University of Padova - Electrical Industry: Production and Economics
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Electrical Industry: Production and Economics
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Understand how the electricity system has developed over time, see what the future holds and the need to move to decarbonisation
Duration | 4 weeks |
Total fee | ₹4,450 |
Mode of learning | Online |
Difficulty level | Beginner |
Official Website | Go to Website |
Credential | Certificate |
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Electrical Industry: Production and Economics
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- Earn a certificate from University of Padova
Electrical Industry: Production and Economics at FutureLearn Course details
Electrical Industry: Production and Economics
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Skills you will learn
Who should do this course?
This course is designed for all those interested in learning how electricity is produced, exchanged and used worldwide.
This can include students of management, engineering, social sciences and environmental studies, as well as practitioners, consultants and people working within the energy sector.
What are the course deliverables?
Develop your ideas about the challenges posed by climate change, understand your own electricity bill and be informed to make the best money-saving choices about electricity suppliers
Assess the importance of electricity in modern life
Describe how electricity is generated and exchanged among the different players active in the electricity supply chain
More about this course
- This innovative, three-week course from the University of Padova is designed to illustrate how electricity is produced, and exchanged, and why.
- Firstly, you'll gain insight into what electricity is, what it is used throughout society for and how the electricity system has been evolving steadily over time.
- You'll then assess the importance of electricity within the modern world and will understand how it is generated and exchanged among the different players active in the entire electricity supply chain.
- You'll then explore the new challenges and perspectives of electricity in the 21st century posed by climate change, such as increases in temperature increasing our energy demand, changing our ability to produce electricity and deliver it reliably
- You'll then identify the need to move towards a decarbonised economy going forward, and will discover the ways in which this can be achieved.
- Paid certification course
Electrical Industry: Production and Economics at FutureLearn Curriculum
Electrical Industry: Production and Economics
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Electricity production and exchange
Electricity system
Renewable energy sources
Decarbonisation
Electrical Industry: Production and Economics at FutureLearn Faculty details
Electrical Industry: Production and Economics
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Fulvio Fontini
I have been teaching and making research in the Economics of Energy and Elelctricity since 2005. I think these are key topics to understand and shape our future, and they are also fun!
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