PEC587: Renewable Energy and Sustainable Development

Addresses the challenges of assessing, designing, introducing and maintaining small scale renewable energy technologies in developing countries, particularly in rural areas. It is here that the big increases in global population and energy demand are predicted to occur over the coming two decades. Views the problem in a holistic, rather than a purely technical way. Adopts a broad description of what constitutes renewable energy technology since most energy in developing countries rural areas is currently derived from traditional renewable sources.

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Points	4
Enrolment Options	Murdoch: S2-internal, S2-external
Contact Time	Lectures/tutorials: 3 hours per week; occasional practical sessions (Internal students only).
Prerequisites	Enrolment in Honours or Postgraduate-level courses. Recommended: PEC492/PEC592 Energy in Society. Co-requisite: Internet access if studying externally.
Notes	PgCert in Energy Studies, PgDip Energy Studies and MSc (Renewable Energy) students should enrol in the higher-level code for this unit.
School	School of Engineering and Energy
Unit Coordinator	Ms Tania Urmee Position: Associate Lecturer E-mail: T.Urmee@murdoch.edu.au Location: Murdoch Campus RISE Transportable 2 Room 1.001 Phone: Prefix: +618 9360 1372
Unit Contacts	Contact Phone Prefix: +618 Location Explanation of Location Codes Teaching Period(s) Ms Tania Urmee Associate Lecturer (T.Urmee@murdoch.edu.au) 9360 1372 Murdoch Campus RISE Transportable 2 Room 1.001 MURDOCH S2: Internal (02/08/2010 - 26/11/2010)   MURDOCH S2: External (02/08/2010 - 26/11/2010)

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Key to Offshore Campus Location abbreviations: APMISIN Asia Pacific Management Institute (Singapore) CEJTOKYO Chiropractic Education Japan (Tokyo) JKURASHIKI NET Corporation (Kurashiki, Japan) KDUPG KDU College (Penang, Malaysia) KDUPJ KDU College (Petaling Jaya, Malaysia) SGP-REPOLY Republic Polytechnic (Singapore) SMANUFED Singapore Manufacturing Federation ZHENGZHOU Zhengzhou University (China)