Covers salient-pole synchronous machines; solar photovoltaic (PV) power technology including the equivalent circuit of PV cells, characteristics of PV modules and arrays, PV current-voltage (I-V) curves and shading impacts on I-V curves, stand-alone and grid-connected PV systems, PV powered water pumping; wind power technology including types of wind turbines and wind turbine generators, assessment of power in the wind, wind turbine power curves, estimating wind turbine energy production, wind farms; energy storage; renewable energy integration and microgrids; and various renewable energy conversion systems.

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This course introduces students to Canadian law and its practical application as it applies to developing community-led sustainability projects, including renewable energy development. Topics include contracts, power-purchase-agreements, and dispute resolution.

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Introduces students to renewable resources and their management. Emphasis will be on human use of surface water, groundwater, land and plant resources. The concepts of sustainable use and ecological goods and services will be explored for each resource. The role of each resource as an alternative energy source and the interaction between human use of the resource and global change will also be addressed. Critical assumptions that underlie human use of resources will be discussed in weekly tutorial sessions.

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Will explore the economic concepts related to the management of renewable and non-renewable resources in the northern world. Students will examine competing theories and learn to apply analytic models and policies that enhance their understanding of how resources are distributed and managed. This course will have a field school component that will involve international travel.

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