Undergraduate Course: Energy, Innovation, Governance and Strategy 5 (SCEE11009)
Course Outline
| School | School of Engineering |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Year 5 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | School (School of Engineering) |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course forms part of the MSc in Sustainable Energy Systems Semester 1 core curriculum for 2014/15. It is a new course offering, replacing ¿Energy and Environmental Economics¿. The course is custom-designed for an energy systems teaching programme, and for the 5th MEng Engineering for Sustainable Energy.
The course covers multidisciplinary analysis of energy innovation governance and strategy, drawing on economic, financial, management and policy perspectives. After an introductory week, the different analytical perspectives are introduced in Weeks 2 and 3; technology cases are studied in weeks 4-6; country cases in weeks 7-9; week 10 summarises and syntheses the analytical and empirical themes.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | No |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2014/15 Semester 1, Available to all students (SV1)
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Learn enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
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Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Course Start Date |
15/09/2014 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Lecture Hours 22,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 10,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
66 )
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| Additional Notes |
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
Written Exam
100 %,
Coursework
0 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Exam Information |
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| Main Exam Diet S1 (December) | | 2:00 | |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
On completion of the module, students should be able to:
1. Appreciate the global and national drivers for energy technology innovation, and the potential for energy technology innovation to address energy system challenges.
2. Develop a ¿whole system¿, interdisciplinary understanding of energy technology innovation, including the insights offered by economic, financial, management and innovation systems perspectives, and the relative strengths and weaknesses of the different approaches.
3. Understand and make appropriate use of different analytical tools relevant for energy innovation studies, including project management, learning rates analysis, scenario analysis, innovation systems analysis and risk assessment tools.
4. Understand the different features of energy innovation for supply-side technologies (fossil fuels, nuclear power and renewables), energy network technologies and end-use technologies, and the implications of these differences for innovation management and governance.
5. Develop a detailed understanding of the different country and regional contexts for energy innovation governance, including the UK, Europe and internationally.
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Assessment Information
| Written Exam %: 100 |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
Not entered |
| Syllabus |
Week 1: Introduction
Global energy trends, scenarios, drivers and responses
Analytical perspectives: economics, management and innovation studies
Course outline: country case studies and technology case studies
Week 2-3: Analytical Perspectives on Energy innovation
Economic and financial perspectives
Technology, Project and Risk Management perspectives
Innovation Systems and Governance perspectives
Weeks 4-6: Technology Innovation Case Studies
Innovation in fossil fuels and carbon capture and storage
Innovation in renewables and nuclear power
Innovation in energy networks and end-use technologies
Weeks 7-9: Country and Regional Case Studies
Energy Innovation in Europe: the UK and Germany
Energy innovation in mature economies: the USA and Japan
Energy innovation in emerging economies: China and Brazil
Week 10: Summary and Synthesis
Developing a multi-disciplinary, systems perspective
The future of energy innovation: Implications for policy and strategy
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
GEA, 2012, Global Energy Assessment - Toward a Sustainable Future, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK and New York, NY, USA and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria. (available online)
IEA, 2011, Good Practice Policy Framework for Energy Technology Research Development and Demonstration (RD&D), International Energy Agency, Paris (available online)
H. Flyvberg, B and van Wee, B (Eds), Decision-making on Mega-Projects: Cost Benefit Analysis, Planning and Innovation, Cheltenham, Edward Elgar.
M. Junginger, W. van Sark, A. Faaij (Eds.), Technological Learning in the Energy Sector: Lessons for Policy, Industry and Science, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, 2010
M. Winskel, N. Markusson, H. Jeffrey, C. Candelise, G. Dutton, P. Howarth, S. Jablonski, C. Kalyvas and D. Ward, 2014, 'Between Learning Rates and Innovation Studies: Learning Pathways for Emerging Energy Supply Technologies', Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 81, 96¿114, DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2012.10.015
Wüstenhagen, R. and Wuebker,R. (Eds.), 2011, Handbook of Research on Energy Entrepreneurship, Edward Elgar Cheltenham
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| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Energy Innovation Governance Strategy |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Mark Winskel
Tel: (0131 6)505594
Email: Mark.Winskel@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Sharon Mulvey
Tel: (0131 6)51 7076
Email: Sharon.Mulvey@ed.ac.uk |
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