Course - Renewable Energy Elective - INGT2011
Renewable Energy Elective
About
About the course
Course content
- Overview of Norway and the worlds energy situation
- Environmental challenges with energy production (CO2 and NOx emissions)
- Various forms of renewable energy (hydropower, wind power, solar power, bioenergy, wave power, tidal power, osmotic power, geothermal energy)
- Comparison of renewable energy with other forms of electricity production.
- Heat pumps, heat recovery, energy saving measures for buildings, passive houses and plus houses.
- Various forms of energy storage including batteries, hydrogen, pumped hydropower, compressed air, supercapacitors, and flywheels.
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.
- 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.
Learning methods and activities
Lectures, tutorials and exercises.
Further on evaluation
Evaluation from this course is based on group project work (30%), and a final skriftlig skoleeksamen (70%).
Permitted aids at the examination:
- No written or printed aids.
- Optional calculator.
A re-sit examination will be held in May/June, and may be changed from written to oral.
Specific conditions
Admission to a programme of study is required:
Aquaculture - Engineering (BIHAV)
Chemistry (BKJ)
Chemistry - Engineering (FTHINGKJ)
Civil Engineering - Engineering (BIBYGG)
Electrical Engineering (BIELEKTRO)
Logistics - Engineering (FTHINGLOG)
Materials Engineering (FTHINGMAT)
Mechanical Engineering (BIMASKIN)
Miscellaneous Courses - Faculty of Engineering (EMNE/IV)
Renewable Energy - Engineering (BIFOREN)
Recommended previous knowledge
Fundamental mathematics, physics and chemistry
Course materials
Compendium by Jacob Lamb, NTNU 2023.
Credit reductions
| Course code | Reduction | From |
|---|---|---|
| INGA2011 | 7.5 sp | Autumn 2021 |
| INGG2011 | 7.5 sp | Autumn 2021 |
Subject areas
- Engineering Subjects
Contact information
Course coordinator
Lecturers
Department with academic responsibility
Examination
Examination
Ordinary examination - Autumn 2025
School exam
The specified room can be changed and the final location will be ready no later than 3 days before the exam. You can find your room location on Studentweb.