Sustainable Energy Supply

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Cursusdoel

Please note: the information in the course manual is binding.
After completion of the course, the student:
  • will have gained an understanding of the main concepts in Energy Science.
  • will have a basic understanding on all major sources of energy supply (fossil, nuclear, renewable), the main energy vectors, and what energy services they provide
  • will have learned to integrate knowledge into energy scenarios
  • will be able to perform basic calculations on energy conversions

Vakinhoudelijk

This lecture is encyclopaedic in nature. It presents the students with a full overview of all the major energy sources, their conversions, and their use in end-use energy services. We start with an introduction that introduces key concepts in energy science: primary energy, quality of energy, energy return, the relation between energy and economic growth, and those between energy, climate change and sustainability. Subsequently, we give an overview of all major energy resources: pre-modern energy, coal, oil, gas, hydropower, nuclear, modern biomass and biofuels, solar photovoltaic, wind energy. In addition, attention is given to the main energy vectors: hydrocarbon fuels, electricity and hydrogen. The role and prospects of carbon capture and storage is also discussed. For each subject, the dynamic interplay and co-evolution of energy, society and the environment is emphasized. In any lecture we take a particular form of energy or energy vector and discuss it from a natural resource perspective, from a technical perspective, i.e. the means to produce and convert the resource, and the key technologies on the end-user side, and finally we discuss the impact on society.

During the tutorials the students will learn to perform basic calculations on energy and energy conversions. Furthermore, in order bring the interplay between energy sources and conversions in the energy system, and understand change in time and the technical and societal constraints, students will work in small groups to create an energy scenario for a country of their choice. Within the context of their scenarios, students will be asked to individually do a deep-dive on a specific energy subsector and write a short (2000 word) essay on how that sector develops in the group scenario.

Werkvormen

Groepsonderwijs
Bijdrage

Scenario making: students will work in groups of ca. 5 students.

Lecture
Voorbereiding

Students are expected to be prepared for lectures by having read the appropriate book chapters or handouts.

Seminar
Toelichting

The basic mathematical and physics concepts of Energy Science acquired during the lectures will be put into practice in exercise classes.

Voorbereiding

For useful participation in the exercise classes, it is necessary to prepare the topics by studying the associated materials and participating in the lectures.

Toetsing

Eindresultaat

Verplicht | Weging 100% | ECTS 7,5

General knowledge (final exam): 50% Group work (scenario): 25% Individual work (essay): 25%

Ingangseisen en voorkennis

Ingangseisen

Er is geen informatie over verplichte ingangseisen bekend.

Voorkennis

It is assumed that students have successfully completed the first two years of the GSS curriculum (or another study curriculum whose students are entitled to enrol for the course). Students should be familiar with basic mathematical calculations and physics concepts.

Voertalen

  • Engels

Cursusmomenten

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Tentamens

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Verplicht materiaal

Materiaal Omschrijving
DIVERSE There will be lecture notes and a course reader. Additionally, the students will be asked to select and read a book or report(s) of their choice to enrich their scenario.
LITERATUUR Peake, Stephen. Renewable energy - power for a sustainable future. No. Ed. 4. Oxford university press, 2018.

Aanbevolen materiaal

Er is geen informatie over de aanbevolen literatuur bekend

Coördinator

D.C. Geerts MSc d.c.geerts@uu.nl

Docenten

Teaching staff Copernicus Institute -

Inschrijving

Deze cursus is open voor bijvakkers. Controleer wel of er aanvullende ingangseisen gelden.

Inschrijving
Van dinsdag 30 mei 2023 tot en met vrijdag 23 juni 2023

Na-inschrijving
Van maandag 21 augustus 2023 tot en met dinsdag 22 augustus 2023

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