Economic and Ecological Aspects of REEE

Overview

Compentency: Understanding the importance of renewable energies with regards to environmental and economical impact of energy industry and assessing potential alternatives

Module type: elective module

Semester: winter

Site: Cairo

Language: English

Workload: 120 hours course attendance; 80 hours self-study

Credits points: 8

Recommended qualifications: none

Courses

Learning Outcome

After the successful participation in the course Environmental Issues and Managing the Effects the students are able to:

  • recognize different effects of energy use on environment, society and economy, methods of greenhouse gas balances and concepts for mitigation
  • distinguish different energy concepts relating to their environmental impacts

Content

  • Environmental consequences of energy use and production:
    • climate change / global warming
    • air pollution
    • water use and pollution
    • natural disasters
    • sea level rise
    • migration
    • climate change
  • Mitigation:
    • political framework (Kyoto protocol, UNFCCC)
    • technologies for mitigation such as RE, EE, clean coal
  • Adaptation:
    • risk management
    • land use change
  • Greenhouse gas balances:
    • fundamentals, methods, calculation

Details

  • Lecturer: Osama Elbahar
  • Teaching method: lecture, seminar
  • SWS: 2
  • Credit points: 2
  • Examination: midterm (40%): group report, individual assignment; final exam (60%)

Learning Outcome

After the successful participation in the course Macroeconomic Aspects of RE the students are able to:

  • assess economic aspects of production, distribution, consumption of energy and energy trade (including sustainability aspects)
  • interpret economic and administrative rules and regulations, functions and structure of regional, national and international organisations involved in the energy sector

Content

  • Basics:
    • the national energy balance (who produces what type of energy, where, and from which source, who consumes it, where, and for what purpose)
    • energy related units
    • conversions
    • formulas
  • Sustainability criteria:
    • economic, social, ecologic and political aspects
    • criteria and indicators of the concept of sustainable energy supply
    • global and European-Arab strategies of energy supply
    • trade and security
    • "plan solaire"
  • Policies:
    • role of state / market / private sector
    • decentralisation
    • standardisation
    • policy options and mix
    • awareness building
  • Regulations:
    • laws and law enforcement
    • division of labour among organisations
    • feed-in, economic and social functions of tariffs
  • Organisations:
    • functions and structure of public and private organisations in the energy sector on the national, regional and international level (e.g. IEA, IAEO)

Details

  • Lecturer: Mohamed El Sobki
  • Teaching method: lecture
  • SWS: 2
  • Credit points: 2
  • Examination: midterm (40%): group presentation; final exam (60%)

Learning Outcome

After the successful participation in the course Engineering Economics and Feasibility Studies for REEE the students are able to:

  • interpret basic economic concepts (e.g. demand supply equilibrium, risk analysis, depreciation)
  • conduct feasibility studies, concepts of decision making, cost estimation techniques and funding strategies

Content

  • Economic decision, money-time relationship, cost and cost estimating
  • Feasibility study: detailed introduction into building and structuring
  • Methods of economic studies and selection
  • Calculating:
    • depreciation
    • income taxes, after-tax considerations, price change and exchange rate
    • replacement analysis and probabilistic economic analysis
    • funding requirements
    • financial accounting and benefits analysis
    • complete feasibility study

Details

  • Lecturer: Sayed Kaseb, Mohamed Fawzi El-Refaie
  • Teaching method: lecture
  • SWS: 2
  • Credit points: 2
  • Examination: midterm (40%): feasibility study in groups, home exam, calculation tasks; final exam (60%)

Learning Outcome

After the successful participation in the course Potentials of RE in the MENA Region and Europe the students are able to:

  • assign conversion efficiencies for different forms of energy with special respect to implementation in MENA Region

Content

  • Actual energy situation in EU and MENA countries resp. student’s home countries
  • definitions of potentials
  • researching specific information sources
  • actual state and potentials of renewable energies in the different countries
  • actual projects for renewable energies: DESERTEC, Aqua/MED CSP
  • economics and calculating technical potentials of RE in the MENA region

Details

  • Lecturer: Adel Khalil, Sayed Kaseb
  • Teaching method: seminar
  • SWS: 2
  • Credit points: 2
  • Examination: midterm (40%): group presentation, individual report; final exam (60%)