This class assesses current and potential future energy systems, covering resources, extraction, conversion, and also end-use technologies, alongside emphasis in fulfilling regional and worldwide energy needs within the 21st century within a renewable way. Teachers and also guest lecturers will examine different alternative as well as conventional energy manufacturing technologies, energy end-use practices and additionally alternatives, and additionally consumption practices in different nations.
Lectures and Readings
Part I: Energy in context
Overview of energy use and related issues
Climate Change: Science, Economics, and Policy.
Toolbox 1: Energy transfer and conversion methods
Recitation 1: Discussion of sustainability issues
Golay, Michael, Randall Field, William Green Jr., and John C. Wright.22.081J Introduction to Sustainable Energy, Fall 2010. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare), http://ocw.mit.edu(Accessed 30 Jul, 2012). License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA