| Course Name | Sustainable Energy Policy Design |
| Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
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| SEN 559 | Fall/Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7.5 |
| Prerequisites | None | |||||
| Course Language | English | |||||
| Course Type | Elective | |||||
| Course Level | Second Cycle | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | - | |||||
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| Assistant(s) | - | |||||
| Course Objectives | There are several factors such as technology, economics, social changes, geopolitical shifts, progress of energy systems, climate change and environmental issues have influenced the design of energy policy. Together with these factors, new policy instruments, approaches as well as tools have emerged to design a sustainable energy policy for countries. Hence, this course will explore how energy policies are planned and implemented in a sustainable fashion. Harvard Business Cases will be used in this course.Therefore, the main aim of this course is to present a framework to comprehend sustainable energy policy planning and decision making for countries. |
| Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Description | This advanced course is designed to investigate the dynamics of the sustainable energy policy design in a contemporary fashion. |
| Related Sustainable Development Goals | |
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| Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
| 1 | Introduction and The Main Concepts | |
| 2 | Energy Policy Choices I | Romney vs. Obama and U.S. Energy Policy by Rawi Abdelal; Kaitlyn Tuthill, HBP, 2012 |
| 3 | Nuclear Energy: Challenges and Opportunities | Japan's Post-Fukushima Nuclear Energy Policy by Richard H.K. Vietor, HBP, 2015 |
| 4 | The Impact of Shale Gas Revolution | The U.S. Shale Revolution: Global Rebalancing? by Laura Alfaro; Richard H.K. Vietor; Hilary White, HBP, 2014 |
| 5 | Energy Policy Choices II | Iceland's Energy Policy: Finding the Right Path Forward by Henry Lee; Halla Hrund Logadottir, HBP, 2012 |
| 6 | The Role of Privatization in Energy Policy Making | Privatising the Pakistani Power Sector: Lessons from 1994 in 2010 by Ijlal Navqi; Christopher Dula, HBP, 2016 |
| 7 | Energy and Entrepreneurship | Elon Musk's Big Bets by David B. Yoffie; Eric Baldwin, HBP, 2018 |
| 8 | Deregulation in Energy Markets | Australia's Power Deregulation Experience by Jeffrey M. Conn; Hencye Sights; Steven Callander, HBP, 2018 |
| 9 | Transformation in Energy Companies | ENGIE: Strategic Transformation of an Energy Conglomerate by Stefan Reichelstein; Debra Schifrin, HBP, 2016 |
| 10 | Sustainable Energy Transition | CO2 to H20: Transition to Sustainable Energy by Francisco Szekely; Daniel Bartel; Adam Lowmass; Arturo Pasquel, HBP, 2016 |
| 11 | The Role of Energy in National Development | Qatar: Energy for Development by Aldo Musacchio; Colin Donovan; Samir Mikati; Rami Sarafa; Abdulla AlMisnad, HBP, 2013 |
| 12 | Evaluation of Renewable Energy Potential | Untapped Potential: Renewable Energy in Argentina by Anjani Datla; Henry Lee, HBP, 2019 |
| 13 | Climate Change and Nuclear Energy | Nuclear Energy: An Answer to Climate Change? by Michael W. Toffel; Glen W. S. Dowell; James Weber, HBP, 2017 |
| 14 | The Role of National Oil Companies in Energy Policy Making | China's National Oil Companies: Restructuring the Three Dragons by Kannan Ramaswamy, HBP, 2016 |
| 15 | Global Role of Natural Gas | Europe, Russia, and the Age of Gas Revolution by Rawi Abdelal; Leonardo Maugeri; Sogomon Tarontsi, HBP, 2017 |
| 16 | Review of Semester | - |
| Course Notes/Textbooks | Harvard Business Cases |
| Suggested Readings/Materials |
| Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
| Participation | 1 | 10 |
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| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
| Portfolio | ||
| Homework / Assignments | 14 | 90 |
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| Final Exam | ||
| Total |
| Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 15 | 100 |
| Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | ||
| Total |
| Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
| Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | ||
| Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 6 | 84 |
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| Homework / Assignments | 14 | 6 | |
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| Total | 216 |
| # | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | To improve theoretical and conceptual proficiencies as well as applied competencies on energy studies. | |||||
| 2 | To evaluate the problems and circumstances about energy systems by using theoretical and practical knowledge in fundamental disciplines of energy studies such as economics, natural sciences, political science, law, and sociology. | |||||
| 3 | To analyze multi-dimensional problems which are faced and unpredicted in energy system by taking over responsibility as an individual and a group member. | |||||
| 4 | To evaluate the relationships between factors in energy policies and applications such as structures, markets, institutions, regulations, climate change and environment in a critical perspective. | |||||
| 5 | To debate problems in sustainable energy development by identifying them. | |||||
| 6 | To argue positive and negative aspects of international affairs and geopolitics on energy. | |||||
| 7 | To examine the economic and political structure that energy systems are based on. | |||||
| 8 | To question the theoretical and empirical gaps in energy studies literature by developing original arguments in order to fill these gaps in the literature. | |||||
| 9 | To interpret the collected data that would measure the theories, scenarios and concepts as variables by using scientific research methods in energy sciences and sustainable energy development field. | |||||
| 10 | To prepare an original thesis/term project about political, economic, environmental, social and/or historical dimensions of sustainable energy and geopolitics in accordance with scientific criteria. | |||||
| 11 | To develop foreign language skills to be able to follow the literature on energy studies and to communicate with international scholars. | |||||
| 12 | To be able to use data and information in advanced levels in the field of energy sciences. | |||||
| 13 | To have ethical, social and scientific values in the stages throughout the processes of collecting, interpreting, disseminating and implementing data relevant to energy studies. | |||||
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