+ 60 ECTS Credits

Master´s Degree in Sustainable Electricity Generation + 60 ECTS Credits

Master´s Degree in Sustainable Electricity Generation + 60 ECTS Credits

Do you want to lead the energy transition by designing sustainable power projects? Update your expertise in renewables so you can make strategic decisions across generation technologies.

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Master´s Degree in Sustainable Electricity Generation + 60 ECTS Credits

Verifiable program data for this master's degree

  • 60 ECTS Credits
  • Faculty of Energías Renovables y Eficiencia Energética
  • Internships at real companies
  • STRUCTURALIA qualification

What will you achieve by completing this master's degree?

Energy transition context

Analyze global energy drivers, fossil fuel dependence, and the policies shaping the move to cleaner models.

Conventional tech review

Critically evaluate steam plants, gas turbines, diesel engines, and nuclear energy for advanced insight.

Renewables and integration

Deep-dive into wind, solar, and hydropower, optimizing implementation and grid integration.

Project strategy and viability

Design sustainable development strategies and assess technical, economic, and environmental project viability.

Course curriculum

9 modules covering everything from the energy transition context to conventional generation analysis, renewable integration, and storage, including hydrogen and biofuels. Click on each module to see the full content.

01

Module 1. Global Energy Context

Didactic Unit 1. Energy And Development

  • Global energy context
  • Climate change
  • Decarbonisation of the economy and energy transition
  • Climate Neutrality. The Green Deal Smart Cities

Didactic Unit 2. Sustainable Development

  • Sustainable Development Goals
  • United Nations climate summits. Kyoto Protocol and Paris Agreement
  • Development Mechanisms
  • Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and Joint Implementation (JI)
  • CO2 Emissions Trading. Capture and use

Didactic Unit 3. The Role Of Renewable Energy And Other Storage Technologies

  • Energy Security. Energy policy of the European Union
  • Renewable energy penetration and electrification by 2050
  • The importance of hydrogen
  • Batteries Distributed generation

Didactic Unit 4. Other Vectors Of Change

  • General Aspects of Energy Efficiency (I)
  • General Aspects of Energy Efficiency (II)
  • Energy efficiency in transport
  • Energy efficiency in buildings
  • Circular Economy.
02

Module 2. Conventional Thermal Generation

Didactic Unit 1. Introduction To Thermodynamics. Fuels. Steam Power Plants

  • Introduction to thermodynamics
  • Fuels and combustion
  • The steam power station. The regenerative Rankine cycle
  • The steam power station. General layout and main equipment
  • Types of steam power plants

Didactic Unit 2. Gas Turbine Power Plants

  • The gas turbine. The Brayton cycle
  • Types of gas turbines. Gas turbine parts. Technologists
  • Simple cycle power plants
  • Combined cycle power plants
  • General layout of a combined cycle power plant. Components

Didactic Unit 3. Diesel Engine Power Plants. Situation And Perspectives Of Conventional Thermal Power Plants

  • The internal combustion engine. Otto cycle and Diesel cycle
  • The Diesel engine. Types. Technologists
  • The engine centre. Types and configurations
  • The engine centre. General layout and components
  • Status and prospects of conventional thermal generation

Didactic Unit 4. Nuclear Energy

  • Nuclear Energy Basics
  • Fundamentals of Nuclear Technology
  • Conventional Nuclear Power Plants
  • Safety and radiation protection of nuclear power plants
  • The role of nuclear energy in the transition to decarbonisation.
03

Module 3. Hydropower

Didactic Unit 1. Introduction To Hydroelectric Energy. Reservoir Infrastructures

  • Introduction and Overview of hydropower generation
  • Typology of Hydropower Plants
  • Water Resource Assessment
  • Dams and weirs. Introduction and typology
  • Dams and weirs. Stocks, spillways and outfalls

Didactic Unit 2. Piping

  • Intake works
  • Channels and pressure galleries
  • Forced piping
  • Gates and valves
  • Equipment and piping

Didactic Unit 3. Turbines And Electrical Equipment

  • Powerhouse and turbine generalities
  • Field of application of action turbines and turbines
  • Reaction turbines
  • Turbine selection criteria and performance
  • Alternators, regulation and control

Unit Didactic Unit 4. Reversible Power Plants, Projects And Environmental Aspects

  • Reversible Power Plants
  • Feasibility studies
  • Example of dimensioning
  • Hydroelectric projects
  • Environmental assessment. Mitigation and environmental impact.
04

Module 4. Photovoltaic Solar Energy

Didactic Unit 1. Solar Resource And Photovoltaic Effect

  • The energy of the sun
  • Radiation measurement and databases
  • The photovoltaic effect
  • The solar cell
  • The photovoltaic solar panel

Didactic Unit 2. Solar Photovoltaic Technologies

  • Crystalline silicon panel technology
  • Crystalline silicon technology
  • Thin film panel technology
  • Thin film panel technology
  • Concentrated Photovoltaic Solar

Didactic Unit 3. Electrical Energy Produced By a Photovoltaic Solar Plant. Pvsyst Programme

  • Solar energy produced. Concept of PR
  • PVsyst. Site definition and meteorological basis
  • PVsyst. Component modelling (I)
  • PVsyst. Component modelling (II)
  • PVsyst. Energy simulation and results

Didactic Unit 4. Main Equipment And Infrastructures

  • Photovoltaic self-consumption. Simulation with PVsyst software
  • Structures and solar trackers
  • Main electrical equipment
  • Medium-voltage cables and electrical substation
  • Civil works
05

Module 5. Hydrogen As An Energy Carrier

Didactic Unit 1. Energy And Hydrogen

  • History of hydrogen
  • What is hydrogen?
  • Current electricity and energy matrix
  • Hydrogen as an energy carrier
  • Prospects for the Hydrogen Roadmap

Didactic Unit 2. Hydrogen Generation And Storage

  • PEM electrolysis
  • Alkaline Electrolysis
  • Electrolysis SOEC and AEM
  • Hydrogen storage
  • Hydrogen distribution

Didactic Unit 3. Electrical Power Generation And Other Applications

  • Fuel cells
  • PEM fuel cells
  • HV fuel cells
  • Hydrogen turbines and engines
  • Fuel cell vehicles

Didactic Unit 4. Hydrogen Installations

  • Refuelling stations
  • Dimensioning of main equipment
  • Safety considerations. Explosive atmospheres
  • Design of hydrogen fuel cell related facilities
  • Example of installation calculation.
06

Module 6. Alternative Renewable Energies. Bioethanol, Biodiesel, Biogas, Biomass Combustion And Solar Thermal Power.

Didactic Unit 1. Biomass

  • Introduction to biomass
  • Biomass as an energy source
  • Characterisation of biomass as an energy resource
  • The problem of the use of biomass
  • Biomass technologies and treatments

Didactic Unit 2. Biogas

  • Introduction to biogas
  • Biogas production
  • Biogas production technologies
  • Pre- and post-biomethanisation operations
  • Uses of biogas

Didactic Unit 3. Biofuels

  • Biodiesel HVO
  • Biodiesel FAME
  • Bioethanol
  • Bioethanol production

Didactic Unit 4. Biomass Combustion

  • The combustion reaction. Reagents
  • The combustion reaction. Products
  • Design of combustion plants
  • Biomass power generation
  • Solar Thermoelectric I
  • Solar Thermoelectric II
07

Module 7. Energy In a Smart City. Electric Vehicles, Self-consumption, Distributed Generation And Smart Grids.

Didactic Unit 1. Introduction. Concept Of The Smart City

  • Introduction and Objectives.
  • Smart cities.
  • Some Smart Cities experiences.
  • Energy in cities.
  • The consumer at the centre. Smart meters.

Didactic Unit 2. Sustainable Mobility

  • The need to decarbonise transport.
  • Possible actions to decarbonise transport.
  • The electric vehicle.
  • The electric bus.
  • New activity or business models.

Didactic Unit 3. Renewable Distributed Generation

  • Overview of renewable distributed generation.
  • Promotion of distributed generation and self-consumption.
  • Incorporation of self-consumption in the electricity system.
  • Energy communities.
  • Some experiences.

Didactic Unit 4. Smart Grids

  • Electricity distribution (I).
  • Electricity distribution (II).
  • Networks in the face of the energy transition.
  • New tools. Acquisition of flexibility.
  • Smart Grids.
08

Module 8. Energy Project Management And Development

Didactic Unit 1. The Project And Its Organisation

  • Renewable energy projects. Definition and type of projects
  • Project objectives
  • Different organisations and roles in the project
  • The project team. The project manager

Didactic Unit 2. Project Development

  • Site search and land management
  • Acquisition of projects in the development phase
  • Project analysis. Detailed business plan
  • Project processing

Didactic Unit 3. Definition Of Detail And Approval Proposal

  • Project implementation strategy (I)
  • Project implementation strategy (II)
  • Tendering processes
  • Contracts
  • Risk management (I). Risk matrix
  • Risk management (II). Contingency estimation

Didactic Unit 4. Project Construction And Completion

  • Project planning
  • Budget and economic control of the project
  • Safety and environmental management
  • Procurement management and equipment manufacturing control
  • Construction supervision and commissioning
  • Completion of plant construction, closing of contracts and transfer to the operations organisation.
09

Module 9. Wind Energy

Didactic Unit 1. Physical And Meteorological Concepts Of Wind Energy

  • History of wind energy.
  • Wind meteorology.
  • Physics of the wind resource.
  • Site selection.
  • Wind measurement campaign.

Didactic Unit 2. Wind Turbine Technology And Wind Data Analysis. Windographer Software

  • Wind resource.
  • Exercise. Descriptive statistical analysis of the wind resource.
  • Wind turbines 1.
  • Wind turbines 2.
  • Wind turbines 3.

Didactic Unit 3. Study Of Micrositing Using a Computational Model Of Electricity Production

  • WASP programme. Data analysis model (WAP CLIMATE ANALYST).
  • WASP programme. Topographic terrain model (WAP MAL EDITOR).
  • WASP Programme. Wind Turbine Generator Model.
  • WASP programme. Energy simulation I.
  • WASP Programme. Energy simulation II.

Didactic Unit 4. Design Of Wind Farms

  • Civil works for a wind farm.
  • Electrical installations for the generation of a wind farm.
  • High-voltage electrical substation.
  • High-voltage overhead power line.
  • Offshore wind energy.

Teaching faculty

Teaching team with professional experience in Master´s Degree in Sustainable Electricity Generation + 60 ECTS Credits.

AR

Adrián Rodríguez Porres

Faculty of Gestión de Proyectos en Arquitectura

metodología BIM

VG

Vidal Gascón Culebras

Inteligencia Artificial aplicada

JM

Julia Molina Virués

Faculty of Gestión de Proyectos en Arquitectura

arquitectura sostenible

Charo Rey Zabalza

Charo Rey Zabalza

Faculty of Medioambiente y Sostenibilidad

economía circular

ÁS

Ángel Sanz Bernabé

control de calidad

Isabella Sánchez Bermúdez

Isabella Sánchez Bermúdez

Faculty of Dirección de Proyectos e Innovación Tecnológica

comunicación estratégica

Rogelio Delgado Mingorance

Rogelio Delgado Mingorance

Faculty of Ingeniería Industrial

gestión y dirección de proyectos

Miguel Ángel Aparicio Jiménez

Miguel Ángel Aparicio Jiménez

What jobs could you get?

With this master's degree you could apply for roles such as:

  • Director of Renewable Energy Projects
  • Renewable Assets Operations Manager
  • Senior Consultant in Energy Project Feasibility
  • Renewable Infrastructure Project Lead
  • Energy Transition Strategy Advisor
  • Independent Consultant on Sustainable Generation

Methodology

Our teaching methodology

Equipo diverso de ingeniería trabajando con portátiles en un laboratorio maker con impresoras 3D
Learn whenever you want

Progress at your own pace, from wherever you are,
with close support.

Realistic

The EDUCA LXP methodology avoids excessively theoretical knowledge and inefficient practical methods. The combination of constantly updated content with personalized guidance throughout the learning process makes EDUCA LXP a unique methodology.

Student First

The EDUCA LXP methodology and EDUCA EDTECH Group's training place the student at the center of the learning experience, drawing on their feedback. Their feedback drives our continuous improvement.

Artificial Intelligence

Personalized learning would not be possible without a precise combination of academic experience, technology research, and Artificial Intelligence. That is why we rely on in-house AI tools, tailored to each school in the group.

Active industry professionals

Our teaching team, besides being specialists in their field, has specific training in the technology tools that make up the EDUCA EDTECH ecosystem.

Rankings and recognitions

Assessed by independent online higher-education organizations.

Organization of American States (OAS)

Since 2010, Structuralia has run a scholarship program for master's degrees in Spanish and English together with the Organization of American States (OAS), aimed at outstanding professionals from the Americas as part of the Partnerships for Education and Training Program (PAEC), which has already benefited more than 3,500 students from the region.

APICE

Structuralia and the Pan-American Association of Educational Credit Institutions (APICE) offer a specialized training scholarship program for professionals from Latin America and the Caribbean in master's degrees specialized in the STEM sector.

Educa Edtech

The Educa Edtech Foundation was created to foster personal and professional growth while championing knowledge transfer as a way to change the world, overseeing the rollout of solutions and granting aid to those who deserve it.

Financial Magazine

This outlet's 2025 Ranking has included up to 10 Structuralia master's programs across several categories, among them: Data Science, Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, Urban Planning, Energy and the Environment.

Mundo Posgrado

In the latest edition of its regular annual rankings, Structuralia's master's programs made the Top 10 best master's degrees in Spain in the Renewable Energy and Integrated Management Systems categories.

Escudo Digital

The Master's program in Cybersecurity and Information Risk is included in the Top 25 best cybersecurity training programs according to "Escudo Digital".

Our numbers

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30+countries with active students
60%of our faculty are active industry professionals
15 yearstraining specialists in engineering and architecture

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