ME909/ME922/ME927 Energy Resources and Policy

Week beginning	Lecture	Handout	Tutorial	Assignment
1	ME922 introduction ME927 introduction challenges	-	-	-
2	Tutorial procedures introduction	-	Group debate: Challenges	-
3	Thermal power plant: fossil fuel nuclear	fossil fuel nuclear	Group debate: Thermal power plant questions	-
4	solar	solar OTEC	Group debate: Solar power questions	-
5	wind	wind	Group debate: Wind power questions	Assignment
6	hydro geothermal	hydro	Group debate: Hydro power questions	-
7	tidal wave	tidal barrage tidal stream wave	Group debate: Marine power questions	-
8	storage smart grid case study	-	Group debate: Energy storage & smart grids	-
9	biofuels microgeneration	-	Group debate: Biofuels & microgen	Assignment feedback
10	policy modelling Course summary	-	Group debate: Policy & modelling questions	-
Exam:	Example Past Paper
ME909/ME922 Assignments:	Personal project (select one only) Due: TBC Nuclear Policy		Techo-economic assessment (select one only) Due: TBC Hydro Solar (+ spreadsheet)) Wind Tidal
Recommended reading	MacKay D, Sustainable energy – without the hot air (www.withouthotair.com/). Shell Global Scenarios to 2050 (www.shell.com/scenarios). BP Review of World Energy 2015 (www.bp.com/en/global/corporate/about-bp/energy-economics/statistical-review-of-world-energy.html).