Renewable Energy Systems

3 credits · Undergraduate Programs

Review of electrical machines, thermodynamics, and fluid mechanics. Alternative energy systems such with emphasis on hydro, solar photovoltaics, and wind power for electricity production. System design, cost, and sizing, and environmental impacts of alternative energy systems. Effects of intermittency of power production and integration into the electricity grid. Energy storage. Prerequisite(s): Engineering 311 or Sustainable Systems Engineering 311 and third-year standing, or higher, in the Schulich School of Engineering.