Introduction to the notion of energy services and their relationship to economic development; - The role of technologies and learning processes in the development of energy systems; - The energy system: A brief overview of historical developments, current trends and possible future developments; - Global climate change: A primer on historical developments, current state and future consequences of greenhouse gas emissions; - Possible mitigation measures and policies, their costs, economic consequences, technical potentials and possible diffusion rates; - Future perspectives and scenarios, from energy services to climate change.
Note, this course is in English only!
Preliminary Schedule of lectures (all virtual)
Monday, 15th November 2021
9.00 – 9.15: Introduction to the course
9.15 – 10.00: Introduction, Basics of energy economics
10.15 – 11.45: Basics of energy economics in transport
12.30 – 14.00: Basics of energy economics in heating
14.15 – 16.00: Introduction into seminar topics
Tuesday, 16th November 2021
09.15 – 10.30: Basics of electricity economics, Cost of electricity generation
10.45 – 12.00: The economics of storage with focus on hydrogen
14.00 – 14.30 : Introduction to the sharing software tool and Students may ask questions
14.30 – 17.00 : Students work on seminar topics on their own
Wednesday, 17th November 2021
9.00 – 18.00: Students work on seminar topics on their own in groups
Thursday, 18th November 2021
9.00 – 10.30: Economics of RES for power generation and RES support schemes
11.00 – 12.45: Energy systems and indicators
14.30 – 15:00: Students may ask questions
15.00 – 18.00: Students work on seminar topic on their own
Friday, 19th November 2021
9.00 – 13.00: Students’ presentation of seminar topics, discussion
