The Renewable energy module consists of three learning resources which should be completed in sequence,
- Sources, advantages and disadvantages
- Planning for renewable energy
- Delivering renewable energy
Each resource includes the following:
- Practitioner resource slides including detailed delivery notes and additional suggestions
- Learner versions of the resource slides without delivery notes
- Printable activity sheets to support the written activities within the resource
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1. Sources, advantages and disadvantages
This Level 2 resource reviews the need for renewable energy as an alternative to fossil fuels and helps learners to consider some advantages and disadvantages of each form, and how they might help to power the UK.
2. Planning for renewable energy
This Level 3 resource explores making energy and power calculations and considers how solar and wind power can be combined to provide low-carbon power for a manufacturing plant, exploring seasonal variations, before making ballpark calculations for the UK.
3. Delivering renewable energy
This Level 3 resource explores how emerging technologies can be implemented alongside renewables to create a smart distributed grid that is responsive to dynamic changes in supply and demand, and how learners’ engineering careers can contribute to the transition to a net zero economy.