⚡ Energy Systems
Energy Access & Renewable Systems
Master energy systems analysis, off-grid solar design, and renewable energy policy for developing economies. Built for practitioners working on energy access, rural electrification, and clean energy transitions.
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🎬 34 HD video lessons
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🎙 Full audio narration tracks
📄 Downloadable PDF workbook
✅ Practical assessments
🎓 Verified certificate
♾ Lifetime access + updates
34
Video Lessons
Video Lessons
14h
Total Content
Total Content
Intermediate
Skill Level
Skill Level
English
Language
Language
Certificate
On Completion
On Completion
What You Will Learn
✓ Understand how electricity is generated, distributed, and accessed.
✓ Analyse energy poverty and access challenges in developing economies.
✓ Design off-grid and mini-grid solar energy systems for rural communities.
✓ Evaluate renewable energy policies using structured frameworks.
✓ Apply energy finance models for project viability assessment.
✓ Navigate IRENA, SE4All, SDG 7, and clean energy frameworks.
✓ Identify agrivoltaic opportunities linking energy and food production.
✓ Write energy access project proposals and policy briefs.
Requirements
Basic understanding of electricity is helpful but not required.
Interest in energy policy, development, climate action, or sustainability.
Any device with internet access for videos and workbooks.
Suitable for engineers, policy professionals, and development workers.
Course Curriculum
Module 1: Understanding Energy Systems
5 lessons · 2h 20min
- How global energy systems work
- Fossil fuels, renewables, and the energy transition
- Energy access and global energy poverty
- Case study: energy poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Workbook and assessment
Module 2: Solar Energy Fundamentals
6 lessons · 2h 30min
- How solar photovoltaic systems work
- Off-grid vs. grid-connected solar systems
- Sizing a solar system for rural applications
- Battery storage technologies
- Solar Home Systems in rural Kenya
- Workbook and assessment
Module 3: Mini-Grids & Rural Electrification
5 lessons · 2h 10min
- Mini-grid design principles
- Community engagement for rural energy projects
- Business models for mini-grid viability
- Mini-grid deployment in northern Nigeria
- Workbook and assessment
Module 4: Energy Policy & Regulation
6 lessons · 2h 40min
- Energy policy frameworks across Africa and Asia
- SDG 7 in practice
- IRENA, SE4All, and international energy governance
- Carbon markets and clean energy finance
- Writing an energy policy brief
- Workbook and assessment
Module 5: Energy Finance & Project Viability
6 lessons · 2h 20min
- Financing models for renewable energy projects
- CAPEX, OPEX, and LCOE
- Grant funding and impact investment
- Building a project viability model
- Financing a solar mini-grid in Tanzania
- Workbook and assessment
Module 6: Agrivoltaics & the FEW Nexus
6 lessons · 2h
- What is agrivoltaics?
- Oregon State Solar Harvest findings
- Designing agrivoltaic systems for smallholder farms
- Policy pathways for agrivoltaic deployment in Africa
- Pilot agrivoltaic project in Nigeria
- Final workbook, capstone, and certificate
Meet Prof. Lena Marsh
Prof. Lena Marsh
Renewable Energy Policy Expert · ETH Zurich · Switzerland
Prof. Lena Marsh is a renewable energy policy expert with experience in off-grid electrification, rural energy access, and renewable energy systems for developing economies.
Renewable Energy Policy Expert · ETH Zurich · Switzerland
Prof. Lena Marsh is a renewable energy policy expert with experience in off-grid electrification, rural energy access, and renewable energy systems for developing economies.
What Learners Are Saying
★★★★★
Exactly what I needed for my project.
Exactly what I needed for my project.
The mini-grid module helped me redesign a community energy system in rural Kenya.
★★★★★
Outstanding quality and depth.
Outstanding quality and depth.
The policy frameworks are practical and useful for real funding proposals.
★★★★★
The agrivoltaics module is a gem.
The agrivoltaics module is a gem.
The FEW nexus approach changed how I think about energy and food systems.
★★★★★
Comprehensive and immediately applicable.
Comprehensive and immediately applicable.
A strong course for African energy access and renewable energy contexts.
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