Overview
Advanced studies in the economic, environmental and technical ranking of contemporary energy sources, including non-renewable and renewable resources, energy storage, transportation, inter-conversion and end-use systems
About this paper
| Paper title | Advanced Energy Resources |
|---|---|
| Subject | Sustainable Energy |
| EFTS | 0.1667 |
| Points | 20 points |
| Teaching period | Semester 2 (On campus) |
| Domestic Tuition Fees ( NZD ) | $2,064.58 |
| International Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website. |
- Restriction
- EMAN 204, EMAN 404 and ENRG 204
- Eligibility
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- Graduate Attributes Emphasised
- Global perspective, Interdisciplinary perspective, Lifelong learning, Scholarship, Communication, Critical thinking, Environmental literacy, Information literacy, Research, Self-motivation.
View more information about Otago's graduate attributes. - Learning Outcomes
After completing this paper students will be able to:
- Describe current trends and opportunities for renewable and non-renewable energy resources both in New Zealand and internationally
- Understand energy-conversion technologies and their fundamental limits in terms of the fundamental physical transformations
- Carry out accurate estimates of the energy yield from an energy resource for a variety of different resource types
- Understand, at an in-depth level, the main environmental, social and economic issues and benefits surrounding different types of energy resources and technologies in modern society
- Work independently to locate and use additional sources of information to form detailed, coherent written arguments about the pros and cons of alternative future energy scenarios