NUST eLearning

This programme has been designed for Work Integrated Learning eligible students to enhance their soft skills and offered through the Cooperative Education Unit.

This course aims to set a foundation for the entire MSES programme by providing conceptual and practical knowledge on both renewable and non-renewable energy systems for exploitation through appropriate technologies. Starting from a discussion of the importance of energy and the fundamentals of energy sources (renewable and non-renewable), the course explores different types of energy systems, with emphasis on renewable energy in the electricity supply industry, culminating in concepts of demand-side management and energy efficiency.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

Upon successful completion of the course, students will, through assessment activities, show evidence of their ability to:

· Describe relationships between Energy Systems and the Sustainable Development Goals

·  Discuss the fundamental features of energy sources (both renewable and non-renewable) and their associated environmental impacts.

·  Describe the Namibian electrical power system and the role of renewable energy technologies in resolving the World Energy Council’s energy trilemma.

·    Assessment techniques for renewable energy resources.

· Explain the concepts of power system demand-side management and energy efficiency

•     Perform design calculations for selected renewable energy systems.

This course contents which when exhausted will improve students' soft skills i.e. those additional skills that enable engineers to meaningfully contribute to the advancement of society/community they find themselves. Acquiring such skills will ensure the amicable co-existence between Human to Human and Human to the Environment in a ever changing and challenging world of the 21st century.