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Modul 21: Shaping Sustainable Energy Systems
Studiengang/course: M. Eng. Energie- und Umweltmanagement / M. Eng.
Energy and Environmental Management
Modulbezeichnung / module
name:
Shaping Sustainable Energy Systems
ggf. Krzel / abbreviation SSES
ggf. Untertitel / subtitle
ggf. Lehrveranstaltungen /
seminar:
Shaping Sustainable Energy Systems
Semester / semester: 2nd semester
Modulverantwortliche(r) /
person in charge of module:
Prof. Dr. Olav Hohmeyer
Dozent(in) / person teaching
the seminar:
Prof. Dr. Olav Hohmeyer
Sprache / language: English
Zuordnung zum Curriculum /
attribution to courses:
M. Eng. Energie- und Umweltmanagement / M. Eng.
Energy and Environmental Management
Core Elective Course for the second semester M. Eng.
Lehrform / SWS / form of
seminar / teaching hours per
week:
Seminar
Arbeitsaufwand / student
workload:
45 hours of teaching and 105 hours of student work
Kreditpunkte / credit points: 5
Voraussetzungen /
preconditions:
Foundations of Sustainable Energy Systems
Lernziele / Kompetenzen /
aims of the module /
competencies:
Students will learn to design consistent scenarios of
sustainable energy systems avoiding major interference
with the global climate system and avoiding large and long
term risks and irreversible damages. Students will be able
to identify necessary energy policy measures to secure
such sustainable energy development and to compare the
internal and external costs of different energy systems.
Competencies covered:
problem solving
ability to act strategically
analytical thinking
life-long learning
interdisciplinary knowledge
economic competence
technical competence
ecologic competence
political competence
methodological competence
social and ethical responsibility
self organisation and teamwork
project organising skills
conflict solving skills
interdisciplinary communication

Inhalt / subjects covered: The following topics will be covered in the module:
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How does sustainable development relate to
properties of the energy system?
Basic scenario techniques
Analysis of driving factors of the development of
energy systems
Analysis of existing status quo scenarios for
Germany
Analysis of existing sustainable energy scenarios for
Germany
Building a consistent sustainable energy sceanario
for Germany
Building a consistent sustainable energy scenario
for a selected develping country (like India)
Analysis of the internal and external costs of the
different scenarios
Analysis of the necessary energy policies and
instruments to secure a sustainable energy system

Studien- Prfungsleistungen
/ form of examination:
Continuous presentation of the results of the different
teams in the seminar and a final written report by each
team
Medienformen / media used: Group work and lectures with beamer based presentations
Literatur / basic literature for
the module:
Robert Costanza, John Cumberland, Herman Daly,
Robert Goodland, and Richard Norgaard:
Introduction to Ecological Economics, ,
forthcoming.
Enquete-Kommission Nachhaltige
Energieversorgung unter den Bedingungen der
Globalisierung und der Liberalisierung: Endbericht.
2002 (PDF verfgbar)
OECD: World Energy Outlook 2004. Paris 2004
World Energy Council : Drivers of the Energy
Scene. London, 2003
Plus specialised literature and statistics on the countries
analysed.