Energy marketLaajuus (5 cr)

Objective

Students are able to:
- carry out profitability calculations related to energy production, energy use, energy tariffs and the appraisal of investment.
- explain the Finnish energy policy (content, goals and implementation).
- know the past and future trends (scenarios) of energy consumption.
- calculate the price of the energy produced.

Content

What are the key points of Finnish energy policy?
How to analyze energy consumption (past and future scenarios)?
How is energy policy implemented?
What are energy resources and their adequacy?
How to utilize profitability calculations (investments, energy saving)?
What are the energy production costs of power plants and tariffs?
How to learn load duration curves?
How to optimize energy production?

Evaluation

Students can
a. use professional vocabulary and concepts extensively and proficiently in different situations.
b. justify their information sources in a versatile and critical way.
e. evaluate and develop models, methods, software and techniques.

Materials

Renewable energy
Air quality and pollution