Examination arrangement

Course content

The overall aim of this course is to give students an introduction to key concepts and principles of sustainable energy systems. Focus will be on the various renewable energy sources, and how they are combined into smart grids both in a micro- and macro scale to power land based as well as offshore activity. Key topics that will be covered include:

• Energy and environmental challenges in a global and local perspective,
  • Global, national and local energy systems
• Renewable energy resources and their potential:
  • Solar-, Wind-, Hydro-, Ocean wave-, Tidal current- power
  • Biological energy production
  • Waste utilization
  • Geo-thermal
  • Other
• Energy transmission and transformation processes from source to utilization
  • Energy transmission systems
  • Energy storage, including batteries and hydrogen
• Energy balance calculations
• Research and innovation, patents and intellectual property rights

Learning outcome

Knowledge: After graduating from this course, the student is able to show:

• Advanced knowledge on renewable energy potentials
• Advanced knowledge on energy transfer and storage systems
• Advanced knowledge on key principles, terminologies and magnitudes of different renewable energies
• Advanced knowledge on energy analysis
• Advanced knowledge on energy systems effects on global and local environment

Skills: After graduating from this course, the student is able to execute:

• Advanced renewable energy potential calculations
• Basic conceptual design of renewable systems
• Basic energy systems analysis including production, transmission, storage and conversion.

General competence: After graduating from this course, the student should have:

• Advanced understanding of global and local energy systems and their effect on the environment.
• Advanced understanding on how energy systems affect global, national and local policies
• Aability to work in complex multi-disipline projects, communicating with fellow experts as well as the public, both orally and in writing.
• Ability to read and discuss research publications within the field.

Learning methods and activities

Lectures, exercises, labwork, fieldwork, and excursion.

Compulsory assignments

• Oblig

Further on evaluation

Compulsory activities: Assignments. 75% mandatory assignments must be approved within given deadlines to gain access to the final exam.

Form of assessment and grading scale: Project 100% (A-F)

Re-sit exam: following semester.

Specific conditions

Recommended previous knowledge

Recommended previous knowledge:

Bachelor of Science or Engineering. Required previous knowledge, restricted admission and reservation for students admitted to the study program.

Admission priority will be given to the students belonging to the program MSc. in Systems Design and Engineering, "Renewable Energy Systems".

Required previous knowledge

BSc in engineering.

Admission priority will be given to the students belonging to the MSC program in Product and System Design.

Course materials

Lecture notes and relevant documents will be distributed on Blackboard.

Suggested further readings (not mandatory)

• Jenkins & Ekanayake,"Renewable Energy Engineering", 2017. ISBN: 978-1-107-68022-7
• Andrews & Jelley, "Energy Science: principles, technologies, and impacts", 2017. ISBN: 978-0-19-875581-4
• Hagen, " Introduction to Renewable Energy for Engineers", 2016. ISBN: 978-0-13-336086-8