An investigation on renewable energy education at the university level in Turkey

Renewable Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1293-1297

  Karabulut, Abdurrahman ^a   Gedik, Engin ^b   Keçebaş, Ali ^a   Alkan, Mehmet Ali ^c  

^a AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KARABUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c MUGLA SITKI KOCMAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Education; Geothermal; Renewable energy sources; Solar; Wind

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING COURSE; ENGINEERING DEGREES; GEOTHERMAL; RENEWABLE ENERGY EDUCATION; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; RENEWABLE SOURCES; SOLAR; TURKISHS; UNIVERSITY LEVELS; WIND ENERGY;

CURRICULA; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; SOLAR ENERGY; TEACHING;

WIND POWER;

DATA SET; EDUCATION; ENERGY RESOURCE; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOLAR POWER; TEACHING; UNIVERSITY SECTOR; WIND POWER;

TURKEY;

EID: 78649444937     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2010.10.006     Document Type: Article

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