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Professor
Daniel Kammen 326 Barrows Hall Energy and Resources Group &
Goldman School of Public Policy Email: kammen@berkeley.edu Office Hours: Wednesdays morning –
schedule via ERG front office: 2-1640 |
Lectures ER100 (cc #
27359) & ER200 (cc # 27425)
Lectures Pub Pol C184 (cc #
77118) & Pub Pol C284 (cc # 77268)
Tues & Thurs, 2:00 – 3:30 PM, A1 HEARST ANNEX (Pacific
Film Archive)
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ER100
/ 184 Sections |
ER200
/ 284 Sections | GSI |
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Section |
Day/time |
Rm. No. |
CC# |
Section |
Day/time |
Rm. No. |
CC# | |
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101 |
T
1-2 |
151
Barrows |
27362 |
101 |
T
1-2 |
151
Barrows |
27428 | Sarah |
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102 |
T
1-2 |
185 Barrows |
27365 |
102 |
T1-2 |
185
Barrows |
27431 | Christian |
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103 |
W
9-10 |
155
Barrows |
27368 |
103 |
W
9-10 |
155
Barrows |
27434 | Imran |
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104 |
W
9-10 |
174
Barrows |
27371 |
104 |
W
1-2 |
174
Barrows |
27437 | Christian |
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105 |
M
9-10 |
175
Barrows |
27374 |
105 |
M
9-10 |
175
Barrows |
27440 | Sarah |
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106 |
M
9-10 |
174
Barrows |
27377 |
106 |
M
9-10 |
174
Barrows |
27443 | Joe |
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107 |
W
9-10 |
175
Barrows |
27380 |
107 |
W
9-10 |
175
Barrows |
27446 | Kevin |
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108 |
T
1-2 |
155
Barrows |
27383 |
108 |
T
1-2 |
155
Barrows |
27449 | Kevin |
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109 |
M
1-2 |
175 Barrows |
27386 |
108 |
M
1-2 |
175
Barrows |
27452 | Joe |
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110 |
T
4-5 |
109 Dwinelle |
27389 |
110 |
T
4 - 5 |
109 Dwinelle |
27455 | Imran |
Course websites - http://er100200.berkeley.edu & http://bSpace.berkeley.edu
Among
the questions we will address in this course are:
• In what ways has
fossil-fuel use defined the 20th Century? What about the 21st?
• What role is there for
renewable energy and energy efficiency today and in the future?
• What is the role of
nuclear power in our present and future energy mix?
• Could fuel cells or the
hydrogen economy cause a revolution in the automotive industry?
• Is the U. S. ready to
acknowledge and address global warming?
• How are energy issues
different in developing nations from those in the ‘North’?
• What tools do you need to
address these questions from an interdisciplinary perspective?
Interested
in these questions? Then Energy and
Society is for you.
Each of these questions
about the use and impacts of energy systems requires an interdisciplinary
understanding that explores the scientific, technical, economic, social,
political and environmental opportunities and impacts of our energy system.
In this course, you will
develop an understanding – and a technically and socially deep working
knowledge – of our energy technologies, policies, and options. This will include analysis of the different
opportunities and impacts of energy systems that exist within and between
groups defined by national, regional, household, ethnic, gender
distinctions. Analysis of the range of
current and future energy choices will be stressed, as well as the role of
energy in determining local environmental conditions and the global climate.
ER200c/GSPP284 are
graduate versions of ER100c/GSPP184, and their lectures and sections are held
in common. ER200/GSPP284 includes
additional material, and added analytic tools and problems on both the problem
sets and the examinations. Grading for the undergraduate and gradute courses
are separate. Undergraduates must enroll in ER100/GSPP184, and graduate
students must enroll in ER200/GSPP284.
Course
Goals
This course is designed to provide you with the methods, tools and
perspectives to understand, critique, and ultimately influence the management
of technical, economic, and policy choices regarding the options for energy
generation and use. We will focus
equally on the technical, socioeconomic, political, and environmental impacts
of energy.
Topically, we will examine the full ‘life cycle’, or ‘cradle to
grave to cradle again’ of energy, from the stage of raw materials, or inputs,
to generation, conversion, distribution, consumption, recycling, waste,
impacts, and ethnic, racial, gender, and economic inequities. This work is inherently interdisciplinary,
and will involve a fascinating but extensive effort to understand, critique and
integrate tools and perspectives from anthropology, cultural and ethnic studies,
economics, engineering, physics, politics, sociology, and who knows what else.
The challenge of this integration is not simply one of learning
and applying methods from very diverse disciplines, but more importantly is one
of understanding how and when different types of analysis, disciplinary and
political perspectives, and “voices” are heard, unheard, ignored, or
discredited. Energy is both a
fundamental resource for society, the control of which reflects and shapes
interactions within society, and between humans and the natural environment.
Coverage
Over the semester we will take a roughly chronological tour of the
major fuel types used in human civilization.
From there we will begin a broad-ranging analysis of the energy
resource, combustion or conversion processes, application, waste, economic,
social, political, cultural and environmental impacts and options associated
with these fuels and with the changing mix of fuels used within and across
societies around the globe.
Assignments
There will be seven
problem sets and a policy memo (in total 30% of the grade), a mid-term
examination (25%), and a final exam (35%). Participation in sections counts for
10%.
Problem sets are
distributed every other Tuesday, and due back, in class, the Thursday of the
following week. You may also turn the assignment in at the box located in the
hallway outside the ERG office (310 Barrows) BEFORE 5pm Thursday. Late assignments will be penalized 20% if
turned in by 5pm on Monday, or 50% if turned in by 5pm on the following
Thursday. No credit will be given for assignments turned in more than one week
late.
You will get the most out
of the problem sets if you make an initial effort to work through all of the
problems on your own. After attempting to solve the problems on your own, you
may then work with other students to discuss different approaches. However,
remember that it is a violation of the Code of Student Conduct to copy answers
from anyone.
As part of your
participation in the course, you are encouraged to use the bSpace discussion
board to make comments and/or ask questions related to the readings or
lectures. We will also post the answers to questions about the problem sets on
bSpace, so be sure to check bSpace regularly.
Required Texts
Hirsh, Richard (2000) Power Loss: The Origins of Deregulation and Restructuring in the
American Electric Utility System (MIT Press: Cambridge, MA).
Rubin, Edward S. (2001) Introduction
to Engineering & the Environment (McGraw Hill: New York, NY).
Note:
it does not matter what version of the texts you have; they have not changed
significantly from year to year.
Web-based readings: A number of readings, both required
and supplemental, are available on-line. We did not include these in the
reader in order to keep the price down (you pay copyright charges for each
article in the reader). In order to download some of these, you will need to
use an on-campus computer or set up your home computer or laptop with the
campus proxy service. This is straightforward and useful for doing research
from home for all of your classes, just go to http://proxy.lib.berkeley.edu/ for
directions. Readings are available at
the course website and on the course bSpace
site.
Required Reading
assignments should be completed before the lecture for which they are
assigned. While I recognize that this is
not always possible, you need to try; the material in lecture does not
simply review the readings.
Optional
Field Trips
There
will be several field trips during the semester. Each will be 2 - 5 hours
(including travel time), and all will generally be Friday mornings (scheduling
and class size will impact the timing).
The field depend on availability, but will likely include:
·
The
Pittsburgh Energy ‘Park’, a 2200 MW fossil-fuel power plant (gas and oil);
·
The
High Winds wind farm in Solano (near Sacramento);
·
Moscone
Center in San Francisco, site of the 675 kW solar photovoltaic array and a set
of energy efficiency projects.
Graduate Student Instructors
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Christian Casillas |
Kevin Fingerman |
Joe Kantenbacher |
Imran Shiekh |
Sarah
Swanbeck |
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Office |
399 Barrows Hall |
399 Barrows Hall |
399 Barrows
Hall |
399 Barrows Hall |
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Office Hours |
Wednesday, 10-noon |
Tuesday, 4-6 |
Monday, 3-5 Friday, 10-11 |
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Email |
cecasillas |
kfingerman |
kantner |
isheikh |
swanbeck |
The best way to reach us
is by email or by coming to the office hours.
Section meetings begin in Week
2 (i.e. starting 9/1). Be sure to
sign up for a section on-line.
Lectures
Lecture
notes (pdf files) will be available for each lecture, and will be posted on the
course website generally a week before the lecture. You should download the files, print
them, and bring them to lecture so that you have all of the graphs and
diagrams right in front of you. We will
also make the lectures available as audio files on the web.
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Wk |
Date |
Lecturer |
Lecture #/Topic |
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Kammen
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1.
How Energy Use Shapes Society & the Environment |
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Kammen |
2.
Energy Toolkit I: Units, Forecasts, and the
Back-of-the-Envelope |
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Kammen |
3.
Energy Toolkit II: Fuels, Energy Content & Basics of
Combustion |
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9-7 |
Kammen |
4.
Energy for ‘the South’ I: Energy Transitions and
Development |
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9-9 |
Kammen |
5.
Energy for ‘the South’ II: Biomass, Households and Gender |
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Kammen |
6.
Hydrocarbon
Man: Coal, Oil, Industry & Society [Energy Movie Night] |
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Kammen |
7.
Energy Toolkit
III: Energy Thermodynamics |
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9-21 |
Kammen |
8.
Energy Toolkit
IV: Thermodynamics of Modern Power Plants |
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9-23 |
Kammen |
9.
Evolution of the Modern Energy Economy |
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Kammen |
10.
Energy Toolkit VI: Economic Analysis of Energy Systems |
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Sanstad |
11. Energy Efficiency and Demand-Side Management |
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Horvath |
12. Energy Toolkit VII: Life-Cycle and Cost-Benefit
Analysis |
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none |
Canceled |
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8 |
10-12 |
Callaway |
13. The Grid |
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10-14 |
Borgeson |
14. Buildings and Energy |
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9 |
10-19 |
GSIs |
In class mid-term review (optional) |
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10-21 |
You! |
Midterm Exam, In class |
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10 |
10-26 |
Peterson |
15. Nuclear Energy I:
Physics and Engineering – Fission/Fusion |
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10-28 |
Carson |
16. Nuclear Energy II:
Waste, Risk & Economics |
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11 |
11-2 |
O’Rourke |
17. Energy and
Environmental Justice |
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11-4 |
Prull |
18. Renewable Energy I:
Solar Energy |
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12 |
11-9 |
Casillas |
19. Renewable
Energy II: Wind and Water Power |
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11-11 |
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HOLIDAY |
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13 |
11-16 |
Lipman |
20. Renewable Energy III: Hydrogen and Fuel
Cells |
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11-18 |
Gopal |
21. Renewable Energy IV: Industrial Bioenergy |
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14 |
11-23 |
Lipman |
22. Transportation systems and policies |
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11-25 |
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HOLIDAY THANKSGIVING |
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15 |
11-30 |
Fung |
23. Climate Change I: Energy and Climate |
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12-2 |
Callaway |
24.
Climate Change II: Energy Policy |
Final Exam Group: 5:
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2010 8-11A
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Problem Set # |
Assigned |
Due |
Coverage |
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1 |
8/31 |
9/9 |
Short warm-up problems; analysis of utility bills; making unit analysis your friend, and getting comfortable with the myriad of energy units. These problems may be unfamiliar in style for many of
you; if necessary use the GSI’s and study groups to ‘get into the swing’ of
these calculations/estimates. You
must, however, do your own work. |
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2 |
9/14 |
9/23 |
Energy
use at household and national scales; basic thermodynamics; combustion. |
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3 |
9/28 |
10/7 |
Thermodynamics
of energy systems, combustion of various fuels; comparisons of energy
conversion efficiencies, emissions, financial analysis of power plants. Energy economics. |
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4 |
10/7* |
10/14 |
Life-cycle
analysis; learning curves; energy efficiency, evolution of the modern energy
system. |
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5 |
10/26 |
11/4 |
Environmental
justice; energy efficiency and conservation; the grid; nuclear energy. |
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6 |
11/9 |
11/18 |
Nuclear
energy and waste, renewable energy systems, fuel cells and hydrogen. |
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7 |
11/23* |
12/2 |
Biomass
energy, transportation, energy and climate, and climate policy. |
* Note: non-standard assignment date and
due date so you can have the graded exam back before the mid-term. No late assignments accepted for PS #4.
Problem sets are
posted on the web, not physically distributed in class.
Do not leave problem sets for the final
few days. They are not hard if started
early; they can be an unpleasant experience if left for the night before they
are due ….
Problem sets are
due in class or can be turned in to the problem set drop-off box outside of the
Energy and Resources Group, 310 Barrows Hall.
Problem sets are late after 5:00 PM.
Problem sets
cannot be turned in electronically or by fax.
Week 1 – Introduction to Energy Systems
and Society
Lecture
1 (8/26) – Energy and Society: How Energy Use Shapes Society & the
Environment:
Recommendation:
Try getting into the habit of looking for energy articles in newspapers
and begin to get a feel for how ubiquitous and far-reaching energy issues are
in society. In addition, check the opinion (“OpEd”) and editorial pages of your
favorite newspapers. As you last
assignment of the course, you will be writing a ‘policy memo’ that in most
cases can and should be submitted as an Op Ed yourself!
Good
places to start include:
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San Francisco Chronicle - http://www.sfgate.com
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The New York Times - http://www.nytimes.com
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The Los Angeles Times – http://www.latimes.com
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The Guardian (UK) - http://www.guardian.co.uk
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Read at least 1- 2 articles in this
series, ‘The Energy Challenge’ in The
New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/ref/science/earth/energy.html.
Over the
semester, please commit to reading 3- 4 additional articles from this excellent
series.
Yergin, D. (1991) The Prize: The Epic
Quest for Oil, Money, and Power (Simon & Schuster: New York). Pages 11 – 16.[Yergin_1991.pdf]
Plus,
read a selection – you decide how many -- of these energy-related op-eds:
Fialka, J. J. (2006) “Energy
Independence: A Dry Hole?” The Wall
Street Journal, 5 July, A4. [Fialka_2006.pdf]
Gore, A. (2008)
“The Climate for Change”, The New York
Times (11/9/08)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/09/opinion/09gore.html?pagewanted=all
Doerr, J. and Immlet, J. (2009) “Falling behind on green tech”, The Washington Post (8/3/09)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/02/AR2009080201563.html
Week 2 – Methods in Energy Analysis
Lecture 2 (8/31) Energy Toolkit I: Units, Forecasts, and the
Back-of-the-Envelope:
Rubin, EE,
Rates of Technology Adoption, Pages
669 – 677.
Lovins, Amory (1976) “Energy Strategy:
The Road Not Taken”, Foreign Affairs,
55(1): 65–96. [Lovins_1976.pdf]
Smil, V. (1999) Energies: An Overview of Concepts and Units, pages 1 – 7. [Smil_Energies_1999.pdf]
and a nice commentary on the Lovins paper
from The New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/07/science/07tier.html?_r=1&8dpc&oref=slogin
Don’t read these,
just have them handy for unit conversions and significant figures, etc …:
Koomey, J. G. (2001) Turning Numbers into Knowledge: Mastering the Art of Problem Solving:
Ch 28 – 30, (Analytics Press: Oakland, CA), 125–142. [Koomey_2001.pdf]
Norgaard, R. and S.
von Meier. (1996) About
Calculations and Unit Conversions (3 pages). [Norgaard_1996.pdf] [ER100 only]
Tables and charts of conversion factors. [Conversions.pdf]
Supplemental: A bit more than back of the envelope, but
not as much as it may seem:
http://www.gigatonthrowdown.org/
Lecture 3 (9/2) Energy Toolkit II: Basics of Combustion:
Rubin, EE,
Chapter 1, pages 3 – 17.
Masters, G. (1991) Introduction to Environmental Engineering and Science (Prentice
Hall: NJ), pages 39–47. [Masters_1991_Enviro_Chemistry.pdf]
ER200/284
only: Smil, V. (2000)
“Energy in the Twentieth Century: Resources, conversions, costs, uses and
consequences”, Annual Review of Energy
and the Environment, 25, 21 –
51. [Smil_2000.pdf]
Week 3 – Energy and
Development
Lecture 4 (9/7) – Energy for ‘the South’
I: Energy Transitions and National Development:
Goldemberg, J. (1996) Energy, Environment, and Development
(Earthscan: London, UK), 11 – 37. [Goldemberg_1996.pdf]
The
World Bank Group (2009) Energy Strategy Approach Paper of the Sustainable
Development Network. [WBG_2009.pdf]
Jacobson, A. and D.M. Kammen.
(2005). “Science and Engineering
Research that Values the Planet.” The
Bridge. 35(4): pp. 11-17. [Jacobson_2005.pdf]
ER200: Rubin, EE, 15.3, Pages 639 – 659 (section on
population, demographics and economic growth).
Supplemental:
Leach,
Gerald, (1992) “The Energy Transition,” Energy
Policy. 20(2):116-123. [Leach_1992.pdf]
Lecture 5 (9/9) – Energy for ‘the South’
II: Households and Gender:
Kammen, D. M. and Dove, M. R. (1997) “The
virtues of mundane science”, Environment,
39(6): 10–15, 38–41. [Kammen_1997.pdf]
Crewe, E. (1997) “The silent traditions
of developing cooks”, Discourses of
Development, R. D. Grillo and R. L. Stirrat, eds. (Berg: Oxford, UK),
59–81. [Crewe_1997.pdf]
Kammen, D. M. (1995) “Cookstoves for the
developing world,” Scientific American,
273, 72 - 75. [Kammen_1995.pdf]
ER200: Goldemberg,
J. et al. (1985) “Basic Needs and Much More with One Kilowatt per Hour.”
Ambio. 14(4-5): 190-200. [Supplemental
for ER100] [Goldemberg_1985.pdf]
ER200: Bose, S. (1993) “Women, Work, and Household Electrification in Rural India”, in Money, Energy and Welfare (Oxford University Press: Bombay, India), Chapter V, pages 143 – 181. [Bose_1993.pdf]
Supplemental:
Bailis, Ezzati, Kammen, (2005) “Mortality
and Greenhouse Gas Impacts of Biomass and Petroleum Energy Futures in Africa” Science, 308 (5718): p. 98-103. [Bailis_2005.pdf]
Week 4 – Hydrocarbon Energy
Lecture 6 (9/14) – Hydrocarbon Man: Coal, Oil, Industry
& Society:
Friedman, Thomas L. (2006) “The First Law
of Petropolitics”, Foreign Policy, 154: (28 – 36). [Friedman_2006.pdf]
Campbell, Colin J., and Laherrere, Jean
H. (1998) “The End of Cheap Oil”, Scientific American, March. 278(3)78–83. [Campbell_1998.pdf]
Nef, John U. (1977) “An early energy
crisis and its consequences”, Scientific
American, November, pages 140 – 151. [Nef_1977.pdf]
Oil: The Long Goodbye, Foreign Policy, http://www.foreignpolicy.com/node/47222
Note: Registration required. The primary article, "It's Still the One" by Daniel Yergin, can also be found here.
ER200:
Farrell, Alex E., and
Brandt, Adam R. (2006) “Risks of the oil transition,” Environmental Research Letters, 1, October 30. [Farrell_2006_Risks.pdf]
Lecture 7 (9/16) Energy
Toolkit III: Energy Thermodynamics:
Masters, G. (1991) Introduction to Environmental Engineering and Science (Prentice Hall: NJ), pages 15 – 29. [Masters_1991_Energy.pdf]
Supplemental/reference
for students with thermodynamics background and interests: Cengel, Y. A. and Boles, M. A. (2001) Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach
(McGraw Hill: New York), 116 - 122, 240 – 271, 397 – 400. [Cengel_2001_Thermo.pdf]
Week 5 – Hydrocarbon Man
Lecture 8 (9/21) Energy
Toolkit IV: Thermodynamics of Modern Power Plants:
Rubin, EE, Sections 5.1 - 5.4 (except 5.2.2 & 5.2.3); Pages 162 – 175, 179 – 196.
Masters, G. (1991) Introduction to Environmental Engineering and Science (Prentice
Hall: NJ), pages 327–339. [Masters_1991_Air_Pollution.pdf]
Anderson (2005), Sections 3.3-5.6, pp.
33-84. [Anderson_2005.pdf]
Rubin, EE,
Sections 5.5 – 5.6.3, Pages 196-215 (skip 5.6.1 - Nuclear Energy, pp. 212-213).
Supplemental:
Beér, J. M. (2000)
“Combustion technology developments in power generation in response to
environmental challenges”, Progress in
Energy and Combustion Science, 26,
301 – 327. [An advanced treatment of state-of-the-art fossil-fuel power
plant design issues and opportunities]. [Beer_2000.pdf]
Lecture 9 (9/23) – Evolution of the Modern Energy Economy:
Hirsh, Richard (1999) Power Loss (MIT University Press: Cambridge, MA) Section I, Pages 1
- 88.
Week
6 – Energy Financial Analysis and the Modern Energy Sector
Lecture 10 (9/28) – Energy
Toolkit VI: Economic Analysis of Energy Systems:
Rubin, EE,
Chapter 13, Pages 545 – 577
ER200
& Supplemental for ER100: Kammen
and Pacca (2004) “Assessing the Costs of Electricity” Annual Review of Environment and Resources, 29 (1): p. 301-344
(2004). [Kammen_2004.pdf]
Lecture 11 (9/30) – Energy Efficiency and Demand-Side
Management:
Rubin, EE,
Chapter 7, and Section 13.8 of Chapter 13, Pages 281 – 314, 577 – 583.
Hirsh, Richard (1999) Power Loss (MIT University Press: Cambridge, MA), pages 90 – 117.
American Physical Society Review and Recommendations for
Energy Efficiency (2008) Think
Efficiency.
http://www.aps.org/energyefficiencyreport/
Executive summary & Chapter 1 (pages 6 - 27)
Supplemental: Energy efficiency is perhaps the most important, yet least discussed and taught component of our energy system. These websites, and energy use calculators provide a range of materials on energy efficiency. We will provide more information later about what specific sections of these websites you should focus on.
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Contents |
URL |
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LBL Energy
Efficiency Standards |
http://eappc76.lbl.gov/ |
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LBL’s
Energy Use Forecasting |
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Scenarios
for a Clean Energy Future |
Week 7 – Energy Systems: from Cradle to
Grave (Life-cycle analysis)
Lecture 12 (10/5) – Life-cycle and Cost-Benefit Analysis
Pacca, S.,
Horvath, A., (2002) “Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Building and Operating
Electric Power Plants in the Upper Colorado River Basin” Env.Sci.Techn.,
36(14), 3194-3200 [Pacca_2002.pdf]
Rubin, Section 13.4, Life-cycle
cost, 556 – 562.
Week 8 –
The Grid and Buildings
Lecture 13 (10/12) – Electricity Grids: Managing the Network:
Masters, G. (2004) “Transmission and Distribution,” in Renewable and Efficient Power Systems (Wiley InterScience: New York), pages 145 – 151. [Masters_2004_TD.pdf]
von Meier, Alexandra (2006),
“Reliability” and “Security,” in Electric
Power Systems: a conceptual introduction (John Wiley & Sons: New
Jersey), pp. 229–234. [von_Meier_2006.pdf]
ER200:
Fairley, P. (2004) “The
unruly power grid”, IEEE Spectrum, 13
August, 5 pages.
Reference: Glossary of electricity terms. [Electricity_Glossary.pdf]
Lecture 14 (10/14) – Energy
Efficiency and Buildings:
David B. Goldstein (2008) Extreme Efficiency: How Far Can We Go If We
Really Need To? ACEEE Summer Study Paper. [Goldstein_2008.pdf]
American Physical Society Review and Recommendations for
Energy Efficiency (2008) Think
Efficiency.
http://www.aps.org/energyefficiencyreport/
Chapter 3 (buildings, pages 52 – 85)
And for a look at why it is so hard, ask
Dilbert:
Week 9 – Mid-Term Exam
Class (10/19) – Midterm examination review
Class (10/21) – Midterm examination
Week 10 –Nuclear Power
Lecture 15 (10/26) – Nuclear Energy Physics and Engineering
– Fission/Fusion:
Deutch and Lester, (2004) Making
Technology Work, Ch. 7: Nuclear Power and Its Fuel Cycle, Cambridge Univ.
Press, Cambridge, UK, p. 109-133. [Deutch_2004.pdf]
Moore, P. (2005) “Greenpeace founder
makes the case for nuclear power”, Nuclear
News, June, p. 15 [Moore_2005.pdf]
Supplemental: Excellent online material on reactor types and performance is
available at http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/power.html
In particular, review ‘About
the NRC’, ‘Nuclear security’, and read about the events (power production and
management) at one of the featured reactors, such as Diablo Canyon (under
nuclear reactors) that provides power to northern California)
Lecture 16 (10/28) – Nuclear Waste, Risk & Economics:
Rubin, EE, pages 63-68, 175-178.
Flynn,
J. et al. (1997) “Overcoming
Tunnel Vision: Redirecting the U.S. High-Level Nuclear waste program”, Environment, 39 (3): 6–11, 25–30. [Flynn_1997.pdf]
Hultman, N., Koomey, J. G, and Kammen, D.
M. (2007) “What history can tell us about the costs of future nuclear power”, Environmental Science & Technology,
41(7): 2088-2093. [Hultman_2007.pdf]
Lake, J. A., Bennett, R. and Kotek, J. F.
(2002) “Next Generation Nuclear Power”, Scientific
American, Issue 1, 73–81. [Lake_2002.pdf]
ER200: Peterson, P., W. Kastenberg, and M.
Corradini. (2006). “Nuclear Waste and the Distant
Future.” Issues in Science and Technology. Summer:
pp. 47-50. [Peterson_2006.pdf]
Week 11 – Energy and Environmental
Justice & Solar
Lecture 17 (11/2) – Energy and Environmental Justice:
Black Leadership Forum (2002), Air of Injustice: African Americans and
Power Plant Pollution. Washington DC: Black Leadership Forum &
Associate Organizations. [BLF_2002.pdf]
Jones, Van (2007), “Van Jones Testifies
Before Congress on 'Green-Collar' Jobs,” Ella Baker Center, May 22. [Van_Jones_2007.pdf]
O’Rourke, D. and Connolly, S. (2003)
“Just oil? The distribution of environmental and social impacts of oil
production and consumption,” Annual Reviews of Environment and Resources, 28, 587-617. [Orourke_2003.pdf]
ER200:
Pastor, Manuel, (2007)
“Environmental Justice: Reflections from the United States”, Ch. 14 in Reclaiming Nature., pp. 351–376. [Pastor_2007.pdf]
Supplemental:
A
sampling, all well worth exploring, of EJ websites includes:
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Contents |
URL |
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The
EJ Information Page |
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Ken
Saro-Wiwa and Shell Oil (Nigeria) |
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EJ
Case Studies |
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Center
for Science and Environment (India) |
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EPA
Toxic Release Inventory |
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EPA
Environmental Justice Program |
http://www.epa.gov/compliance/environmentaljustice/index.html
& http://www.calepa.ca.gov/EnvJustice/ |
Lecture 18 (11/2) –
Renewable Energy I: Solar Energy:
Solar Vision Study: Executive summary and
Chapters PV Technology, Policies.
Masters, G. (2004) “Photovoltaic
Materials and Electrical Characteristics.” Renewable
and Efficient Power Systems (Wiley InterScience: New York), pages 445 –
463. [
Masters_2004_PV.pdf]
ER200: Nemet, Gregory F. (2006) “Beyond the
learning curve: factors influencing cost reductions in photovoltaics.” Energy Policy. 34 (2006) 3218–3232. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2005.06.020
Supplemental:
Wadia, C., Alivisatos, P. and Kammen, D. M. (2009) “Materials Availability Expands the Opportunity for
Large-Scale Photovoltaics Deployment”,
Environmental Science & Technology,
43, (6), 2072 - 2077. [Wadiaetal2009.pdf]
Week 12 – Renewable Energy
II: Wind and Water Power
Lecture 19 11/9 – Wind and Water Power
Masters, G. (2004) “Wind Power Systems.” Renewable and Efficient Power Systems
(Wiley InterScience: New York), pages 307 – 354 (pages 335-347 are
supplemental), 371 – 378. [Masters_2004_Wind.pdf]
EERE / NREL
(2008) 20% Wind Energy by 2030
URL:
www1.eere.energy.gov/windandhydro/pdfs/41869.pdf
ER100: pages 1 – 20
ER200: read either Chapter 2 “Turbine Technology” or Chapter 6
“Markets” and skim the other chapter
based on your interest.
World Commission on Dams (2000). “Executive Summary,” in Dams and Development: A New Framework for
Decision-Making, World Commission on Dams: South Africa. [WCD_2000.pdf]
ER200
Examine in detail one of
the case studies in the World Commission on Dams website at http://www.dams.org/kbase/studies/.
Supplemental:
Paish, Oliver (2002) “Micro-hydropower:
status and prospects,” Journal of Power
and Energy, 216(1): 31–40. [Paish_2002.pdf]
Week 13 –Fuels for
Transportation
Lecture 20 (11/16) – Hydrogen and Fuel Cells:
Masters, G. (2004) “Fuel Cells,” in Renewable and Efficient Power Systems
(Wiley InterScience: New York), pages 206-228. [Masters_2004_Fuel_Cells.pdf]
ER200:
Keith, D. W. and
Farrell, A. E. (2003) “Rethinking hydrogen cars”, Science, 301, 315 – 316. [Keith_2003.pdf]
Romm, J.
(2004). Hype about Hydrogen.
Washington, D.C.: Island Press. Chapters
1, 4, & 8. [Romm_2004.pdf]
Ogden, J. (2006). “High Hopes for
Hydrogen”, Scientific American, September,
pp. 94-101. [Ogden_2006.pdf]
Supplemental:
Demirdoven, N. and Deutsch, J. (2004)
“Hybrid cars now, fuel cell cars later”, Science,
305, 974 - 976. [Demirdoven_2004.pdf]
Lecture 21 (11/18) – Industrial
Bioenergy
USDA - Billion Ton Vision (http://feedstockreview.ornl.gov/pdf/billion_ton_vision.pdf)
Rubin, EE,
Chapter 3, Pages 83-123.
ER200: Farrell A. E., Plevin, R. J. Turner, B.
T., Jones, A. D. O’Hare, M. and Kammen, D. M. (2006) “Ethanol can contribute to
energy and environmental goals,” Science, 311,
506 – 508. [Farrell_2006_Ethanol.pdf]
Supplemental:
Special Report on Renewable Energy
Systems: Modern biofuel (Ch 2) [Available 10/1/2010 from the IPCC]
Week 14 – Transportation Systems
Lecture 22 (11/23) –
Transportation systems and policy:
Sager, J., Lemoine, D, Apte, J. and
Kammen, D. M. (2010) “Sustainable transportation systems and mobility”, Available 10/1/2010.
Friedman, D. J., Mark, J. Monahan, P.,
Nash, C. and Ditlow, C. (2001) Drilling
in Detroit: Tapping Automaker Ingenuity to Build Safe and Efficient Automobiles
(Union of Concerned Scientists, Cambridge, MA), pages 1 – 32. [Friedman_2001.pdf]
ER100: Read the executive summary (4 pages) and at least skim 1 – 32.
ER200: Read all of 1–32.
American Physical Society Review and Recommendations for
Energy Efficiency (2008) Think
Efficiency.
http://www.aps.org/energyefficiencyreport/
Chapter 2 Transportation: pages 22 - 51
Schipper, L. et al. (2009) “Cash for clunkers is a
lemon” Washington Post, August 9,
2009 (Example policy memo) [Schipper_2009.pdf]
ER 200: Bürer,
Mary J., et al. (2004) “Location Efficiency as the Missing Piece of The
Energy Puzzle: How Smart Growth Can Unlock Trillion Dollar Consumer Cost
Savings.” Natural Resources Defense Council and Sierra Club. [Burer_2004.pdf]
Week 15 – Energy and the Global
Environment
Lecture
23 (11/30) – Climate Change I: Energy and Climate:
Rubin, EE,
Chapter 12, Pages 470 – 537.
Kolbert, E. (2005). “The Climate of Man–I.” The New
Yorker, April 25. [Kolbert_2005_PartI.pdf]
Collins, William, et al. (2007) “The
Physical Science Behind Climate Change.” Scientific
American. August, 297, pp 64–71. [Collins_2007.pdf]
Copenhagen Climate Change Synthesis
Report:
http://climatecongress.ku.dk/
ER200: Emanuel, Kerry (2005), “Increasing destructiveness of tropical cyclones over the past 30 years.” Nature, 436: 686–688, August 4.
Supplemental:
Kolbert, E. (2005). “The Climate of Man–II.” The New
Yorker, May 2. [Kolbert_2005_PartII.pdf]
Supplemental:
Kolbert, E. (2005). “The Climate of Man–III.” The New
Yorker, May 9. [Kolbert_2005_PartIII.pdf]
Pacala, S., and Socolow, R. (2004)
“Stabilization wedges: solving the climate problem for the next fifty years
with current technologies”, Science, 305, 968 – 971.[Pacala_2004.pdf]
C-ROAD
Review
the simulator and develop a scenario to maximize
emissions growth in ‘the South’, subject to the constraint that total global
emissions stabilize under 450 ppmv.
Baer, P., et al. (2000). “Equity and
Greenhouse Gas Responsibility.” Science
289(5488): 2287. [Baer_2000.pdf]
David J Frame and Cameron Hepburn (2010) “An issue of trust: state corruption, responsibility
and greenhouse gas emissions”, Environ. Res. Lett. 5 (2010), doi:10.1088/1748-9326/5/1/014004 [Frame_2010.pdf]
Kammen, D.M. and Nemet, G.F. (2005). “Reversing the Incredible Shrinking Energy
R&D Budget.” Issues in Science and Technology. Fall: pp. 84-88. [Kammen_2005_Shrinking_RD.pdf]
ER200:
Supplemental:
Wirth, T. E., Gray, C. B., and Podesta,
J. D. (2003) “The future of energy policy”, Foreign
Affairs, 82(4): 132–155. [Also
applies to lecture 24]. [Wirth_2003.pdf]
National
Security and the Threat of Climate Change (2007)
http://securityandclimate.cna.org/report/
Sailor, W. C., Bodansky, D., Braun, C.
Fetter, S. and van der Zwaan, R. (2000) “A nuclear solution to climate change”,
Science, 288(5469): 1177–1178. [Sailor_2000.pdf]
Supplemental:
IPCC, 2007: Summary for
Policymakers. In: Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution
of Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change [Solomon, S., D. Qin, M. Manning, Z. Chen, M. Marquis,
K.B. Averyt, M.Tignor and H.L. Miller (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press,
Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA. [IPCC_2007.pdf]
World Development Report. (2010). "Development and Climate Change." [WDR_2010.pdf]
Fallows, James. (2010). "Dirty Coal, Clean Future." The Atlantic. [link]