Бакалавриат
2026/2027
Низкоуглеродная энергетика и переход к устойчивому развитию
Статус:
Курс обязательный (География глобальных изменений и геоинформационные технологии)
Где читается:
Факультет географии и геоинформационных технологий
Когда читается:
4-й курс, 3 модуль
Охват аудитории:
для своего кампуса
Преподаватели:
Силкин Владислав Юрьевич
Язык:
английский
Кредиты:
4
Контактные часы:
40
Course Syllabus
Abstract
The transition to a low-carbon energy system is not simply a matter of replacing fossil fuels with cleaner technologies, it involves profound, interconnected changes in technologies, markets, infrastructures, business models, and public policies.
Students will explore how past energy transitions unfolded, why current energy systems are so resistant to change, and what policy interventions are needed to accelerate the transition towards sustainable energy futures. The module combines insights from energy studies, economics, environmental policy, science and technology studies, and sustainability transitions research.
Drawing on contemporary case studies – from renewable energy and electric vehicles to hydrogen and carbon capture – the module equips students with analytical tools to compare the costs, environmental impacts, and system implications of different energy technologies and emissions-abatement options. Ultimately, it prepares students to develop evidence-based arguments about how low-carbon transitions can be accelerated while balancing cost, competitiveness, energy security, and environmental sustainability.
Learning Objectives
- Make students familiar with the key drivers and challenges of historical and contemporary energy transitions.
- Gain knowledge and expertise in analysing different low-carbon technologies, innovation processes, and policy approaches, and in critically evaluating the economic, technological, and environmental implications of alternative decarbonisation strategies.
- Develop students’ ability to construct evidence-based arguments about how to accelerate low-carbon transitions while considering competing priorities related to economic development, energy security, and environmental sustainability.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- Evaluate the roles of the state, incumbent firms, investors, research organisations, consumers, and other actors in shaping sustainability transitions.
- Explain the major technological, economic, and social drivers of historical energy transitions, and identify the key challenges and enablers of the current low-carbon transition
- Apply key theoretical concepts from innovation studies and sustainability transitions research to analyse and compare alternative pathways from fossil-fuel-based to low-carbon energy systems
Course Contents
- Week 1: Introduction to the course
- Week 2: Global energy system in a nutshell
- Week 3: Past and present energy transitions: Insights from history
- Week 4: Renewable energy
- Week 5: Electrifying aviation and road transport
- Week 6: Hydrogen energy
- Week 7: Carbon capture and storage
- Week 8: Technology policy for energy transition
- Week 9: Energy and AI
- Week 10: Final Project Presentations
Assessment Elements
- ПрезентацияПрезентация проекта
- Посещение занятий
- Экзамен
- Рефлективное эссеКритическое анализ опыта обучения в течение курса
- Домашнее задание
- Расчетное заданиеМоделирование систем электроснабжения при увеличении доли возобновляемых источников электроэнергии
- Участие в дискуссиях на семинарах
Interim Assessment
- 2026/2027 3rd module0.05 * Расчетное задание + 0.15 * Участие в дискуссиях на семинарах + 0.15 * Презентация + 0.2 * Посещение занятий + 0.3 * Экзамен + 0.05 * Рефлективное эссе + 0.1 * Домашнее задание
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Climate change : what everyone needs to know, Romm, J., 2016
- Delivering a low-carbon electricity system : technologies, economics and policy, Grubb, M., 2008
- Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Policies, Neyre Tekbıyık Ersoy, Synthesis Lectures on Renewable Energy Technologies, The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2025, 978-3-031-64305-7, published: 18 July 2024
- Handbook of the international political economy of energy and natural resources, , 2018
- Jim Skea, Renée van Diemen, Matthew Hannon, Evangelos Gazis, & Aidan Rhodes. (2019). Energy Innovation for the Twenty-First Century. Edward Elgar Publishing. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsrep&AN=edsrep.b.elg.eebook.17968
- Power shift : global political economy energy transitions, Newell, P., 2021
- Renewable energy and climate change, Quaschning, V., 2020
- Renewable energy resources, Twidell, J., 2015
- Tanay Sıdkı Uyar. (2020). Accelerating the Transition to a 100% Renewable Energy Era (Vol. 1st ed. 2020). Springer.
- The entrepreneurial state : debunking public vs. private sector myths, Mazzucato, M., 2018
- The geopolitics of the global energy transition, , 2020
- The new map : energy, climate, and the clash of nations, Yergin, D., 2020
- Телегуз, А. А. Electric vehicles: Электротранспорт : учебное пособие / А. А. Телегуз, Н. А. Смакотина, А. Г. Балобанова. — Новосибирск : НГТУ, 2022. — 110 с. — ISBN 978-5-7782-4606-5. — Текст : электронный // Лань : электронно-библиотечная система. — URL: https://e.lanbook.com/book/306062 (дата обращения: 00.00.0000). — Режим доступа: для авториз. пользователей.
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Christoph Mazur, Stephen Hall, Jeffrey Hardy, & Mark Workman. (2019). Technology is not a Barrier: A Survey of Energy System Technologies Required for Innovative Electricity Business Models Driving the Low Carbon Energy Revolution. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.6DA8DF20