Newfoundland and Labrador Alt/Ren Energy 42 PDH Discount Package

This online engineering PDH course provides an overview of biodiesel blends, the advantages of using biodiesel, precautions for use of biodiesel during cold weather, and the proper procedures for handling and use of biodiesel. This course also provides detailed information on biodiesel testing requirements and compatibility issues.

 

Biodiesel is a diesel replacement fuel for use in diesel engines. It is manufactured from plant oils, animal fats, and recycled cooking oils, is most commonly used as a blend with petroleum diesel in compression-ignition engines. Some of the advantages of Biodiesel are that it is renewable, can reduce greenhouse gases, compatible with new technology diesel engines, nontoxic, biodegradable, and suitable for sensitive environments. 

 

This 4 PDH online course is intended primarily for energy, chemical, environmental, mechanical, civil and industrial engineers.  Someone completing this course will gain knowledge about the use and handling of biodiesel.

This online engineering PDH course presents the fundamental principles behind the workings of a solar PV system, use of different components in a system, methodology of sizing these components and how these can be applied to building integrated systems. It includes detailed technical information and basic step-by-step methodology for design and sizing of off-grid solar PV systems.

 

The sun delivers its energy in two main forms: heat and light. There are two main types of solar power systems, namely, solar thermal systems that trap heat to warm up water and solar PV systems that convert sunlight directly into electricity (the latter being the focus of this course). Direct or diffuse light (usually sunlight) shining on the solar cells induces the photovoltaic effect, generating DC electric power. This DC power can be used, stored in a battery system, or fed into an inverter that converts DC into alternating current “AC”, so that it can feed into one of the building’s AC distribution boards (“ACDB”) without affecting the quality of power supply.

 

Several factors and aspects are taken into consideration when designing a solar PV system which will be discussed in this course.

 

This 8 PDH online course is applicable to electrical & mechanical engineers, energy & environment professionals, architects & structural engineers, and other professionals looking to enter the solar industry, or interact with solar projects in their current line of work.

This online engineering PDH course discusses advantages to the electric grid that are gained through using electricity storage systems to supplement electrical generation systems. It presents a total of fourteen such advantages provided by an electricity storage capability, including ancillary services, grid system services and functional uses, end user/utility customer functional services, and renewables integration.

 

One example of an advantage is time-shifting, the purchase of electric energy when prices are low, and then storing it and using or selling the energy later when prices are high. Another example, possible only under certain grid conditions, is using energy storage to reduce the need to buy new central station generating capacity. A third example is using energy storage for grid regulation, that is, the damping of momentary differences caused by fluctuations in generation and loads. In general, the rapid-response characteristic (i.e., fast ramp rate) of most storage systems makes them especially valuable as a regulation resource.

 

This 2 PDH online course is intended for electric systems engineers/planners, storage system vendors, and regulators concerned with the design and implementation of stationary energy storage systems.

This online engineering PDH course describes the state-of-the art, cutting edge efforts by scientists and engineers in the United States who are involved with research to continue to find alternate energy sources for the future.  These energy sources will be of vital importance to sustaining and improving the quality of life on planet earth and beyond.  This course explains how the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) leads the world in the conception, design, construction, and operation of these large-scale devices.  It also discusses that these machines have enabled U.S. researchers to make some of history's important scientific discoveries, with spin-off technological advances leading to entirely new industries.

 

Throughout its history, the Department of Energy's Office of Science has designed, constructed, and operated many of the Nation's most advanced, large-scale research and development user facilities, of importance to all areas of science.  These state-of-the-art facilities are shared with the science community worldwide and contain technologies and instrumentation that are available nowhere else.  As the steward of America's national laboratories, the Department of Energy has a special responsibility to plan for and propose Office of Science investments for the future that will serve to advance the national, energy, and economic security of the United States.

 

This 3 PDH online course is intended for engineers who are interested in current and future state-of-the art energy sources that will provide good stewardship of America's limited energy sources.

This online PDH course briefly discusses the solar market and solar energy’s technical and resource potential. Also, it addresses R&D strategy and priorities, the development and status of solar technologies and markets, projected solar deployment and impacts, and solutions for high-penetration of renewable energy into the electricity grid.

 

Solar energy offers a number of strategic benefits to the United States. Replacing fossil-fuel combustion with solar energy reduces emissions of human-induced greenhouse gases and air pollutants.

 

Despite these benefits, solar energy currently supplies only a small fraction of U.S. energy needs, largely because it historically has cost more than conventional energy sources. However, solar manufacturing costs and sales prices have dropped dramatically over the past few decades, and solar technologies are approaching energy-price parity with conventional generating sources in some regions of the United States and abroad.

 

This 2 PDH online course is intended for mechanical, electrical and renewable energy engineers as well as others interested in learning more about the current solar market and solar energy’s technical and resource potential.

This online engineering PDH course provides a brief overview of wind turbine technology and its associated components, discusses the financial considerations and the technological improvements that would be required to increase the reliance on wind energy in the future.   

 

Current turbine technology has enabled wind energy to become a viable power source in today’s energy market. Advancements in turbine technology that have the potential to increase wind energy’s presence are currently being explored through areas of study including reducing capital costs, increasing capacity factors, and mitigating risk through enhanced system reliability.

 

This 4 PDH online course is intended for renewable, sustainability, mechanical, electrical, and industrial engineers, as well as other technical personnel who are interested in gaining a basic understanding of wind turbine technology.

This online engineering PDH course provides a brief description of conventional compressed air energy storage (CAES) and pumped storage hydropower (PSH) technologies including their current status as well as an overview of the general limitations of each technology. It also introduces eight new PSH and nine new CAES technologies.  The “newness” of the technologies ranges from technologies that are new to the United States (but present in a foreign country) to technologies that are futuristic (in very early stages of development).  The business characteristics, electric grid characteristics, suitable applications, and feasibility of each of the novel technologies are described. Finally, it identifies the technological gaps and barriers to commercialization, outlines future research and development needs, and recommends a focus for future efforts.

 

If renewable energy resources are to reduce our reliance on fossil-fuel power-plants for generating electricity, some means of storing large amounts of energy must be developed to generate electricity during times when the renewable energy resources are not available, for example, when the sun does not shine or the wind does not blow.  Two common types of bulk energy storage are compressed air energy storage (CAES) and pumped storage hydropower (PSH).

 

This 5 PDH online course is intended for electrical, mechanical, and civil engineers concerned about the development and feasibility of increasing the use of renewable energy resources for electricity generation.

This online engineering PDH course presents a methodology to identify suitable sites for the establishment of renewable energy (RE) facilities intended to support critical infrastructure in an emergency.

 

"RE-Powering Critical Infrastructure" presents a methodology for identifying sites—typically formerly contaminated lands, closed landfills, and mine sites—close to critical infrastructure. If a renewable energy facility were to be installed at the site, then in the event of a natural disaster disrupting the national electrical grid, the RE at the site could provide emergency back-up for the critical infrastructure. The course applies this methodology to critical infrastructure including wastewater treatement plants, drinking water treatment plants, hospitals, schools, emergency centers, cell towers, fire stations, and natural gas distribution centers.

 

This 2 PDH online course is applicable to civil, environmental, electrical and other engineers, concerned with renewable energy applications.

In this online engineering PDH course properties of electromagnetic radiation will be discussed and basic calculations for electromagnetic radiation will be described. Several solar position parameters will be discussed along with means of calculating values for them. The major methods by which solar radiation is converted into other useable forms of energy will be discussed briefly. Extraterrestrial solar radiation (that striking the earth's outer atmosphere) will be discussed and means of estimating its value at a given location and time will be presented. Finally there will be a presentation of how to obtain values for the average monthly rate of solar radiation striking the surface of a typical solar collector, at a specified location in the United States for a given month. Numerous examples are included to illustrate the calculations and data retrieval methods presented.

 

This 4 PDH  online course is intended for mechanical and electrical engineers, energy professionals and architects who are interested in gaining a better understanding of solar energy. After completing this course, you will have basic knowledge about solar electromagnetic radiation, will be familiar with fundamental solar parameters, will be able to obtain or calculate values for those parameters and use them in calculations, and will be able to obtain values for average monthly rate of solar radiation striking the surface of a typical solar collector in the United States for a given month.

This online engineering PDH course provides information on wind energy and wind turbines, and discusses the operating principles of wind turbines, their key components, technology and performance features, as well as cost economics and various environmental and social aspects.

 

The rising concerns over climate change, environmental pollution, and energy security resulted in an increased interest in developing renewable energy, with wind energy being at the forefront.

 

Wind energy refers to the technology that converts the motion of air into mechanical energy, usually for electricity production. The mechanism used to convert air motion into electricity is referred to as a turbine. A turbine is a large structure with several spinning blades connected to a rotor, where an electromagnetic generator generates electricity as wind causes the blades to spin.

 

This 6 PDH online course is applicable to mechanical and electrical engineers, and energy specialists who are interested in learning more about the fundamentals of wind energy design.

This online engineering PDH ethics course is (1) the study of moral issues and decisions confronting individuals and organizations involved in engineering and (2) the study of related questions about moral conduct, character, ideals and relationships of peoples and organizations involved in technological development (Martin and Schinzinger, Ethics in Engineering).

 

This course will address the principles of engineering ethics that every engineer is expected to live by when practicing their profession. This course also provides a general overview on PEGNL’s procedure of filing an allegation, its resolution by Registrar and its referral to Complaints Authorization Committee. It will also present unique ethical case studies randomly selected to demonstrate ethical challenges for professional engineers and alternatives to address these challenges.

 

This 2 PDH online course is applicable to Professional Engineers licensed in the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador and who are required to demonstrate continuing professional competency in ethical practice as a condition of their license renewal. For each renewal period, every licensee must complete at least two (2) professional development hours relative to the principals of professional responsibility, conduct and ethics.