Learning Outcomes

• Understand the relevance of harnessing renewable sources of energy technologies.

• Understand, describe and apply renewable energy resource assessment techniques.

• Describe designs and basic principles of operation of different renewable energy technologies.

• Discuss relative merits and limitations of different renewable energy technologies.

Content

• Global energy scenario and issues with fossil fuel utilization

• Different renewable sources of energy , their origin and basic characteristics

• Renewable energy resource assessment (solar, biomass, wind and hydro)

• Solar collectors - flat plate, evacuated tubular and concentrating type

• Thermal applications of solar energy

• Solar cells and their applications

• Thermo-chemical and bio-chemical conversion of biomass, biodiesel

• Wind energy conversion systems

• Mini and micro -hydro systems

• Geothermal energy utilization

• Ocean thermal energy conversion

• Energy from tides and waves

• Integrated energy systems

• Renewable energy utilization in rural areas