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Energy and the Climate Crisis: The Path to Net-Zero Emissions
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| Medium Of Instructions | Mode Of Learning | Mode Of Delivery |
|---|---|---|
| English | Self Study |
Courses and Certificate Fees
| Fees Informations | Certificate Availability | Certificate Providing Authority |
|---|---|---|
| INR 1000 | yes | IIT Kanpur |
The Syllabus
Overview in Global and Indian context
- Evolution of humankind and the increase in Energy Demand
- Rampant use of fossil fuels post-industrial revolution and Greenhouse gas emissions
- Efforts on both the demand side and supply side – expected scenarios
Understanding Climate Change: Science, Impacts and Mitigation Options
- Historical evolution of global temperatures and greenhouse gas concentrations
- Different GHG and their global warming potential
- Regional distribution of CO2 and other GHG emissions: total and per capita
- Sectoral contributions to GHG emissions
- Natural sinks of GHG and Negative Emissions
- Impacts of global temperature increase
Mitigation options and their economics
- Importance of demand-side interventions to address climate change: Global and in India
- Energy consumption trends: by region and by sector
- Need for energy efficiency
Projections of energy demand under BAU and energy efficiency scenarios
- Role of industrial emissions
- Major energy-consuming industrial sectors (Steel, cement etc.)
- Emissions and fuel consumption
- Energy efficiency interventions and BEE efforts
Demand projections, the role of technology and policies
- Expected growth in the transport sector
- Fossil fuel reliance and geo-political implications
- GHG emissions and other pollutants
- Mitigation plans for controlling emissions
Role of technologies and standards
- Why focus on the built environment
- Projected expansion in the built environment and appliance penetration: Urban and Rural
- Rural demand projections and inefficiencies in energy use
- The need for energy efficiency
Initiatives and Schemes by Government and Utilities: Opportunities and Barriers
- Major sources of energy generation.
- LCOE calculations
- Carbon emissions from various sources
- Expected scenarios – global and Indian
- Role of growing renewables
- Challenges
- Solar as an energy source: various technologies and Relative Costs
- Embedded carbon
- Development over the years
- Global Projections and India’s potential
- Expected challenges and barriers
- Wind energy as an energy source: the potential and relative cost
- Embedded carbon
- Development over the years
Expected challenges and barriers
- Other major sources of renewable energy and their current status and expected movement:
- Hydro
- Nuclear
- Geothermal
- Biofuel
- Hydrogen
- Role of storage
The need for CCUS (carbon capture utilisation and storage)
- The scale needed to achieve climate targets
- Technology and storage options
- Implementation examples
Bottlenecks to scale deployment
What do we mean by Net Zero?
- Definition as per some standards
- Relation of Net zero and COP commitments
- Global Climate Negotiations
Social challenges
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28 Dec'23, 05:33 AM
28 Dec'23, 05:33 AM