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Issues in Renewable Energy Education

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 June 2015

Chacko Thomas ,
Philip Jennings  and
Bob Lloyd
Chacko Thomas
Affiliation:
Murdoch University
Philip Jennings*
Affiliation:
Murdoch University
Bob Lloyd
Affiliation:
University of Otago
*
†Physics and Energy Studies, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia. Email: [email protected]
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Abstract

Renewable energy education is evolving rapidly in response to drivers such as oil depletion and global warming. There is a rapidly increasing level of student interest in these topics and a growing demand from industry and government for skilled personnel to develop sustainable energy systems and greenhouse solutions. Several Australian and New Zealand Universities have taken up this challenge. This article reviews the global and local state of renewable energy education. It identifies approaches, issues and challenges facing sustainable energy educators and proposes some solutions to these problems.

Keywords

Renewable energy educationsustainable energy educationgreenhouse educationrenewable energy education in Australia and New Zealand
Type
Research Article
Information
Australian Journal of Environmental Education , Volume 24 , 2008 , pp. 67 - 73
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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