Energy & Society
Energy and Resources 100/200
Public Policy C184/C284
Fall 2009

Tuesdays and Thusdays 2:00-3:30
A1 Hearst Annex (Pacific Film Archive)

Professor: Daniel Kammen
GSIs: Jamil Farbes, Javier Gutiérrez, Fritz Kahrl, Joe Kantner, and Anita Milman

Course Syllabus: [syllabus.html] - Updated October 29, 2009.  Information on course policies, the assigned readings (including links to those articles), assignment due dates, and field trips are included in the syllabus.

Discussion Group:  http://bSpace.berkeley.edu

Lectures:  Pdfs of lecture slides and handouts will be posted prior to the lecture.  Links to an mp3 recording of each lecture will be posted after the lecture, when available. 

• Lecture 1.     Energy and Society: How Energy Use Shapes Society & the Environment [lec1.mp3]
  
• Lecture 2.     Energy Toolkit I: Units, Forecasts, and the Back-of-the-Envelope [lec2.mp3]
  
• Lecture 3.     Energy Toolkit II: Basics of Combustion [lec3.mp3]
  
• Lecture 4.     Energy for ‘the South’ I: Energy Transitions and National Development [no audio]
  
• Lecture 5.     Energy for ‘the South’ II: Households and Gender [lec5.mp3]
  
• Lecture 6.     Hydrocarbon Man: Coal, Oil, Industry & Society [lec6.mp3]
  
• Lecture 7.     Energy Toolkit III: Energy Thermodynamics [lec7.mp3]
  
• Lecture 8.     Energy Toolkit IV: Thermodynamics of Modern Power Plants [lec8.mp3]
  
• Lecture 9.     Energy Toolkit V: Fossil Fuel Combustion, Emissions and Controls [See lecture 8 slides]
  
• Lecture 10.   Energy Toolkit VI: Economic Analysis of Energy Systems [no audio]
  
• Lecture 11.   Energy Toolkit VII: Life-Cycle and Cost-Benefit Analysis [no audio]
  
• Lecture 12.   Evolution of the Modern Energy Economy [lec12.mp3]
  
• Lecture 13.   Energy Efficiency and Demand-Side Management [lec13.mp3]
  
• Lecture 14.   Carbon Capture and Sequestration [lec14.mp3]
  
• Lecture 15.   The Grid & Energy Policy Innovation [lec15.mp3]
  
• Lecture 16.   Nuclear Energy I: Physics and Engineering – Fission/Fusion [lec16.mp3]
  
• Lecture 17.   Nuclear Energy II: Waste, Risk & Economics [lec17.mp3]
  
• Lecture 18.   Renewable Energy I: Solar Energy [lec18.mp3]
  
• Lecture 19.   Energy and Environmental Justice [lec19.mp3]
  
• Lecture 20.   Renewable Energy II: Wind and Water Power [See lecture 18 slides] [lec20.mp3]
  
• Lecture 21.   Renewable Energy III: Hydrogen and Fuel Cells [lec21.mp3]
  
• Lecture 22.   Energy and Transportation: Liquid, Electric, and Other [lec22.mp3]
  
• Lecture 23.   Renewable Energy IV: ‘Modern’ Biomass [lec23.mp3]
  
• Lecture 24.   Energy and the ‘Modernizing’ South
  
• Lecture 25.   Climate Change I: Energy and Climate
• Lecture 26.   Climate Change II: Energy Policy
• Lecture 27.   Wrap-up and Integration: Energy Futures -- What have we learned?

• Problem Set #1 due September 10, 2009 at 5pm.
• Problem Set #2 due September 25, 2009 at 10am.
• Problem Set #3 due October 8, 2009 at 5pm.
  
• Problem Set #4 due October 15, 2009 at 5pm.
• Problem Set #5 due November 5, 2009 at 5pm.
• Problem Set #6 due November 19, 2009 at 5pm.

Section Handouts

• Section #1:    sig figs, units, example electrical bill
• Section #2:    efficiency, combustion, exponential growth
• Section #3:    energy and development
• Section #4:    thermodynamics [Solutions to example problems]
• Section #5:    peak oil: the board game
• Section #6:    hubbert's curve, economic analysis, learning curves [Solutions to example problems]
• Section #7:    cost of conserved energy, electricity markets/regulation
• Section #8:    nuclear energy [Additional handout with good overview]
• Section #9:    grid terminology, solar, environmental justice
• Section #10:  wind power, hydrogen fuel cells
• Section #11:  climate change
  

Useful Links

• Energy and Resources Group (ERG)
• Minor in Energy & Resources - for undergraduates
• IEA Energy Conversion Calculator
• California Energy Commission Glossary of Energy Terms