Renewable Energy Fundamentals (Video On Demand)
Credit: 4 PDH
Subject Matter Expert: Ronald Miller, P.E., MBA, CEM, REP
In Renewable Energy Fundamentals (Video on Demand) , you'll learn ...
- Energy generation and consumption mix in US and globally
- Renewable Energy (RE) production cost drivers
- Capacity factors for variable RE vs. baseload & MWh energy production
- How solar, wind, hydro, biomass, geothermal, wave energy, and tidal energy work
Overview
This course provides a data and fact-based overview of the Renewable Energy industry, led by an expert with over 40 years of technical and financial experience.
Topics covered include:
- Energy generation mix
- Different energy storage technologies
- Financial and Engineering analysis of interactive systems
- Capital and operating costs
- Other practical considerations for the variables that impact energy production
Specific Knowledge or Skill Obtained
This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:
- Energy generation and consumption mix in US and globally
- Renewable Energy (RE) production cost drivers
- Energy and power units
- Generation megawatt (MW) capacity vs. megawatt-hour (MWh) energy production
- Capacity factors for variable RE vs. baseload & MWh energy production
- How solar, wind, hydro, biomass, geothermal, wave energy, and tidal energy work
- kWh impact from different photovoltaic (PV) technologies/orientations
- RE resource determinants, variability impacts
- How to calculate wind speeds and translate into MWh
- Excess solar energy production – “Duck Curve”, and curtailment
- RE vs. fossil-fuel transmission connection issues
- Consumer energy price impact from increasing RE integration
Video on Demand
This course is a recorded version of a live lecture and will be streamed directly to your computer's media player. Our format is generally compatible with media players included with all computers and mobile devices. After watching the video presentation, you will return to your account to take the online quiz. While this is a recording of a live presentation, please note that this recording will not qualify as a "live" or "interactive" continuing education activity in those jurisdictions where it is required.
Certificate of Completion
You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a multiple-choice quiz consisting of 20 questions. PDH credits are not awarded until the course is completed and quiz is passed.
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