FORNY200 Renewable Energy Sources and Technologies

The course provides an introduction to technical, environmental and economic aspects of converting renewable energy resources, methods for energy analysis, as well as how energy systems are built to supply society with energy services for stationary and mobile purposes.

The course has four main themes:

• Part I The energy system and concepts: Introduction to the global and national energy system, including data for energy production, distribution/storage, and use for stationary and mobile purposes. Both renewable and non-renewable energy resources will be discussed. Learning about units of measurement for energy and power and the relationship between energy and power.
• Part II Renewable Energy: Introduction to the mechanisms that create renewable energy sources, technologies to transform these energy sources into use, and consequences for society and the environment. Main emphasis on solar, bio, water and wind energy, but other energy sources will also be treated. Learn about the relationship between renewable energy and sustainable energy.
• Part III Energy analysis: Introduction to methods for energy chain analyzes (including CO2), energy efficiency and the relationship between volume/structure/efficiency. Main emphasis on renewable energy.
• Part IV Energy economics and energy policy: Introduction to methods for economic profitability calculations and political instruments in the area of ​​energy.

Knowledge

After completing the course, students will have a good overview of renewable energy resources, current transformation technologies, solutions for distribution and storage of energy, as well as energy demand for stationary and mobile purposes.

The student must:

• Know databases/websites for energy statistics and apply existing national and international statistics for the entire energy system.
• Know how renewable energy sources occur, the most common technologies for transforming the sources into stationary and mobile purposes, and the consequences this has for society and the environment.
• Be able to use the most common methods for energy analysis, including energy efficiency, energy chain analysis, cost-benefit analyzes, and levelized cost of energy.

Skills

Students should be able to describe how the conversion of different energy resources plays together in an energy system, and be able to perform basic technical and economic calculations for different energy resources and technologies.

General competence

Students receive training in describing, analyzing and calculating technical, economic and systemic aspects of various renewable energy solutions.