Spring 2027

Renewable Energy Systems

Covers state-of-the-art renewable energy applications including biomass, wind, solar, and hydro. Students practice engineering calculations for power/energy availability and integration into production and distribution systems.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 No instructors listed

Summary

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Past student reviews · Doug Reinemann

Exams were described as thorough but not impossible. Homework and quizzes were clearly laid out for completion.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Calculate energy and power production for renewable energy systems

  • Determine renewable resource availability and impact on energy infrastructure

  • Design and assess the technical and economic feasibility of renewable energy systems

  • Explain the social, economic, and/or environmental dimensions of the sustainability challenge(s) of renewable energy systems.

  • Produce comprehensive renewable energy project analysis.

Source: UW Guide 1 UW Guide 2

Grade history

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Prerequisites

Course map

MATH 112, 114, 217, placement into MATH 221, or graduate/professional standing

BSE/ENVIRST 367

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Professors

Spring 2027

No instructors recorded for this selection.

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

DOUGLAS REINEMANN is recorded teaching in Fall 2006, Fall 2007, Fall 2008, Spring 2009, Fall 2009, Spring 2010, Fall 2010, Spring 2011, Fall 2011, Spring 2012, Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

TROY RUNGE is recorded teaching in Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Online Only0 / 1000
LEC 003Online Only0 / 50
LEC 001Online Only0 / 1000
LEC 003Online Only0 / 50

Times are Central. Select a meeting for details; export includes recorded dates for the selected sections. Enrollment reflects scan time.

Meeting source records

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Doug Reinemann

The course was delivered online with clearly laid-out homework and quizzes. One student found the lecture videos enjoyable and the overall layout of the course effective.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.80 GPA, 91.9% A/AB (n=124 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.93 GPA, 95.7% A/AB (n=115 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.88 GPA, 93.6% A/AB (n=110 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Doug Reinemann

Exams were described as thorough but not impossible. Homework and quizzes were clearly laid out for completion.

Past student reviews · Doug Reinemann

The reviewer had very limited interaction with the professor but overall really enjoyed the lecture videos and the structure of the online course.

Topics

  • Biomass applications for heat, electric power, and liquid fuels
  • Geo-energy sources including wind, solar, and hydro power
  • Engineering calculations for power and energy availability
  • Integration of renewable energy into production, distribution, and end-use systems
  • Social, economic, and environmental dimensions of sustainability challenges

Skills

  • Calculating energy and power production for renewable energy systems
  • Determining renewable resource availability and its impact on energy infrastructure
  • Designing and assessing technical and economic feasibility of renewable energy systems
  • Explaining social, economic, and environmental dimensions of renewable energy sustainability challenges
  • Producing comprehensive renewable energy project analysis

Grades

Historical instructor

Spring 2027 · Projected

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Approximate 80% prediction interval

About this estimate

The course’s semester-average GPA, not an individual student’s grade. The center uses 5 same-season terms, weighted toward recent results.

The range uses the finite-sample 80th-percentile rank of absolute errors from earlier same-season forecasts. Each forecast uses only records from earlier terms. At least four forecasts are required; bounds are rounded outward and limited to 0–4. This is an empirical estimate: changing instructors or grading policies can reduce its coverage.

8 earlier forecasts · 0.19 GPA average error.

Grades over time

Through Spring 2027

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Where this course fits relative to

Latest available grades · Spring 2026 · all course levels

GPA

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letter grades

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Typical course in this group: letter grades.

About this comparison

1280 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

Descriptions compare GPA with this group’s average: at least 0.20 higher or lower; otherwise close to average. Section size uses median recorded enrollment: small up to 30, mid-sized 31–99, large 100+. Lectures and discussion/lab sections are described separately.

Sources & history

UW–Madison

Catalog & offerings

Descriptions, prerequisites, and recorded course offerings.

Catalog observation history

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Selected offering source records
BSE/ENVIRST 367 · Spring 2027

Renewable Energy Systems

Recorded 2026-10-14
BSE/ENVIRST 367 · Spring 2027

Renewable Energy Systems

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Grade history

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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Model outputs & technical records
Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
LLM outputs across runs
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Full model traces

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Model & dataset provenance 
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