baseline and renewable cases plus clear assumptions.
- Assess solar, wind, and PPAs by comparing siting, performance, and lifecycle impacts.
- Evaluate co-benefits and risks like jobs, health, land use, and energy security tradeoffs.
- Communicate results to councils via concise reports, visuals, and transparent sources.
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