ETES04 · 7.5 credits · Basic level (G1X) · Inget huvudområde
LiU Summer Academy: Alternative Energy: past, present, future, and innovations
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89%
passed the latest ordinary exam
HEM1 · 14 Aug 2026 · 28 students
90%
passed the ordinary exams, all sittings over the last 5 years
HEM1 · 134 students
15%
Harder than 15% of courses at basic level
Compared with 874 courses at the same level, ordinary exams over the last three academic years. 82 students.
Exam
HEM1 Distance examination
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Hand-in or lab
UPG1 Projects
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LAB1 Virtual laboration work
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KTR1 Optional assignments
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About the course
Aim
The aim of the course is to give the students an introduction to the historical and economic aspects of scientific-technological progress for sustainable development in the energy sector.
After completing the course, the student should be able to:
- describe alternative energy sources and revolutionary technologies affecting the quality of our life.
- trace the events and causes that are the prerequisites for great discoveries and inventions in the past, present and future.
- förklara and critically compare the technical and economic benefits of system solutions based on resource availability, energy demand and market conditions.
- write, present and discuss a short report on a special topic related to the energy sector in the context of technical efficiency, economic welfare, environmental perspectives, and social needs.
Content
The course is based on popular science materials that provide knowledge about the basic principles of using renewable energy sources and energy saving applications, as well as give an understanding of the importance of studying alternative energy sources in terms of technology, environment, economy and social needs. The course includes an overview of innovations that have already changed, are changing, and those that will change our life in the future. In many cases, consideration takes place through the prism of great scientific discoveries, their history, previous difficulties, prerequisites and consequences for society.
Popular science orientation makes the course useful for students of not only technical but also humanistic disciplines.
The following topics are covered:
- Great discoveries that have influenced the generation of electricity and the development of energy-saving technologies.
- Renewable energy sources (solar, geothermal, hydro, wind, biofuel) and their influence on environment and human life.
- Energy transformation and transmission, basic requirements for energy related applications.
- Energy saving technologies for the electronics, transport, industry and buildings.
- Future perspectives in the energy sector and the role of some of today's innovations, e.g. artificial intelligence and quantum computing.
- Examiner
- Sergiy Valyukh
- Scheduled hours
- 60 h
- Main field of study
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