United Nations University–Institute for Sustainability and Peace (UNU-ISP) is pleased to announce a new postgraduate course on renewable energy. The University Network for Climate and Ecosystems Change Adaptation Research (UN-CECAR) – for which UNU-ISP acts as the Secretariat – is a university network of leading universities in the Asia Pacific that developed the course for students to understand renewable energy issues in the context of science, technology, economics, policy, and relate renewable energy to climate change and other global contemporary issues.
The intensive course will cover hard topics such as small hydropower, solar, geothermal, bio-, wind, marine, fuel cell and hydrogen energy and soft topics such as energy demand and supply, economics, security, and policy. Students will also receive practical training with RETScreen clean energy project analysis software and HOMER energy modeling software. It is a unique postgraduate course with contributions from leading universities in the Asia Pacific.
The course will be held from the 25th February 2013 to 23rd March 2013 at UNU-ISP, Tokyo, Japan. A limited number of partial fellowships are available for deserving candidates from developing countries. Priority will be given to students who are currently enrolled in a postgraduate programme. However, researchers, faculty/staff of universities, government officials, international agencies, and professionals in relevant professions are invited to apply on-line by 15 January 2013 at
For more information, please visit our website at
http://cecar.unu.edu/re-course
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Ms. Soo Huey Teh () or Mr. Felino Lanuevo ()
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Wishing you the very best for 2013 and happy holidays!
Sincerely,
Felino Lanuevo
Programme Associate
Climate and Ecosystems Change Adaptation Research (CECAR)
Institute for Sustainability and Peace (UNU-ISP)
United Nations University
5-53-70 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-8925, Japan
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CECAR: cecar.unu.edu
