Alt./Ren. Energy 12 PDH Discount Package 1
Courses in this Package
Hydrogen - Production, Delivery, Storage and Use (M02-023)
Hydropower: The Largest Source of Renewable Energy (R03-003)
Renewable Energy from the Ocean (R02-007)
Wind Turbine Technology (R04-009)
Wind Turbine Technology - Overview (M01-009)
This online engineering PDH course provides an overview of the current methods and challenges associated with production, delivery, storage, and use of hydrogen as a transportation fuel. Additionally, this course describes the basics of fuel cells - a device that can convert hydrogen into electricity - and how they operate.
Hydrogen holds the potential to provide clean, safe, affordable, and secure energy from abundant domestic resources. However, there are several technical challenges to the commercialization and widespread use of hydrogen as an energy carrier. The great promise of hydrogen as a transportation fuel prompts the need for engineers and government officials to be well-informed about hydrogen in order to advance the commercial development of hydrogen production, delivery, storage, and use.
This 2 PDH online course is intended for engineers, contractors, facility managers, and other technical personnel who are involved in the production, delivery and storage of Hydrogen.
This PE continuing education course is intended to provide you with the following specific knowledge and skills:
- Benefits of hydrogen as a transportation fuel
- Production of hydrogen
- Delivery of hydrogen
- Storage of hydrogen
- Overview and description of hydrogen fuel cells
- Safety, codes, and standards for hydrogen
In this professional engineering CEU course you will need to review the Department of Energy Publication "Hydrogen and Our Energy Future".
Upon successful completion of the quiz, print your Certificate of Completion instantly. (Note: if you are paying by check or money order, you will be able to print it after we receive your payment.) For your convenience, we will also email it to you. Please note that you can log in to your account at any time to access and print your Certificate of Completion.
This online engineering PDH course describes the technology of hydropower generation and provides estimates of hydropower availability. The advantages of generating electricity by hydropower rather than by fossil fuels are presented. Environmental impacts such as impounding water, flooding terrestrial habitats, and preventing the movement of fish and aquatic organisms, sediments, and nutrients are also described. Barriers to the expansion of hydropower, such as the high capital cost of new hydropower projects and the lengthy licensing and approval process are discussed.
Hydropower is currently the largest source of renewable electricity generation in the
This 3 PDH online course is intended for engineers involved with the development of renewable energy technologies for electrical generation.
This PE continuing education course is intended to provide you with the following specific knowledge and skills:
- Familiarizing with estimates of hydropower availability
- Learning about hydropower technology
- Knowing the environmental advantages over generation of power from fossil fuels
- Knowing the environmental and social disadvantages
- Learning about manufacturing and materials requirements
- Understanding the potential for and barriers to expansion of hydropower
In this professional engineering CEU course, you need to review Chapter 8, "Hydropower" of Volume 2 of "Renewable Electricity Generation and Storage Technologies" of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) publication, "Renewable Electricity Futures Study", NREL/TP-6A20-52409-2, Golden, CO: National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 2012.
Upon successful completion of the quiz, print your Certificate of Completion instantly. (Note: if you are paying by check or money order, you will be able to print it after we receive your payment.) For your convenience, we will also email it to you. Please note that you can log in to your account at any time to access and print your Certificate of Completion.
This online engineering PDH course presents an overview of ocean energy technology as a source of renewable energy for U.S. Federal sites. It investigates ocean energy resources and new technologies under development to capture that energy. A brief history of the technologies is presented, as well as each technology's commercial market development status. Benefits and barriers to research and development are also examined along with various devices currently being validated in the field.
This 2 PDH online course is intended primarily for engineers interested in gaining an overview of the production of energy from renewable sources.
This PE continuing education course is intended to provide you with the following specific knowledge and skills:
- Learning about wave, tidal and marine current
- Learning about tidal potential energy and ocean thermal energy conversion
- Learning about the available total energy resources for each type of ocean energy
- Learning about the energy conversion technologies for each type of ocean energy
- Understanding the benefits of each type of ocean energy
- Familiarizing with current projects
In this professional engineering CEU course, you need to review the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy document, "Ocean Energy Technology Overview", dated July 2009.
Upon successful completion of the quiz, print your Certificate of Completion instantly. (Note: if you are paying by check or money order, you will be able to print it after we receive your payment.) For your convenience, we will also email it to you. Please note that you can log in to your account at any time to access and print your Certificate of Completion.
This online engineering PDH course provides a brief overview of wind turbine technology and its associated components, discusses the financial considerations and the technological improvements that would be required to increase the reliance on wind energy in the future.
Current turbine technology has enabled wind energy to become a viable power source in today’s energy market. Advancements in turbine technology that have the potential to increase wind energy’s presence are currently being explored through areas of study including reducing capital costs, increasing capacity factors, and mitigating risk through enhanced system reliability.
This 4 PDH online course is intended for renewable, sustainability, mechanical, electrical, and industrial engineers, as well as other technical personnel who are interested in gaining a basic understanding of wind turbine technology.
This PE continuing education course is intended to provide you with the following specific knowledge and skills:
- Familiarizing with the basic configuration of the modern wind turbine
- Knowing the options in improving wind turbine technology
- Understanding the technical and financial risks involved in wind technology
- Familiarizing with offshore wind technology
- Learning about distributed wind technology (DWT) and their applications
Upon successful completion of the quiz, print your Certificate of Completion instantly. (Note: if you are paying by check or money order, you will be able to print it after we receive your payment.) For your convenience, we will also email it to you. Please note that you can log in to your account at any time to access and print your Certificate of Completion.
This online engineering PDH course provides an overview of wind turbine components and design considerations for optimization of power generation. Typical power ratings and sizes for wind turbines are explained for various residential-scale, industrial-scale, and utility-scale applications. Additionally, the components and considerations for a typical utility-scale wind energy project are discussed.
This 1 PDH online course is applicable to engineers interested in obtaining a basic knowledge of wind turbine design and applications to power systems.
This PE continuing education course is intended to provide you with the following specific knowledge and skills:
- Background on wind turbine design and components
- Relationship between wind speed and power output
- Wind turbine optimization
- Applications for distributed generation and bulk power delivery
In this professional engineering CEU course you will need to review the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) Publication "Wind Turbine Technology -Overview".
Upon successful completion of the quiz, print your Certificate of Completion instantly. (Note: if you are paying by check or money order, you will be able to print it after we receive your payment.) For your convenience, we will also email it to you. Please note that you can log in to your account at any time to access and print your Certificate of Completion.