TEA Learning Partner Universities

This multi-disciplinary, non-technical course aims to provide the Masters’ level student with a framework to analyse the local/regional DRE sector, to assess its challenges and to offer potential solutions. It aims to give students an introduction to the big picture of energy access opportunities. The course aims to open options for career paths or entrepreneurship opportunities in the energy access sector.

The course will use a systems approach and introduce the students to key actors in the local and regional energy access landscape. The course will be made up of the following 6 units:

• Distributed energy systems (DES) and options for the Future

• Environmental Stewardship (eWaste solutions, etc);

• The enabling environment: Policy & Regulation - from global to local

• Business models for increasing community income

• Demand assessment and community engagement

• Finance for the DRE sector.

The course is open for registration to students from other programmes.