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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Wind Energy by Technical University of Denmark (DTU)

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About the Course

Welcome to the course of Wind Energy. This course gives an overview of key aspects in wind energy engineering. Whether you are looking for general insight in this green technology or your ambition is to pursue a career in wind energy engineering, 'Wind Energy' is an excellent starting point. Experts located in the wind pioneering country of Denmark will take you on a tour through the most fundamental disciplines of wind energy research such as wind measurements, resource assessment, forecasting, aerodynamics, wind turbine technology, structural mechanics, materials, financial and electrical systems. You will gain a rational understanding of wind energy engineering and, through hands-on exercises, you will learn to perform wind energy calculations based on simple models. Working with the different course disciplines will give you a taste of what wind energy engineering is all about. This allows you to identify the most interesting or relevant aspects of wind energy engineering to be pursued in your future studies or in your professional career. View our video: https://youtu.be/he4UWTGHxrY (The video was made for the original version, and it is still highly relevant; a new version will be published soon). For other professional courses in wind energy engineering, visit our website at www.wem.dtu.dk...

Top reviews

AA

Jun 12, 2019

This is an amazing course that taught the complete overview of Wind Energy from economy perspective to the engineering part. Truly recommended for anyone that want to learn the basic about wind energy

RR

Jul 9, 2021

It was a wonderful ride into the World of Wind Energy. The due diligence and teaching method of the instructors was on-mark and I personally enjoyed studying the course. Thank you very much, Team DTU!

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By Adam N

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Mar 24, 2021

In general, the course content is very good and well presented. However, the quizzes are completely arbitrary and don't test your understanding of the subject matter at all. They simply test your mathematical ability to work through the questions given. The quizzes should include multiple choice questions relating to the concepts presented in the lectures as well as some number crunching. Also, whilst having a forum for asking questions is a good idea in principle, in practice, it's a complete shambles and very difficult to navigate to any answers, without having to trawl through a load of dross comments to get there.

By Santiago G R

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Jun 23, 2017

The course covered many different topics. It is a little bit too basic but of great quality. Improvements could be done taking not much time to define some things like those covered on "Important things used in wind energy". I felt each week things where covered more superficially as I advanced un the course. Anyway, I recommend it to anyone interested in seeing the big picture on Wind Energy! The course is taught by world top researchers giving a quick peek of the state of the art in Wind Energy Thanks to DTU for taking the time and effort of making this course! I am looking forward for more DTU courses!

By Joshua W

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Apr 28, 2017

I had initially started the course in order to gain insight more into the role of wind energy, the operations, the components and financing behind it. The course was a little heavy on actual mechanics and turbine output calculations. Would've enjoyed a more descriptive course with more emphasis on the financing and operational side as well as how the wind facilities fit into the grid. That said, it does provide a great basic overview of the concept and the mathematical side is still useful, particularly if interested in the engineering aspect.

By eline s

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May 26, 2022

I don't feel the description of the course fits the course material. This course is not set up like a starting point on wind energy, it pays little attention to the basics and focuses mostly on calculations. Which it does well, and althouh it was a great challenge to see if I remembered some of my high-school mathematics, a clearer description would have made it clearer what to expect.

By Dai B

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Jul 4, 2021

I think this course tries to elaborate the whole concept of wind energy as simple as possible. But the result is that many concepts are not clearly conveyed and it just made me feel quite fuzzy. Although I finished the test majorly by using the formula in the slide, but my understanding of these formulars is still not so clear and the test is some kind of wasting my time. I gg

By Lopita B

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Jun 23, 2016

Good course but a little more detail with better referencing to links and documents would be more helpful. Also, a little more in-depth info for each topic will also be well appreciated. Overall a good course for beginners like me who knew nothing about Wind Energy before taking this course.

By Nezar A

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Nov 20, 2021

Very good course, a lot of things for learning,,, but after passing the very diffecults quizes, you have to pay the fee 49USD to get a certificates says (an online non-credit course) realy disappointed, I wish if they offer the exam onsite at DTU, to get as minumim a approved certificate.

By Mohamed M E

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Jun 18, 2020

This course needs more solved examples on board similar to the ones on quizzes in order to give students the sense to handle different situations. Also, it needs more explanatory videos during the lecture about real-life wind energy turbines. Overall, the course content is good.

By Chinmay B

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Nov 21, 2020

Gets boring after the 2nd week, because only equations are shown and stated, the detailed explanation isn't given. Questions similar to the ones in the quizzes should be introduced and taught about in the videos rather than just theory.

By Jaime C R V

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Nov 29, 2020

We need solved exercises during class as examples for some parts, especially in aerodynamics. Maybe not solved step by step but we need at least exercises that provide the answer to help study. Too difficult to grasp just by listening.

By DYAA A A

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Dec 26, 2020

First of all i want to thank the DTU & Coursera & SYA for letting me join this practical distinguish course

then there is some notes,, some questions in the quiz's has no answer throughout lectures ..

Nothing else - but thank you again !

By VENKATANARASIMHA H 1

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Aug 23, 2021

We'll the course had plenty of good engineering calculations and real life applicability. I found all the modules interesting and enjoyed them all. Some improvements in the lecture and explanation was essential which I felt lacked.

By Marcus F S O

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Nov 29, 2020

Some professors do not have enough english language fluency to teach an international course. Some modules focus to much on the calculations rather than focusing on the theoretical aspects .

By Rakesh B

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Dec 23, 2020

Some lectures aren't useful. Lars Pilgaard, as a teacher you should have be prepared to give lectures and deliver your speech too smoothly otherwise students won't get it. Thank you.

By Meet P

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Sep 5, 2020

VERY DEEP KNOWLEDGE IS PROVIDED SMALL AMOUNT OF TIME.

AND QUIZ NUMERICAL

ARE NOT EXPLAINED IN VIDEO BY AN EXAMPLE NUMERICAL.

EXCEPT THAT THIS COURSE WAS VERY HELPFUL

By Pawel Z

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Dec 4, 2020

Interesting course. Some topics could use more examples of practical applications of the physics and mathematics in the wind turbine design and operation stages.

By Güneş E

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Sep 17, 2017

Some of the instruction pages were a little bit confusing. Some teachers were just reading slides, that was not very helpful. Needs more verbal information.

By Charlotte V

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Sep 22, 2021

This course felt a bit like it was all maths, which i enjoyed. but I dont think I learned much about engineering, construction and operation of wind farms

By Prachiti B

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Nov 21, 2020

Starts well and gets boring towards the end with not much explanation about the numerical problems like in the quiz and the equations in the slides.

By Akshit K S

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Jul 1, 2020

Some more work should be done on tutorial of problem solving, Sometimes it is tough to solve the question, especially descriptive type questions.

By Gerald F

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Jul 19, 2021

The quizzes and assignments are hard and taking lots of time. I suggest to support the discussions with sample calculations.

By Raffaele D P

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Feb 4, 2022

Good overview on offshore wind but too focus on maths and too little on explaining basic concepts.

By Dhwanil M M

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May 20, 2020

Quiz is really tough. One quiz didnt even have a method of solving, made it really tough to pass

By amine b

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Jul 22, 2020

It's a great course and it's help in my study which is renewable energy

By Ismail K

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Sep 27, 2019

This is an introduction course. I would like see more advanced courses.