Introduction to Renewable Energy 1

- Overview of Norway's and the world's energy situation

- Basic chemistry and thermodynamics- Environmental challenges with energy production (CO2 and NOx emissions)

- Different forms of renewable energy (hydropower, wind power, solar energy, bioenergy, salt power, and thermal power)

- Comparison of renewable energy with other forms of electricity production such as coal power, gas power, diesel power and nuclear power

- Heat pumps, heat recovery, ENØK measures for buildings, passive houses and plus houses

- Carbon capture and storage (CCS)

- Circular economy and sustainability within renewable energy

The candidate has knowledge of:

- basic engineering methodology

- basic sustainability analyses

- basic professional ethics and health, environment and safety (HSE)

- basic digitization (e.g. use of Matlab and Python programming)

- various forms of energy production

- Norwegian energy supply and energy use together with the national and international energy situation

- environmental problems related to energy production and energy use

- various measures for energy efficiency

- research and development work within the field of renewable energy.

- innovation and entrepreneurship within renewable energy

The candidate is able to (skills):

- update their knowledge within the field through information gathering

- apply knowledge to solve theoretical, technical and practical problems within the fields of energy production

- assess the energy and environmental consequences of various energy solutions

- make simple calculations on heating and cooling systems

- find, assess, use and refer to information and subject matter and present this in such a way that it illuminates an issue within Renewable Energy

The candidate must be able to (general competence):

- evaluate different methods of energy production against each other

- consider appropriate measures for energy efficiency

- assess the role of engineers in society

Lectures, exercises