Energy Flow Diagram ,Global Trends in Energy Use, India and World- Disaggregation by supply, end use, Energy and Environment, The Kaya Identity, Emission Factor
Energy and Quality of Life, Energy Inequality, Energy Security, Introduction to Country Energy Balance assignment
Energy Economics - Simple Payback Period, Time Value of Money- discount rate, Criteria for Assessing Energy Projects –(Net Present Value (NPV), Benefit/Cost Ratio (B/C), Inflation, Internal Rate of Return (IRR)
Resources & Reserves Growth Rates in Consumption, Estimates of Duration of Fossil Fuels, McKelvey Diagram, Peak oil, Hubbert’s model
Materials used in renewable energy (Kuznet’s Curve, Betting on the planet, Simon’s Change), Non Renewable Energy Economics (Hotelling’s Rule)
Preferences and Utility, Utility and Social Choice
Public and private goods / bads, Demand curves , Externalities
Financing Energy – Debt/ Equity- Sources of funds, innovative financing models
Input Output Analysis
Primary Energy Analysis, Net Energy Analysis, Examples, Energy Cost of Energy, Life Cycle Analysis of Bioenergy
Net Energy Examples, Energy Policy
Energy Policy Examples, Practice problems solution