Erik Nordman, professor of natural resources management at Grand Valley State University, will give a presentation, “Africa! The Next Renewable Energy Frontier,” on Feb. 11. The event is a part of the Energy Climate Speaker Series hosted by the Michigan Alternative and Renewable Energy Center in Muskegon. Nordman will present at noon at MAREC and at 6:30 p.m. at the L. William Seidman Center in Grand Rapids. He researched renewable energy at Kenyatta University in Nairobi, Kenya, in 2012.