75591 - RENEWABLE ENERGY PRODUCTION

Conoscenze e abilità da conseguire

The course aims at providing the students with the necessary knowledge and tools to assess renewable energy potential; to identify technological challenges of renewable energy from the sea for market exploitation; to acquire know-how on the energy converters and their installation to produce energy from the sea; to develop an environmental impact assessment of these installations; to conceptually design multi-purpose off-shore installation in marine platforms and near-shore installations in harbors; to develop criteria for the selection of the optimal site for a given installation or for the optimal single or multi-purpose installation for a given site.

Contenuti

1. Energy and the environment: seeking sustainability
2. Established renewable energy systems: wind and hydropower
3. Established renewable energy systems: solar energy
4. Conventional energy systems: transition to renewable energy
5. Energy policy: instruments for change
6. Regional and global energy policy: comparative policy assessment
7. Energy supply security: the role of renewable energy
8. Energy futures: integrated systems

Testi/Bibliografia

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/]

Metodi didattici

Standard lectures; flipped classroom; case study

Modalità di verifica e valutazione dell'apprendimento

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%).

Orario di ricevimento

Consulta il sito web di Konstantinos Chalvatzis