Renewable Energy Systems
Portland Community College
Public · Community college
Build an electrical technology foundation for renewable energy systems.
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What this route covers
This renewable-energy route is part of Electronic Engineering Technology. Ask which energy systems and technical laboratories are included in the specific award.
Before you apply
Review the Renewable Energy Systems course map and have an advisor evaluate prior credits and placement before registering.
Your complete timeline
2 years full-time. Prior credits, prerequisite placement and course availability can change your personal completion date.
Plan around the schedule
Campus and technical labs. Ask for the actual days, start times and required travel from Portland · Sylvania. Online coursework does not necessarily make laboratories or placements remote.
Application and selection
Use the official Renewable Energy Systems page to review the current entry checklist. Ask whether a separate department application, selection process or cohort start applies before committing to enrollment.
Details checked September 15, 2026. Confirm current requirements with the provider.
Questions to take to an advisor
How does this degree connect to solar installation work, and which electrical licensing steps are separate?
- Which required courses or placements are offered only once per year?
- Can you give me a written estimate covering every required term and practical expense?
- Which employment, transfer or licensing requirements remain after this award?
Published program length is not a personal completion estimate. Transfer credits, prerequisites, selection and course availability can change the timeline.
After the program
Renewable energy study builds a technical foundation; it is broader than installer training and does not by itself authorize electrical work. Ask employers and apprenticeship providers which safety training, experience and Oregon electrical permissions apply to the duties you want.
Cost and outcomes
Published components; build your full budget
PCC publishes resident tuition of $143 per credit. This is not the complete program price: add required fees, materials, any prerequisites and program-specific equipment and attendance costs.
Open the cost planner →Exact-program earnings are not separately identified.
Renewable Energy Systems is reported within electronics engineering technology. The earnings cover that related associate-degree field, not renewable-energy graduates alone. No exact-program earnings are separately verified here.
Related-field graduate earnings
Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians · Associate degree
Portland Community College. Graduating cohorts: 2016–2020. This published field group (CIP 15.03) can combine several programs and campuses. We selected it as related context; it is not a verified result for this exact program.
- $64,666 median annual earnings 1 year after graduation
Amounts are in 2023 dollars. Census PSEO covers graduates meeting its earnings and employment-attachment rules; it excludes noncompleters and many self-employed or low-attachment workers. These are historical outcomes, not starting-pay estimates or a forecast.
Census PSEO Oregon data, 2026 Q2 (CSV download) ↗
Population, methods and limitations ↗ · Checked September 16, 2026