Renewable Energy is a future-facing course designed for learners who want to understand one of the defining challenges of this century: how to power human civilisation without undermining the climate systems that sustain life. You explore the science and engineering behind clean energy, but you also explore the difficult questions that sit beneath every energy transition: who benefits, who bears the costs, what counts as “progress”, and how innovation can be delivered without widening inequality.
This course supports you to move confidently between technical foundations and real-world consequences. You learn how solar, wind, geothermal, hydrogen, and hydro systems actually work, how they are integrated into modern grids, and why storage, reliability, and governance are as important as generation. Along the way, you examine energy justice, behavioural change, and the ethical responsibilities that come with shaping the world’s energy future.
This interdisciplinary course explores renewable energy through scientific, economic, and societal lenses. Learners will explore:
Through real-world case studies and applied exercises, you learn how energy decisions are made, why trade-offs are inevitable, and how sustainable transitions can be designed with fairness and long-term resilience in mind.
Learners may choose to take part in a Clean Energy Innovation Challenge, developing and presenting one of the following:
Where appropriate, selected work may be shared in internal showcases or learning forums, subject to quality review and programme design.
Important note: Showcase opportunities are discretionary and are not guaranteed.
By the end of the course, learners will be able to:
At Afer*Nova, programmes are designed to combine academic depth with real-world relevance, supporting learners to connect technical understanding with responsible decision-making.
Learners begin with flexible modules that build strong foundations through:
This phase supports independent learning and builds confidence in core concepts.
Learners engage in mentor-guided workshops focused on applied learning, featuring:
These sessions strengthen critical thinking, collaboration, and strategic communication.
Programmes are refreshed periodically to reflect scientific advances, policy changes, and innovation trends. This helps ensure learning remains current and aligned with evolving global needs.
At Afer*Nova, teaching is designed to help you think like someone building the energy future. You learn to interpret evidence, identify trade-offs honestly, and communicate solutions without overpromising.
Teaching includes case-led sessions, interactive labs, applied modelling exercises, ethical debate formats, and optional innovation project work. Assessment supports both knowledge and judgement. Learners may be assessed through critical reflections, applied case analysis, solution briefs, presentations, peer feedback, and optional challenge outputs. Final submissions often take the form of a portfolio supported by structured feedback.
This course does not reduce renewable energy to technology alone. You explore energy as a system shaped by physics, finance, infrastructure, politics, and justice. You learn why the “best” technology is not always the most scalable, the most affordable, or the most equitable, and how to reason through these tensions with maturity.
You examine emerging solutions such as next-generation storage, smart grids, hydrogen systems, and digital optimisation tools. However, you are encouraged to ask serious questions: What are the limits? What are the hidden costs? What social conditions must exist for this to work? You learn to approach innovation with clarity rather than hype.
Learners may develop portfolio-style outputs such as an energy policy brief, microgrid model, or sustainability innovation plan. Subject to quality review and editorial discretion, selected work may be considered for inclusion in curated student collections or internal showcases.
Learners who complete course requirements receive a programme-issued certificate recognising completion.
Subject to performance, quality review, and programme design, learners may have the opportunity to:
Mentoring format and level of individual feedback may vary depending on cohort size, availability, and programme design. Any dissemination opportunities, including showcases or curated collections, are discretionary outcomes and are not guaranteed.
If you wish to enroll in the course, please click the ‘Register Now’ button. Our team will reach out to you after reviewing your academic qualifications.