Renewable energy technologies

The course comprises the following:
- Energy sources and their environmental, social, and economic consequences
- Bio energy and geothermal technology: Biomass, biofuels, biomass combined power and heating, geothermal resources, geothermal heating, geothermal power
- Hydro power technology: hydroelectric dams, operation, wave and tidal electric power generation
- Fuel cells: The structure, types, operation, and applications of fuel cells
- Solar cell systems: The interface of PV systems to the main grid, grid operation
- Wind power: Energy conversion, Betz's Law, wind turbines, wind power parks
- Storage systems: Battery systems, flywheel, supercapacitors, thermal storage, hydrogen energy storage, other methods of storage
- Renewable energy on the grid: Main components in electricity grids, distributed energy resources and production, smart micro-grids and energy management

Progressive specialisation: A1N (has only first‐cycle course/s as entry requirements)

Education level: Master's level

Admission requirements: Registered for 30 ECTS credits of programme courses in Mathematics at the Master level (Engineering), with 15 ECTS credits completed, and 7.5 ECTS credits in Engineering Physics, Industrial Engineering and Management, or Energy and Environmental Engineering, plus upper secondary level Swedish 3 or Swedish as a second language 3 and English 6, or equivalent

Selection:

Selection is usually based on your grade point average from upper secondary school or the number of credit points from previous university studies, or both.

This course is included in the following programme

• Master of Science in Energy and Environmental Engineering (studied during year 4)
• Master of Science in Industrial Engineering and Management (studied during year 4)
• Master of Science in Engineering Physics (studied during year 5)