Accredited Master in Renewable Energy Award –13 courses

The Renewable Energy Institute welcomes you to join the Accredited Master in Renewable Energy Award. You will have the opportunity to study 13 certified training courses in renewable energy and energy efficiency, with the choice to study up to 3 courses in the Live Virtual Classroom.

The courses and the overall pathway for the Master in Renewable Energy Award is accredited by the CPD Accreditation Service and allows participants to achieve up to 16 Galileo Master Certificates

The Galileo Master Certificate, established by the esteemed Renewable Energy Institute and Centro Studi Galileo, stands as a testament to 48 years of unwavering commitment to excellence. Through extensive collaborations with renowned universities worldwide, distinguished lecturers, and industry experts, the GMC has emerged as the pinnacle of global recognition for training in the fields of renewable energy and energy efficiency. It represents a trajectory of learning and accomplishment that spans continents, distinguishing individuals in these crucial sectors.

To gain an overview of the Institute’s expert-led Master Award, visit https://www.renewableinstitute.org/training/accredited-master-inrenewable-energy-award/ or email training@renewableinstitute.org and one of our senior course advisors will be happy to help.

The UK’s infrastructure is already constrained, making it challenging to deliver green electricity where it’s needed. System upgrades are in the pipeline, but even without planning objections or funding restrictions, they will take years to complete. So, how can we simply electrify our economy to meet net zero? The answer is, we can’t, at least not for many years to come.

Even on the UK’s windiest and sunniest day, when all renewables and the nuclear fleet are at full throttle, they make up only 80% of our generation stack. Even though the average carbon content drops to 80 gCO2/kWhr, we continue to burn gas in our centralised Combined Cycle Gas Turbines (CCGTs), which make up around 15% of the generation stack. While CCGTs are efficient at producing electricity, they don’t recover waste heat. By the time the electrons reach their destination, many are lost due to system losses. So, any efficiency gained, compared to a locally installed generator, is wasted. Add waste heat recovery to the local generator, whether from the engine’s cooling system or its exhaust gas, and you can push efficiencies above 90% – this is called Combined Heat & Power (CHP). When evaluating carbon savings compared to average of 193 gCO2/kWhr in 2022, it’s evident that every hour we continue to burn gas without CHP is a missed opportunity to significantly increase efficiency, the cornerstone of sustainability. Until we can eliminate burning gas at central power stations, CHP should be running, delivering optimum efficiency and reducing global CO2 emissions. It would be madness not to!

CHP and conventional gas boilers are not the only sources of heat. Heat pumps offer a potential solution, but challenges such as ensuring the electricity used is truly green and addressing potential