Energy Tomorrow - ELEC0390

 
Faculty: Faculty of Engineering
 
 
School:  School of Electrical Eng and Telecommunications
 
 
Course Outline: http://www.ee.unsw.edu.au/
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 15
 
 
Fee Band: 2 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description


This six week course for engineering students explores energy and sustainability with a focus on new developments in energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies. The program is based on a ninety-hour combination of lectures, tutorials, laboratory work, demonstrations, site visits, computer simulations, assignments and discussion periods.

Topics covered include the world energy context, sustainability implications of our energy efficiency, energy storage, energy and the process industries and renewable energy technologies including PV, wind and biomass.