Planning for a Sustainable Future with Wind, Water and the Sun

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Course Description

Global warming, air pollution, and energy insecurity are three of the most significant problems facing the world today. Solutions to these problems invariably require a large-scale conversion of our energy infrastructure.

This course will provide you with proven methods and techniques to develop and evaluate strategies for changing the infrastructure at the local, regional and global levels to provide a healthy and sustainable future.

You Will Learn

• Alternative energy solutions and how to rank them in terms of multiple factors, including carbon-equivalent emissions, air pollution health impacts, land requirements, water requirements, reliability and others
• Case studies for determining wind as an available and viable sustainable energy source for the world
• Technical feasibilities of powering the world and individual regions by considering the account costs, transmission needs, jobs, materials and tradeoffs of the solutions you are evaluating

Instructor

Mark Jacobson, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford School of Engineering

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