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Renewable Energy Sources and Use (5 cr)

Code: BIM6011-3001

General information


Enrollment

01.10.2020 - 31.10.2020

Timing

07.01.2021 - 29.04.2021

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Campus

Wärtsilä Campus Karjalankatu 3

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

0 - 60

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Forestry

Teachers

  • Seppo Kainulainen

Teacher in charge

Seppo Kainulainen

Scheduling groups

  • Labraryhmä A1 (Size: 0. Open UAS: 0.)
  • Labraryhmä A2 (Size: 0. Open UAS: 0.)
  • Labraryhmä A3 (Size: 0. Open UAS: 0.)
  • Labraryhmä B1 (Size: 0. Open UAS: 0.)
  • Labraryhmä B2 (Size: 0. Open UAS: 0.)
  • Labraryhmä B3 (Size: 0. Open UAS: 0.)
  • Labraryhmä C1 (Size: 0. Open UAS: 0.)
  • Labraryhmä C2 (Size: 0. Open UAS: 0.)
  • Labraryhmä C3 (Size: 0. Open UAS: 0.)

Groups

  • BIMNS20
    Forestry Engineer, Full-time Studies, Fall, 2020

Small groups

  • Labraryhmä A1
  • Labraryhmä A2
  • Labraryhmä A3
  • Labraryhmä B1
  • Labraryhmä B2
  • Labraryhmä B3
  • Labraryhmä C1
  • Labraryhmä C2
  • Labraryhmä C3

Objective

You know the importance of renewable energy in the Finnish and European society. You know what increasing the use of renewable energy sources is based on, and how their use can be controlled. You understand how and to where the different types of renewable energy can be used. You know the environmental impact of energy production. You know the biomasses for energy using fuel specifications. You know the energy resources business opportunities. You know the different renewable energy sources and how to use them.

Content

Energy production and use in Finland. Operating in the energy sector. Feed-in tariffs, emission trading and other energy production and the use of control mechanisms and legal matters. Energy-conversion coefficients and energy trading. Renewable energy sources (biomass, water, sun, wind). The use of the renewable energy. Renewable energy-based energy production. Energy efficiency. Energy emissions and environmental impact. Energy from waste. Renewable energy as part of decentralized energy production system.

Evaluation scale

H-5