Чему вы научитесь
- Understand the basic principles and concepts of the development of the energy sector; goals, threats and opportunities for the development of energy resources, and their impact on society.
- Know the main types of energy resources
- Understand methods and tools, including legal, regulation of the energy sector
- Able to assess the risks and impact of the energy industry on the environment; green energy, its types and possibilities of use
О курсе
Course topics are:
1. Introduction. Sustainable energy development as a base of global sustainability. Sustainable development goals and
trajectory of the energy sector. Global strategies.
2. Energy resources: distribution of dierent energy sources, availability, and sustainability issues. Energy poverty as a global
challenge. Global tendencies.
3. Energy security and energy eciency: levels of evaluation, models, management instruments. State regulation and social
initiatives. Energy management. “Green standards”. Best practices.
4. Green energy. The energy sector as a source of environmental damages. Models and assessments. Green vs renewable
energy.
5. Management of environmental risk in the energy sector. Concept of environmental risk. Environmental risk of energy
sources: renewables and non-renewables. Environmental damages and risk management: main approaches. Energy management.
Waste as the “secondary resources”: recycling and “waste to energy” technologies.
6. Energy sector and global climate policy. Greenhouse gases emissions: modern assessments and scenarios. International
collaboration
Для кого этот курс
We invite people interested in the issues of the management of natural resources. It is not necessary to explain that nature protection issues are not only the conservation of biological species or purication of soil and water. Human activity in the consumption of natural resources, and rst of all energy resources as a base of whole the economy increased more and more during all the history. But if we want to have a sustainable future, we need to provide a rational use of all the resources and protection of all the environmental components. Thus, rst of all, we developed the course for the people with a system point of view, who understand the necessity of the preventing of environmental problems. If you are an environmental specialist or an energy manager, if you are just want to understand what is environmental protection and restoration in the energy sector, welcome to the course!
Начальные требования
You will need a basic knowledge of geography, chemistry, physics, and biology. However, we have tried to make the course as accessible as possible for students and oer a large selection of materials, as well as links to additional literature. This will help you navigate even complex topics and learn the material well. Do you have a question? Write to the teacher!