Renewable Energy Systems
Fall & Spring
| 3 credits
| Elective
Majors:
Environmental Science,
Environmental Studies,
Public Policy,
and
Sustainability
Climate change calls for radical re-thinking of our energy systems - ultimately, a change towards 100 percent renewable energy systems. But is this possible? This course examines the technical, economic, political and social aspects of renewable energy. Different renewable energy technologies (wind, solar, hydro, biomass, etc.) are explored, and the strengths and weaknesses of different policy options (feed-in tariffs, quotas, etc.) are discussed.
Instructors
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Carlos García-Robles
Cand.techn.soc. (Technological & Socio-Economic Planning, Roskilde University, 2009). B.A. (International Relations, National Autonomous University of Mexico, 2004). Represented Mexican NGOs during WSSD process, 2002. Member of the Energy and Climate Group, Project coordinator for Friends of the Earth Denmark for COP15 process. With DIS since 2011.
