- Docente: Konstantinos Chalvatzis
- Credits: 6
- SSD: ING-IND/09
- Language: English
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Rimini
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Resource Economics and Sustainable Development (cod. 8839)
Course contents
- Energy and the environment: seeking sustainability
- Established renewable energy systems: wind and hydropower
- Established renewable energy systems: solar energy
- Conventional energy systems: transition to renewable energy
- Energy policy: instruments for change
- Regional and global energy policy: comparative policy assessment
- Energy supply security: the role of renewable energy
- Energy futures: integrated systems
Readings/Bibliography
Robert Ehrlich, 2013, “Renewable Energy: A First Course”, CRC Press, ISBN: 978-1439861158
David MacKay, 2008, “Sustainable Energy - Without the Hot Air”, available to download for free: http://www.withouthotair.com [http://www.withouthotair.com/]
Teaching methods
Standard lectures; flipped classroom; case study
Assessment methods
One group presentation (15 minutes) and executive summary (500 words) on the last day of the module (50% of the mark) plus an exam (50%).
Office hours
See the website of Konstantinos Chalvatzis