In the Summer Course in Global Energy Transition in a Fossil World, past editions of the course have featured excursions to organizations such as Shell, Friends of the Earth Netherlands, and the citizen energy cooperative Zuiderlicht.

Energy is the number one contributor to climate change and has significant consequences for our society, political system, economy, and environment. Energy is a fundamental driver of human development and opportunity. Fundamentals of each energy resource -- including significance and potential, drivers and barriers, policy and regulation, and social, economic, and environmental impacts will be able to put this in the context of the broader energy system. Both depletable and renewable energy resources are covered, including oil, natural gas, coal, nuclear, biomass and biofuel, hydroelectric, wind, solar thermal and photovoltaics (PV), geothermal, and ocean energy, with cross-cutting topics including electricity, storage, climate change and greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), sustainability, green buildings, energy efficiency, transportation, and the developing world.

Quantitative evaluation of technologies and techniques for reducing energy demand of residential-scale buildings. Heating and cooling load calculations, financial analysis, passive-solar design techniques, water heating systems, photovoltaic system sizing for net-zero-energy all-electric homes.

The Winter School is dedicated to Ph.D. students who perform their research activities in the field of fluid machinery and energy systems engineering, including turbomachinery, internal combustion engines, energy conversion systems, power plants, renewable energy systems, and innovative energy systems.

The Energy Storage Integration - Vehicles, Renewables, and the Grid course will describe the background of existing energy storage solutions on the electric grid and in vehicles with a primary focus on batteries and electrochemical storage. It will discuss the operating characteristics, cost, and efficiency of these technologies and how tradeoff decisions can be made.

This Summer School offers 6 ECTS credits through the delivering of 52-hour lectures. Attendees will get an introduction to EM fundamentals and then they will learn how to apply those to the design and implementation of future communication systems, radars, wireless sensing systems, wireless networks and high-frequency circuits.

LEARN SPANISH, ENGLISH, FRENCH, GERMAN AND ITALIAN FROM HOME!!! Due to COVID-19 and wishing the best for our students, we are forced to cancel the Face to Face classes in our Training Center in Spain, BUT we are delighted to offer you to learn Languages by our ONLINE PLATFORM.

The added value of this Summer Course lies on the practices, workshops and outdoor activities with photovoltaic panels and mini wind turbines as real installers and maintainers. The focus is on its practical approach, specially for engineers and technicians. This course also includes technical site visits to real installations (private or public buildings) together with their installers. Our local coordinators will help you with necessary documentation for VISA, finding suitable housing to your budget, giving information about the city center to enjoy your stay in Spain and everything else you may need.More info: info@zubigune.org