Introduction to Renewable Energy - FREE Online Course

You will not become an expert through this course, but you will get to know renewable energy in its many forms - helping you to decide whether solar, wind or other technologies are right for you.  Over 5,000 people from all over the world have taken our free online class RE100: Introduction to Renewable Energy, since it was launched in December 2010.

This course is also a great first step for a career focused individual to understand the world of renewable energy possibilities. 

This course also serves as an introduction to Solar Energy International’s Online Campus. It is made up of ten lessons, each containing readings, exercises, a quiz and an open discussion forum. Your work will be saved as you go and you can return to it later for up to six weeks after you register.

Lessons Include:

   1. Why Renewable Energy?
   2. Conservation & Efficiency                                 
   3. Green Building
   4. Solar Thermal
   5. Solar Electricity
   6. Wind Power
   7. Micro-Hydro
   8. Other Renewable Energy
   9. Renewable Energy for the Developing World
  10. Economics of Renewable Energy

Upon completion of the course - with good quiz grades - you will receive the following:

       • A printable SEI Record of Completion

The development of this course was funded in part by the Putnam Foundation.

 

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