Module code: ENG7014-B
The Advanced Sustainable Energy (ASE) module will introduce and quantify the Climate Crisis using a range of recent data linking increased atmospheric carbon levels to global warming. The potential effects of further increasing carbon levels will be explored based upon predictions from a range of sources including the IEA, IPCC, IRENA, COP. The proposed move to Net Zero emissions by 2050 will be introduced and discussed. The concepts of sustainable and renewable energies will be explored prior to a global overview of world energy usage and needs, both at the present and into the future, being presented. The key technologies likely to be involved in the move to NZE2050 will be studied in some engineering detail over a number of weeks – generation of electricity through water, wind, solar, heat and nuclear power will be explored along with the important associated topics of energy storage and distribution. Students will be encouraged to critically evaluate a range of source materials, both individually and in groups, enabling them to present a net-zero carbon energy diet for a specified country / area. Download the PDF for ENG7014-B_2024_5.pdf