Module 1: Introduction to Energy Science
Topics
- Introduction to energy systems and resources →
- Sustainability and environmental trade-offs of different energy systems →
- possibilities for energy storage or regeneration →
- Fossil fuels →
- Sustainability and environmental trade-offs →
- Introduction to Energy →
- sustainability & the environment →
- Overview of energy systems →
- sources →
- transformations →
- efficiency →
- and storage →
- Fossil fuels (coal →
- oil →
- oil-bearing shale and sands →
- coal gasification) - past →
- present & future →
- Remedies & alternatives for fossil fuels - biomass →
- wind →
- solar →
- nuclear →
- wave →
- tidal and hydrogen →
- possibilities for energy storage or regeneration (Ex. Pumped storage hydro power projects →
- superconductor-based energy storages →
- high efficiency batteries) →