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Principles of Renewable Energy is an introductory, general education dual enrollment course enabling both high school and Community College students the ability to learn about renewable energy. This 3-college credit course was developed by Middlesex College in conjunction with Middlesex Magnet Schools and includes topics on energy conversion, conservation, and the regulatory and economic aspects of alternative energy resources. The course covers scientific aspects of the “carbon cycle”, fuel combustion, nuclear fission, heat transfer, and thermodynamics. The course has a laboratory component that will use the Scientific Method to explore aspects of energy conversion (mechanical to electrical conversion, radiant collection, photo voltaic conversion, wind, and mass flow to mechanical conversion, etc.) The course was developed for in-person instruction with the possibility for expansion to online delivery.

Middlesex College is piloting the Principles of Renewable Energy course in-person for 16 Community College students during the Spring 2023 semester.