Graduate Program (& Advanced Certificate) Status
Mandatory-Elective | |
Mandatory-Elective |
Course Level:
Master’s
Campus:
Vienna
Course Open to:
Students on-site
Remote students
Academic Year:
2022-2023
Term:
Fall
Instructor:
US Credits:
2
ECTS Credits:
4
Course Description:
This course covers
* the global energy challenges and scenarios for the 21st century and the need for energy transitions
* the three perspectives on national energy transitions (techno-economic, socio-technical and political)
* comparative examples of national energy transitions (Germany and Japan as well as selected developing countries as case-studies)
* an overview of key energy supply technologies: renewables, fossils and nuclear
* net-zero energy systems
The course serves both as a step to Sustainable Energy Transitions course in Winter Semester and for those who would like to receive a broad understanding of contemporary issues in sustainable energy and its impacts on climate.
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Learning Outcomes:
- Understand contemporary challenges of energy systems, including their social and environmental role and impacts
- Understand the need for and the principles of constructing global energy-climate scenarios and their use for policy+making
- Understand the principles and the challenges of net-zero energy systems
- Understand the role of national priorities and contexts in transitions to sustainable energy systems
Assessment:
- 20% - class participation
- 20% - comments on a selected paper (in blog)
- 60% - final exam
Prerequisites:
None