Which engineering field should I choose for renewable energy?

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Hello all,
I have been trying to narrow down my thoughts for what I would like to study. I am currently enrolled in a community college and have almost completed my A.A. I find myself fairly interested in chemistry, also I thought it would be cool to work with airplanes which got me thinking about aerospace and also I thought it would be very cool to work with sustainable energy (solar panels or wind turbines) which I don't even know what field would work with that. I've been turning in circles on what to do but when it comes down to it, I have no idea nor do I even have an idea on how to find an idea. I've tried talking to my counselor about maybe an internship so I could see what certain fields of engineering really entails but all they really ask is well what field are you interested in? And I tell them I have no idea that's why I am here. They say well when you narrow down your thoughts come back and we can work something out, and I find this so unhelpful.
CAN SOMEONE HELP??
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Hello brother. I posted like 4 threads about it and there were few straight answers.
For wind power, a mechanical engineer can do it, but also the EE has its part.
For photovoltaics people told me that EE has a lot to do with it.

But photovoltaics involves, Solid State Physics, Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, EE, MSc. This kind of works are very interdisciplinary.
EE is a lot more physics and math than chemistry. But Physical Chemistry uses a lot physics and math. I hate this thing becouse looks like there is no straight answer.

Personally i am between Physics and EE. Physics offers a lot of potential and understanding, but living in a 3rd world country there is no research, so maybe EE is a more viable way.

For you, i don't know where you live, but if you live in a 1st world country, choose what ever you like more and focus it in renewable energy.