The energy revolution in underway. Renewable energy is growing at an astounding pace - notably in electricity. Wind turbines and solar photovoltaic (PV) systems account for most new power plants built worldwide, and are essential to building a low-carbon and sustainable energy future. As a result, there are countless new opportunities in renewable electricity.
This course is part of the Renewable Energy Specialization
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About this Course
No technical background needed. Just basic math skills.
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Try Coursera for BusinessWhat you will learn
How electricity systems work, from both technical and institutional perspectives
-The challenges and opportunities arising from renewables in electricity systems
Skills you will gain
- Electricity systems
- Wind Power
- Renewable Energy
- Solar Energy
- Sustainable Energy
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Introduction and Renewable Power Basics
Grid Operations and Grid Integration
Storage and Demand Flexibility
Power Structure Industry and ISOs
Reviews
- 5 stars72.65%
- 4 stars22.65%
- 3 stars3.90%
- 1 star0.78%
TOP REVIEWS FROM RENEWABLE POWER AND ELECTRICITY SYSTEMS
Wonderful high level overview. The instructor was able to make everything very understandable.
Excellent course. I have experience in operating power systems and this course helped me understand the changes the power systems and its operators must do to get advantages of VRE.
Great to get up to speed with the renewable energy environment.
Very Interesting course about an aspect of the renewable energy industry that I had not yet studied.
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