Prerequisite: permission of department. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: ENST305, ENST615, or MEES615. Analysis of various renewable endergy technologies and their current applications. Emphasis iwll be placed on energy consumption, efficiency, the ease of transition to renewable alternatives, and net energy comparisons with fossil fuel alternatives. Qunatification of incident solar energy is covered in detail along with basic science and physics concepts underlining every conversion and carbon sequestration. Technologies include hydroelectric, wind and wave turbines, solar thermal conversion, photovoltaic, hydrogen, fuel cells, geothermal, biogas, and biofuel. In addition to attending lectures, students will be required to attend an additional class once a week to participate in and lead discussions from peer-reviewed journal articles on current research in alternative energies.