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Overview
The upcoming years are all about creating a sustainable future where it is necessary to move away from fossil resources and explore and implement the opportunities that biomass as a renewable energy source gives us.
Join this course if you want to learn how to create a sustainable future by moving away from dependence on fossil resources to biomass resources for the production of food, chemicals and energy-carriers. You will learn what biomass is, how to produce biomass renewable energy- and biomass fuel and how to make biobased products.You will get a solid understanding of how chemistry works in a biobased economy and in the production of biomass renewable products. Your valuable knowledge will help your company drive into sustainability and actually make the transition to use biomass resources to produce biobased products.
This From Fossil Resources to Biomass - A Chemistry Perspective course at Wageningen University and Research - WageningenX is part of Economics and Policies for a Circular Bio-Economy MicroMasters Program.
Explore the other courses in the MicroMasters program:
- Circular Economy: An Interdisciplinary Approach
- Economics and Policies in a Biobased Economy
- Capstone Business and Economics for a Circular Economy
Programme Structure
Modules included:
- Introduction to Biobased Sciences
- Biomass Production
- Biorefinery
- Bioconversion
- Chemical Conversion
Key information
Duration
- Part-time
- 35 days
- 20 hrs/week
Start dates & application deadlines
You can apply for and start this programme anytime.
Language
English
Delivered
Online
- Self-paced
Campus Location
- Portland, United States
Disciplines
Chemistry Natural Resource ManagementWhat students do after studying
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Academic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Other requirements
General requirements
- To optimally learn in/from and complete the complete MicroMasters Program we expect you to have a bachelor degree in social sciences (preferably business-, or economics). However, there is no formal entry level requirement for this MOOC.
Tuition Fees
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International Applies to you
Applies to youNon-residents149 USD / full≈ 149 USD / full - Out-of-State149 USD / full≈ 149 USD / full
Additional Details
- Unlimited access to self-paced, in-demand courses and professional certificates
Funding
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