Accredited, intensive training pathway (access to 15 courses)
Learn from university lecturers & industry-leading experts
Access our catalogue of 15 accredited renewable energy courses and complete at least 12 in order to achieve the Accredited Master in Renewable Energy Award.
To reward continuous learning in the renewable energy sector, the Renewable Energy Institute collaborates with industry experts and university professors to offer the Accredited Master in Renewable Energy Award.
United Nations (UNDP) Nar Bahudur Khatiwora
“The skills and knowledge obtained through attending are crucial for both my current role and future career.“
BNY Mellon Nancy Jones
“I gained information I’ll be able to apply to decisions I make regarding the procurement of renewable energy.“
Kier José Jiménez-Garcia
“I actually managed to get a promotion off the back of my new skills I have gained studying these courses!“
Choose from 15 accredited renewable energy courses and achieve a minimum of 12 Galileo Master Certificates over an 18 month period
Teaching from university lecturers & industry-leading experts with decades of experience in the renewable energy & energy efficiency sectors
Learn online at your own pace – access downloadable course materials, videos, optional one-to-one live tutorial and remote examination from your location
Access live Virtual Classrooms and receive Mastership Status of the Renewable Energy Institute Membership Programme
“I was able to win a project proposal with the UNITED NATIONS Industrial Development Organisation – UNIDO – with the help of the courses I took with your institution.”
– National Water and Electricity Company Ltd, Alhaji Cham
This accredited course equips participants with the latest knowledge on how to assess and manage hydrogen energy projects, evaluate the benefits of adopting hydrogen technology and understand the hydrogen economy. The course enables participants to work successfully in the renewables and hydrogen energy industry, both locally and internationally; and is suitable for those with both a basic and advanced understanding of the sector.
Hydrogen production and conversion
Hydrogen technologies
Modelling and simulation
Environmentally sustainable hydrogen
Hydrogen economy & financial market opportunities
Storage & carbon capture
Fuel cells
LCSA, recycling and eco-design
Hydrogen for mobility applications & vehicles
Distribution & grid infrastructure
Government legislation & policies – UK, EU (including European Green Deal) and worldwide
This accredited course equips participants with the latest knowledge on how to manage renewable energy projects, understand policies & finances and successfully manage risk. The course enables participants to work successfully in the renewables and green finance industry, both locally and internationally; and is suitable for those with both a basic and advanced understanding of the sector.
Introduction to renewable energy finance and sustainable design
This accredited course equips participants with the latest knowledge on how to evaluate the benefits of carbon management strategies, reduce your organisation’s carbon footprint and effectively engage in carbon trading. The course enables participants to work successfully in the renewables and carbon finance industry, both locally and internationally; and is suitable for those with both a basic and advanced understanding of the sector.
Corporate emissions and decarbonisation strategies
Introduction to greenhouse gases (GHG) and climate change
ESG corporate principles and reporting
Corporate carbon emissions accounting
Types of emission-reduction commitments
Designing a corporate decarbonisation strategy
Carbon markets in Europe
Compliance carbon markets
Voluntary carbon markets
Opportunities in carbon trading and management strategies
This accredited course equips participants with the latest knowledge on how to make an informed decision on which renewable energy technology to use, including an overview of over a dozen technologies and payback time considerations. The course enables participants to work successfully in the renewables industry, both locally and internationally; and is suitable for those with both a basic and advanced understanding of the sector.
Introduction of the module and overview of the different renewable technologies
Government incentive, ROC, RHI
Choosing the best renewable energy options
Benefits, applications and case studies for each technology: solar geometry, solar chimneys, solar wall, natural ventilation, passive solar heating house/design, earth duct, solar water heating, photovoltaic, wind technology, biomass heating, hydro electricity
Other energy saving technologies: GSHP, UTES, geometry, CHP, tri generation, fuel cell, light pipe
Review of each technology – questions & answer session
This accredited course equips participants with the latest knowledge on how to install, maintain and repair a wide range of solar photovoltaic equipment & understand the theory behind solar power. The course enables participants to work successfully in the renewables and solar energy industry, both locally and internationally; and is suitable for those with both a basic and advanced understanding of the sector.
Composition of the light
Photovoltaic effect
Photovoltaic cells
Materials
Daily/annual energy
Positioning of the modules
Photovoltaic energy
Photovoltaic illumination
Planning and designing a photovoltaic installation
The electric load
Costs and evaluation of the economical solutions
Maintenance and reliability
Practical solutions
Typologies and modality of installation
Integration of the photovoltaic modules in the building structure
This accredited course equips participants with the latest knowledge on how to evaluate the benefits of adopting wind power technology, design a wind power installation and take advantage of incentives available. The course enables participants to work successfully in the renewables and wind power industry, both locally and internationally; and is suitable for those with both a basic and advanced understanding of the sector.
How wind power works
Concepts of aerodynamics
Classification and types of systems
The wind market
Technologies of machines
Tuning the plants
Design criteria
Running and maintenance of plants
Policies and procedures
Economical aspects
Incentives for wind power adoption
Hybrid systems
Electrical systems and generators
The environmental impact
Siting – impact of obstructions, noise, turbine interaction
This accredited course equips participants with the latest knowledge on how to improve the energy efficiency of a building, reduce expenditure & lessen CO2 emissions . The course enables participants to work successfully in the renewables and energy efficiency industry, both locally and internationally; and is suitable for those with both a basic and advanced understanding of the sector.
Energy and power
World & UK demand / energy consumption
Policy and drivers
Energy conservation
Energy auditing
Thermal comfort
Heat loss and condensation
Calculating heat loss and condensation risk
Building heat loss
Modelling the thermal performance of buildings
Combined heat and power
Boilers
Heat pumps
Solar water heating
Heating controls
Artificial lighting
Solar resource & geometry
Building design strategies – ventilation and cooling of buildings
This accredited course equips participants with the latest knowledge on how to install electric renewables equipment, understand grid-connected and off-grid electrical connections and adhere to current safety regulations. The course enables participants to work successfully in the renewables industry, both locally and internationally; and is suitable for those with both a basic and advanced understanding of the sector.
Voltage, current and how they are measured, AC and DC, resistance
Inductance and capacitance in AC and DC circuits
Impact and calculation of voltage drops
Use of multi-meters, current clamps and shunts including practical exercise
Systems architecture and batteries
Calculation of cable size and measurement of voltage drop
Over current protection and over voltage protection
Safe operation and installation
Practical session measurement of PV performance
Earthing and over current protection
Different types of generators inverters (asynchronous and synchronous types)
Safety considerations
The impact of power factor
PV installation guidelines and installation standards
This accredited course equips participants with the latest knowledge on how to evaluate the benefits of adopting biomass systems, design a biomass installation and take advantage of incentives available. The course enables participants to work successfully in the renewables and biomass industry, both locally and internationally; and is suitable for those with both a basic and advanced understanding of the sector.
What is biomass?
Market, resources and targets overview
The physics principles
How biomass works (energy content, types of technologies, moisture content)
This accredited course equips participants with the latest knowledge on how to evaluate the benefits of adopting wave & hydro technology, design a wave & hydro installation and take advantage of incentives available. The course enables participants to work successfully in the renewables and wave & hydro industry, both locally and internationally; and is suitable for those with both a basic and advanced understanding of the sector.
What is wave/tidal power
What is hydro power
Market, resources and targets overview
The physics principles (energy content, types of technologies)
This accredited course equips participants with the latest knowledge on how to install, maintain and repair a wide range of solar water heating equipment & understand the theory behind solar thermal power. The course enables participants to work successfully in the renewables and solar industry, both locally and internationally; and is suitable for those with both a basic and advanced understanding of the sector.
Siting and orientation
Solar resource
Types of solar systems.
Storage of energy
Calculation of the thermal requirements, occupancy, sanitary hot water
Passive components
Calculation of the designing surface required for the system
Calculation of volume of accumulation (ground storing)
Budgets & regulations
Data and costs of installations
Savings achieved
Installation of the system, the tank, solar regulating switchboards, hydronic circuit of solar
This accredited course equips participants with the latest knowledge on how to evaluate the benefits of adopting combined heat & power systems, design a combined heat & power installation and take advantage of incentives available. The course enables participants to work successfully in the renewables and combined heat & power industry, both locally and internationally; and is suitable for those with both a basic and advanced understanding of the sector.
What is CHP?
Market, resources and targets overview
The physics principles (energy content, types of technologies)
This accredited course equips participants with the latest knowledge on how to select the most effective energy storage technology, understand grid-connected and off-grid systems and evaluate the costs & pricing of available options. The course enables participants to work successfully in the renewables and energy storage industry, both locally and internationally; and is suitable for those with both a basic and advanced understanding of the sector.
Types of electrical energy storage and key characteristics
Parameters for electrical energy storage
Operational characteristics of electrical storage
Costs and pricing
Integration of energy storage into electrical grids
This accredited course equips participants with the latest knowledge on how to evaluate the benefits of electric vehicle adoption and understand the EV & recharging market. The course enables participants to work successfully in the electric vehicle industry, both locally and internationally; and is suitable for those with both a basic and advanced understanding of the sector.
Why electric vehicles?
Air quality versus climate change drivers
Deep-dive on carbon foot printing
Policy: historic interventions to cut transport emissions
Technology: options to cut emissions
Social: perceptions around the solutions
What is an EV?
A breakdown of the vehicle categories and battery categories
Market adoption trends and predictions
Policy: EV specific policy evolution
Technology: new tech trends
Social: public attitudes as we enter the early majority
How do we recharge the EV?
A breakdown of the four categories of EV charging
Policy: charging specific policies
Technology: emerging trends in smart, public, home and fleet
Social: attitudes towards charging
How is the market responding?
How the automotive and energy sectors are colliding and evolving
The growth into new sectors: e.g., e-bike is the biggest growth sector
Start up evolution and trends
What to watch over the next 2, 5 and 10 years of EV
This accredited course equips participants with the latest knowledge on understanding the benefits of heat pump systems, designing a heat pump installation and utilising simulation tools. The course enables participants to work successfully in the renewables and heat pump industry, both locally and internationally; and is suitable for those with both a basic and advanced understanding of the sector.
What is heat
Market, resources and targets overview
The physics principles (components, types of technologies)
Other types: underground thermal energy storage (UTES), earth ducts
Solar assisted ground source heat pumps
Environmental impact and analysis
Finance, regulation and incentives (MCS, RHI)
Case studies, best practice analysis
Simulation tools
Standards
References and further reading
Trade bodies and support
TESTIMONIALS
National Water and Electricity Company Ltd
Alhaji Cham
“The Renewable Energy Management and Finance course impacted greatly on my ability to successfully develop a Wind Turbine Power Project for the United Nations Industrial Development Organization – UNIDO.”
The MET Office
Marc David
“I gained a much greater knowledge about the principles of sustainable design and the finance mechanisms available to implement a scheme. The knowledge will help me identify opportunities for my company to engage our clients at new points in project lifecycles.”
Upon completion of each course, participants will receive a certificate of participation and be eligible to take the GMC exam. The internationally recognised Galileo Master Certificate (GMC) has been achieved by participants worldwide for over 40 years, from organisations such as Coca Cola, Mitsubishi, United Nations UNDP, Siemens, Cambridge University, Oxfam GB, Tesco, the Royal Air Force, Ferrero, Honeywell and many more.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Can I study the Renewable Energy Institute’s courses from my country?
The Renewable Energy Institute’s renowned online courses are open to participants worldwide, regardless of which country or time zone you live in. With 24/7 access to all the course materials, including the tutorial videos taken from the live classroom courses, you can study from any location, whenever it suits you.
Are there any pre-entry requirements for studying the courses?
The Renewable Energy Institute’s professional development courses are open to everyone who has an interest in renewable energy and energy efficiency. The courses will take you through the basic concepts of a subject before advancing to in-depth knowledge, so they are suitable for people of all levels of experience.
Can I study the online courses while working?
Yes! The Renewable Energy Institute’s expert-led courses are designed to make it possible for you to study around your everyday commitments. The duration of the enrolment has been set to ensure that you have plenty of time to study at your own pace. Read about the positive experiences that other participants have had studying with the Renewable Energy Institute while working.
What are my career prospects after studying with the Renewable Energy Institute?
As the industry is expanding rapidly, professionals with knowledge in renewable energy are in high demand across all sectors. The Renewable Energy Institute’s internationally recognised courses are led by experienced academics and professionals to provide you with the essential knowledge that you need in order to work in renewable energy. Participants range from all kinds of professions: project managers, engineers, lawyers, entrepreneurs, and artists.
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