ENV611: Environmental Implication of Energy Sources, Supply and Distribution 6 credits (40-10-10)

Objectives

To teach the availability of different energy resources in our world (their past, present and future exploitation) and recent advances in finding alternative and greener energy sources

Contents

A review of the different types of energy sources; Changes in energy consumption with time; In depth analysis of different energy resources (renewable and non-renewable); Nature, energy content, cost and technological involvement of various energy sources; Methods of resources and reserve analysis of fossil fuel in the world; Environmental impact of the exploitation and utilisation of various energy resources; Energy conservation opportunities and the evaluation of potentially new energy sources.