This course examines the policies and technologies affecting the production and use of energy, focusing on secure, affordable, and sustainable energy, equity and innovation. It provides a fundamental understanding of energy systems, including trends and forecasts of supply and demand, and resources and technologies at local, state and national scales.
Students will be introduced to a practical and immediately applicable set of tools to analyze the decisions – technical, economic, political, and social – that arise every time an energy technology or energy system decision needs to be made. The class will demonstrate how careful framing and data wrangling turns a collection of tools into a distinctly powerful field.
Students are expected to maintain the highest standards of academic integrity. All work submitted must be original and properly cited. Plagiarism, cheating, or any form of academic dishonesty will result in immediate consequences as outlined in the university's academic integrity policy.