Energy Markets and Efficiency

Year
1

Academic year
2022-2023

Code
03000295

Subject Area
Electrical and Computer Engineering

Language of Instruction
Portuguese

Other Languages of Instruction
English

Mode of Delivery
Face-to-face

ECTS Credits
6.0

Type
Elective

Level
3rd Cycle Studies

Recommended Prerequisites

Teaching Methods

Seminar sessions, following the syllabus, using slides presentations.

Seminars driven by students according to previously assigned themes.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the course, the students are capable of an informed perspective on the balance between economic and energy efficiencies in the definition of energy public policies and in the praxis of the economic agents. They shall also be capable of identifying barriers to market transformation for sustainability and of proposing effective measures for circumventing the barriers.

Work Placement(s)

Syllabus

1. Environmental consequences of the energy sector activity.

2. Energy supply and demand at world and national levels.

3. Energy policy objectives regarding energy efficiency and technological innovation.

4. Energy market transformation towards economic efficiency and energy efficiency. Main characteristics of the liberalization of the electricity sector. Main agents in the market transformation field. Barriers to market transformation. Instruments for circumventing barriers.

Head Lecturer(s)

Álvaro Filipe Peixoto Cardoso de Oliveira Gomes

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Exam: 50.0%
Monograph produced by each student for his/her seminar: 50.0%

Bibliography

IEA, Mind the gap – Quantifying principal-agent problems in energy efficiency, ISBN: 978-92-64-03884--4 – September IEA 2007.

Swisher, J. N. Barriers and Incentives for Utility Energy Efficiency Programs in Deregulated Markets, Proc. of the ACEEE 1994 Summer Study, Paper 22, Panel 6, 1994.

Golove, W. H. and J. H. Eto, Market Barriers to Energy Efficiency: A Critical Reappraisal of the Rationale for Public Policies to Promote Energy Efficiency, Energy & Environment Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1996.

World Energy Council, Energy Efficiency Policies around the World: Review and Evaluation, WEC 2008.

Worrell, E., 2011. Barriers to energy efficiency: International case studies on successful barrier removal., pp.1–28. Available at: http://www.unido.org/fileadmin/user_media/Services/Research_and_Statistics/WP142011_Ebook.pdf.

Ryan, L., S. Moarif, E. Levina and R. Baron, Energy Efficiency Policy and Carbon Pricing, International Energy Agency Information Paper, 2011.