Master's Degree in Renewable Energies Online

The official distance learning master's degree in Renewable Energies is designed for profiles of Architects, Technical Architects, Building Engineers, Roads, Canals and Ports, Public and Industrial Works, graduates in areas of Building and Civil and Industrial Construction and professionals in the construction sector. Renewable Energies who have any university degree and who demonstrate sufficient experience in the field of renewable energies.

Complete training

• You will learn the fundamentals of solar energy and its main applications.
• You will have a vision of the different types of biomass and biofuel that exist and their characteristics.
• You will delve into the potential of the photovoltaic sector and its future.
• You will analyze other forms of renewable energy, such as Geothermal or Tidal Energy.

experiential learning

• Learn with professionals who work in leading companies such as CSIC, ITER, RAUCA (Efficient Engineering), French Ministry of Urban Planning, Esfero Arquitectura and Tesela Innova
• Tutoring of innovation projects in Renewable Energy.
• You will work on real application projects from day one.

Curriculum

In the official Master's Degree in Renewable Energies you study the current energy and electrical context, delving into clean energies such as hydraulics, biomass and biofuels, photovoltaic energy, solar thermal and thermoelectric energy, wind energy and emerging renewable energies.

In addition, you train in management, project development and business creation in the sector.

• Module 1: Current Energy and Electrical Context
• Module 2: Hydraulic Energy
• Module 3: Biomass and Biofuels
• Module 4: Photovoltaic Energy
• Module 5: Thermal and Thermoelectric Energy
• Module 6: Wind Energy
• Module 7: Emerging Renewable Energies
• Module 8: Management and Development of Renewable Energy Projects
• Module 9 Business Creation
• Module 10: Final Master Project

Title competencies

Basic skills

• CB1: Possess and understand knowledge that provides a basis or opportunity to be original in the development and/or application of ideas, often in a research context.
• CB2: That students know how to apply the knowledge acquired and their ability to solve problems in new or little-known environments within broader (or multidisciplinary) contexts related to their area of study.
• CB3: That students are able to integrate knowledge and face the complexity of formulating judgments based on information that, being incomplete or limited, includes reflections on the social and ethical responsibilities linked to the application of their knowledge and judgments.
• CB4: That students know how to communicate their conclusions – and the knowledge and ultimate reasons that support them – to specialized and non-specialized audiences in a clear and unambiguous way.
• CB5: That students possess the learning skills that allow them to continue studying in a way that will be largely self-directed or autonomous.

Cross-disciplinary competences

• CT1: Responsibility: That the student is able to assume the consequences of the actions he performs and learn from his own actions.
• CT2: Self-confidence: That the student is capable of acting safely and with sufficient motivation to achieve his or her goals.
• CT3: Awareness of ethical values: Student's ability to feel, judge, argue and act in accordance with moral values in a coherent, persistent and autonomous way.
• CT4: Communication skills: That the student be able to express concepts and ideas effectively, including the ability to communicate in writing with conciseness and clarity, as well as speak in public effectively.
• CT5: Interpersonal understanding: That the student is capable of active listening in order to reach agreements using an assertive communication style.
• CT6: Flexibility: That the student is able to adapt and work in different and varied situations and with diverse people and cultures. It involves valuing and understanding different positions, adapting your own approach as the situation requires it.
• CT7: Teamwork: That the student is able to actively participate in the achievement of a common objective, listening, respecting and valuing the ideas and proposals of the rest of the members of their team.
• CT8: Initiative: That the student is able to proactively anticipate by proposing solutions or alternatives to the situations presented.
• CT9: Planning: That the student is able to effectively determine his or her goals and priorities, defining the optimal actions, deadlines and resources required to achieve such goals.
• CT10: Innovation-creativity: That the student is able to devise new and different solutions to problems that add value to problems that arise.

General competitions

• CG1: Capacity for technical management and project management in the field of renewable energies.
• CG2: Learn to apply to new or little-known environments, within broader (or multidisciplinary) contexts, the concepts, principles, theories or models related to your area of study.
• CG3: Prepare adequately and with creativity and flexibility, feasible technical solutions to the problems that appear in energy production projects from renewable sources.
• CG4: Analyze, synthesize and make judgments based on technical, economic and environmental criteria.
• CG5: Present ideas, procedures or research reports and advise people and organizations in reference to the energy use of renewable natural resources and their energy efficiency.
• CG6: Ability to integrate into multidisciplinary work teams in an effective and cooperative manner.

Specific competencies

• CE1: Know the current energy and electrical context from different perspectives: structure of the electrical system, operation of the electrical market, regulatory environment, analysis and evolution of the electrical generation system in the short, medium and long term.
• CE2: Know the technical-economic criteria of generation systems based on the use of conventional energies: nuclear energy, large hydraulic, conventional thermal, combined cycle and the current regulatory environment of both conventional and renewable generation systems and their dynamics of evolution.
• CE3: Analyze and evaluate the environmental problems related to the production, transformation, distribution and consumption of energy and those caused by the different renewable and conventional electricity generation technologies.
• CE4: Know the basic concepts related to hydraulic plants, the operation of reversible hydraulic plants and their different operating regimes as well as the regulatory environment applicable to hydraulic generation systems within the special regime and present their influence on the electrical system and national energy.
• CE5: Analyze and describe the different phases of a basic hydraulic project, focusing especially on the technical, economic and environmental aspects of the project.
• CE6: Obtain a deep vision of the sources and types of biomass and biofuels, highlighting the transformation processes inherent to these sources, the importance of their use and commercialization today.
• CE7: Know the industrial biomass, biodiesel and bioethanol production plants, and identify the main problems of these processes and what strategies can be executed to solve them, as well as identify and analyze the different phases of a basic biomass and biofuels project. .
• CE8: Know the basic concepts of the design and sizing of grid-connected and isolated photovoltaic systems.
• CE9: Apply technical and economic criteria for selecting the electrical, mechanical and control components of these photovoltaic systems, as well as the application of current regulations and carry out the sizing and design of the different phases of a basic photovoltaic project.
• CE10: Describe the basic concepts of the design and dimensioning of thermal and thermoelectric systems.
• CE11: Know the technical and economic criteria for selecting the electrical, mechanical and control components of these thermal and thermoelectric systems, as well as the application of current regulations and carry out the sizing and design of the different phases of a basic solar thermal project.
• CE12: Describe the basic concepts of the design and dimensioning of wind systems.
• CE13: Apply technical and economic criteria for the design and sizing of wind farms, as well as the application of current regulations and economic feasibility studies and carry out the sizing and design of the different phases of a basic wind project.
• CE14: Know the main characteristics of emerging renewable systems, which are currently in a demonstrative state but which in a few years will be generation systems with great application in energy systems.
• CE15: Describe and analyze the different phases of a basic geothermal project, focusing especially on the technical, economic and environmental aspects of the project.
• CE16: Know the elements of management and development of real practical projects related to the different renewable energy modules described above.
• CE17: Know the work methods of Renewable Energy companies and write reports on the tasks related to their activity.
• CE18: Adopt technical solutions based on the ability to analyze and synthesize the information obtained during the preceding modules by providing technical solutions developed during the dimensioning and design of the Master's Final Project.

The National Integrated Energy and Climate Plan 2021-2030 will have a positive impact on the creation of direct and indirect employment over the next ten years, until reaching 364,000 additional jobs in 2030. Thanks to the official distance learning master's degree in Renewable Energies, you will be trained as:

• Energy facilities manager
• Wind farm manager
• Solar park manager
• Specialist in energy efficiency
• Responsible for the management of energy services
• Auditor or energy consultant for companies
• Feasibility analyst
• Specialized energy project engineer