Předmět Environmental Aspects of Energy (ESS411)

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Cíl

The course provides a comprehensive overview of main approaches towards environmental issues in energy policy. In its first part it introduces the most important energy-related environmental dilemmas of today and draws analytical tools for their assessment. In the second part of the session, the emphasis is on arguably the hottest issue of today: the climate change problem and its position on different levels of the contemporary political agenda.Among other topics presented and analyzed in this course, the renewables and their potential effect in fighting the climate change will be scrutinized. New technologies and directions in the use of energy worldwide will be part of the presented material. Last but not least, case studies of different environment-related issues and aspects of the energy sector will be presented.Thanks to successful graduation from the course, students will enjoy a good basis of information, which will help them navigate safely throughout extreme opinions of both knowledge poles in the field of environmental aspects of energy / energy security. Students will be able to critically evaluate information from this field, independently analyze environmental issues of energy and also explain various phenomena of environmental aspects of energy.

Osnova

Course Structure• Environmental Aspects of Energy• Climate Change: Effects and Mitigation• Climate Change in the EU and UN Agendas• Renewables and Their Potential in Climate Change Mitigation• New Technologies and Directions in the Renewable Energy Sector• Environmental Aspects and Issues of Selected Energy Sectors

Literatura

doporučená literaturaEnergy in the 21st century. Edited by John R. Fanchi - Christopher J. Fanchi. 2nd ed. Hackensack, N.J.: World Scientific Pub. Co., 2011. xv, 360 p. ISBN 9789814322058. infoNERSESIAN, Roy L. Energy for the 21st century :a comprehensive guide to conventional and alternative sources. 2nd ed. Armonk, N.Y.: M.E. Sharpe, 2010. xiv, 401 p. ISBN 9780765624123. infoBUCHAN, David. Energy and climate change :Europe at the cross roads. 1st ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009. xiv, 218 s. ISBN 978-0-19-956990-8. info

Garant

Mgr. Filip Černoch, Ph.D.

Vyučující

Mgr. Filip Černoch, Ph.D.