Study Guide

Objective

The student:
- is familiar with EU:s and Finlands energy strategies
- knows the role and potential of bio-energy in Finland
- can make a course assessment of carbon-dioxide emissions for different forms of energy
- is familiar with different raw materials for bio-energy and can assess their abundance
- knows that quality requirements for raw materials depend on how the will be refined to energy
- is familiar with ways to arrange energy supply taking alternative systems and locally produced energy into account
- knows how to make economic calculations in order to determine the profitability of energy-saving measures, production and the use of renewable energy

Content

The energy strategies of EU and Finland
The impact on the climate from energy production
Solid biofuels, liquid biofuels and biogas
Different raw-materials for bioenergy and how to produce them in a sustainable way
Quality requirements for the fuel to different types of biofuelled power-plants
Profitability calculations for energy production

Materials

To be announced in Moodle.

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Students fulfill the objectives of the course, and in the relevant course-making compulsory elements, at a satisfactory level.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Students fulfill the objectives of the course, and in the relevant course-making compulsory elements, at a good level.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Students fulfill the objectives of the course, and in the relevant course-making compulsory elements, at a excellent level.

Qualifications

No prerequisites.