Entry requirements

120 credits with 90 credits in science/engineering. Proficiency in English equivalent to the Swedish upper secondary course English 6.

Learning outcomes

On completion of the course the student shall be able to:

• describe and analyze social and economic processes that influence on how technology for renewable energy, especially technology based on chemical methods for energy transformation and energy storage, is utilized by various groups in society. 
• examine societal systemic effects of new technology for renewable energy, especially when there are conflicts of goals. 
• describe and apply means for co-creation, and identify dilemmas for the implementation of renewable energy technology in society

Content

The 17 SDG's; social and economic sustainability; resilience; gentrification and segregation; a fair energy transition; green growth; urban energy consumption; city-integrated renewable energy technology; energy and transportation poverty; prosumers of renewable energy; planetary boundaries; circular consumption and circular chemistry; methods for co-creation; lessons learnt from introduction of today's renewable energy technology (focus on technology based on chemical methods for energy transformation and storage); perspectives from public actors, e.g., municipalities, and companies in the energy sector.

Instruction

Lectures, tutorials, seminars and literature projects.

Group work with deepened analysis of the relation between technology for renewable energy and (i) the urban versus the rural, (ii) the global north versus the south, (iii) dilemmas with climate adaptations in residential areas (renovictions), and (iv) smart technology and Internet-of-Things. Focus is placed on energy technologies based on chemistry.

Assessment

Written examination (3 credits) at the end of the course. Active participation in seminars, the tutorial and the literature project (2 credits).

If there are special reasons for doing so, an examiner may make an exception from the method of assessment indicated and allow a student to be assessed by another method. An example of special reasons might be a certificate regarding special pedagogical support from the disability coordinator of the university.