Course content

- Overview of Norway’s and the world’s energy situation
- Environmental challenges with energy production (CO2 and NOx emissions)
- Various forms of renewable energy (hydropower, small scale hydropower, wind power, solar power, bioenergy, wave power, tidal power, osmotic power, geothermal energy)
- Comparison of renewable energy with other forms of electricity production such as coal power, gas power, diesel power, and nuclear power.
- Heat pumps, heat recovery, energy saving measures for buildings, passive houses and plus houses.
- Hydrogen as an energy carrier, hydrogen production, hydrogen storage, and hydrogen safety.
- Fuel cells (technology, challenges, and applications)
- Various forms of energy storage (pumped hydropower, compressed air, batteries, flow batteries, supercapacitors, flywheels)
- Microgrid and smart grid

Learning outcome

Knowledge:
The candidate has knowledge of
- different types of energy production and storage.
- Norwegian power supply and consumption, as well as the national and international energy situation.
- energy efficient and environmentally friendly utilization of Norwegian oil and gas.
- environmental challenges linked to energy production and consumption.
- different measures to improve energy efficiency.
- scientific research and development work in the field of Renewable Energy.

Skills:
The candidate is capable of
- updating his or her own knowledge in the field through information gathering.
- applying knowledge to solve theoretical, technical and practical issues within the fields of energy production and storage.
- assessing energy and environmental consequences of different energy solutions.
- doing simple calculations on heating and cooling systems.
- finding, assessing, applying and citing information and academic material, and present this in a way that highlights issues within Renewable Energy.

General competence:
The candidate is able to
- evaluate different methods for energy production and storage against each other.
- evaluate appropriate energy efficiency measures.
- communicate project results both orally and in writing.

Learning methods and activities

Lectures, exercises, projects, laboratory work

Compulsory assignments

• 7 of 10 calculation exercises
• Laboratory reports
• Project report

Specific conditions

Recommended previous knowledge

None.

Required previous knowledge

No course requirements.
Active student status at the following programs is required:
- Renewable Energy Engineering (BIFOREN)

Course materials

Håvard Karoliussen, Fornybar Energi, (Norwegian) Compendium, NTNU, 2019.

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