Energy sources; energetic safety of Poland and world; The drivers for biofuel research and development
Environmental, social and economical considerations of renewable energy generation
Characteristics and resources aof main renewable energy sources.
World, European and polish trends in renewable energy generation
Current issues in biofuel production and use
Agriculturally produced liquid and solid biomass fuels - ethanol, biodiesel and straight vegetable oil.
Technology of biomass fuels production.
Processing a biomass into solid biofuel - pelletizing and briquette-making
Cultivation of energy plants
Fuel cells.
Anaerobic digestion of organic material; production of biogas.
Renewable energy at the local level.
Legislative constraints and opportunities and economics of development of renewable energy sources
Costs of various renewable versus traditional energy technologies.
Calculation of surpluses of agriculturally produced biomass for energy generation
Calculation of biomass resources for energy purposes
Design fuel cell systems for particular application and calculations to predict operational performance
Design biogas digester and calculations to predict its operational performance
Excursion to a biogas plant.