Ateneo - UPO

Our Sun as a resource. Solar collectors and solar power stations. Photovoltaic systems. Solar thermal power. Wind energy. Weather forecast of the availability of energy from intermittent sources. Energy from biomass and biogas. Mention of hydropower. Other sustainable energy sources: prospects for nuclear fusion, last generation fission power plants.

Materiale fornito dai docenti.

Providing solid foundations on the physical principles of different energy sources, particularly of the renewables and/or sustainable ones. The student must understand the role of different energy production methods also from the socio-economic viewpoint, in connection with the courses on “Topics of energetic sustainability” and “Physics of energy”. The student must be able to understand the relevant specialised publications and to keep up to date on the technological developments.

- Knowledge and understanding:
Acquisition of the principles of renewable and/or sustainable energy production methods.
- Applying knowledge and understanding: Being able to compare the relative merits of different renewable and/or sustainable energy sources in various settings for homes, industries and transportation.
- Learning skills: Achieving a certain mastery of publications on renewable and sustainable energies, being able to expand one’s knowledge to incorporate technological developments in the future.