Unit 1 Global Energy Scenario

40 lecture hours

•  Role of energy in economic development and social transformation
• Energy &GDP
• GNP and its dynamics.  Discovery of various energy sources
• Energy Sources and Overall Energy demand and availability
• Energy Consumption in various sectors and its changing pattern
• Exponential increase in energy consumption and projected future demands.  Non conventional and conventional energy Resources: Coal, Oil, Natural Gas, Nuclear Power and Hydroelectricity
• Solar and Other Renewable etc.  Depletion of energy sources and impact on exponential rise in energy consumption on economies of countries and on international relations.  Energy Security
• Energy Consumption and its impact on environmental climatic change.  International Energy Policies of G-8 Countries
• OPEC Countries
• EU Countries.  International Energy Treaties (Rio
• INDO- US Nuclear Deal
• Future Energy Options
• Sustainable Development
• Energy Crisis. 15

Unit 2 Indian Energy Scenario

•  Energy resources & Consumption
• Commercial and noncommercial forms of energy
• Fossil fuels
• Renewable sources including Bio-fuels in India and their utilization pattern in the past
• present and future projections of consumption pattern
• Sector wise energy consumption.  Impact of Energy on Economy
• Development and 10 Environment
• Energy for Sustainable Development
• Energy and Environmental policies
• Need for use of new and renewable energy sources
• present status and future of nuclear and renewable energy
• Energy Policy Issues related Fossil Fuels
• Renewable Energy
• Power sector reforms
• restructuring of energy supply sector
• energy strategy for future.  Energy Conservation Act-2001 & its features
• Electricity Act- 2003 & its features.  Framework of Central Electricity Authority (CEA)
• Central & States Electricity Regulatory Commissions (CERC & ERCs)

Unit 3 Energy Policy

30 lecture hours

•  Global Energy Issues
• National & State Level Energy Issues
• National & State Energy Policy
• Industrial Energy Policy
• Energy Security
• Energy Vision.  Energy Pricing & Impact of Global Variations.  Energy Productivity (National & Sector wise productivity). 8

Unit 4 Energy Economics

7 lecture hours

•  Simple Payback Period
• Time Value of Money, IRR, NPV, Life Cycle Costing
• Cost of Saved Energy
• Cost of Energy Generated

Unit 5 Environment

20 lecture hours

•  Concept of environment and ecology
• various natural cycles in environment and ecology
• effect of human activities on environment and ecology.  Environmental Impact Assessment & Economics Analysis
• Methodologies for environmental pollution prevention.  Rules
• laws etc. regarding environmental protection
• pollution prevention and control
• waste disposal etc.
• Role of government
• semi/quasi govt. and voluntary organizations.  Global Environment Concerns and Issues
• United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC)
• Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)
• Prototype Carbon Fund (PCF)