Postgraduate Course: Engineering Net Zero (IDCORE) (PGEE11254)

Course Outline
School	School of Engineering	College	College of Science and Engineering
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate)	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	10	ECTS Credits	5
Summary	Engineering Net Zero provides the overall context for the first year of IDCORE, including: UN Sustainable Development Goals, general climate change policy, energy transitions and the low carbon energy transition, decarbonisation and the system benefits of ORE in the generation mix; technology development strategies and technology readiness levels (TRL) with reference to historic and current ORE devices; innovation, learning, maturation & cost reduction; guest lectures by project developers on historic ORE technology development and on project structure (commercial, legal and technical). The course also includes an introduction to responsible research and innovation (by ORBIT), a site visit to the ORE Catapult in Blyth and an introduction to technical writing.
Course description	Site visit to the ORE Catapult in Blyth introducing the group design project and seeing the blade test facilities, back-to-back testing of full-size offshore wind turbine generators, HV electrical cable test facilities, etc. Guest lectures from offshore wind developers, tidal and wave energy pioneers. Workshop on Responsible Research and Innovation Lectures on: 1. climate change and the need to achieve net zero carbon emissions; 2. UN sustainable development goals with a particular focus on SDGs 7, 8, 11 and 14; 3. policy affecting the energy transition in the UK and the decarbonisation of the electricity network including CfD, FITs, EIA and regulation. 4. system benefits of ORE in the generation mix; 5. decarbonisation technologies - including CCS and the hydrogen economy alongside ORE 6. technology development strategies and technology readiness levels (TRL) with reference to historic and current ORE devices; 7. innovation, learning rates, technology maturation & cost reduction curves; and 8. scientific writing and the structure of journal articles.

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites		Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	None

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2024/25, Not available to visiting students (SS1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Flexible
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 100 ( Lecture Hours 14, Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 7, External Visit Hours 9, Feedback/Feedforward Hours 1, Formative Assessment Hours 5, Summative Assessment Hours 12, Other Study Hours 50, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 0 )
Additional Information (Learning and Teaching)	Self study
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	100% Coursework
Feedback	Both formative and summative feedback will be provided following the group presentations. This will include formative feedback from peers.
No Exam Information

Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to: Understand the context and direction of the development of the UK Energy System (with specific reference to government policies and the UN sustainable development goals) (M5, M7). Describe technology readiness levels and their role in innovation support and cost reduction, showing an awareness of the historical development of offshore renewable energy devices (M17). Explain the steps needed to plan and implement an ORE project from the initial concept through to supplying energy to the grid (M15). Apply Responsible Research and Innovation tools to conduct a preliminary assessment of the impact of a project (M11). Review and criticise learned publications (M4).