Obiettivi formativi
In relation with the energy industry and markets, acquisition of competence and methodology
to implement an energy policy in which environment protection plays a pivotal role
Prerequisiti
Basic knowledge of micro/macroeconomics is requested:
Basic capabilities to understand the complex interrelations between energy, economy and environment; such a capacity is required to assess an energy and environmental policy, after having achieved a good knowledge of the main markets, of the evolution of the energy scenario, of the process that leads to the definition of an energy policy, of the constraints in the definition of the policy, of the energy policy of the main actors in the international arena.
Risultati di apprendimento attesi
The students will be able to interact and work in the process for the definition of an energy policy. Such a capacity will be checked in the last three lessons of the course where students will be requested to produce the energy policy of three countries very different from each other from the point of view of the energy system, the environment and the economy.
Contenuti Del Corso
-Evolution of the energy industry and impact on
climate policy;
-Market analysis of the main energy sources
(companies, supply/demand, pricing);
-Energy Policy of some countries;
-Evolution of the Italian energy system and policy;
-Climate change and climate policy especially applied to energy.
Testi Di Riferimento
-OCDE-IEA World Energy Outlook 2021
-“Strategia Energetica Nazionale (SEN)” – Ministero Sviluppo Economico
- Papers and other material related to the various matters dealt with in the course will be made available in due time by the teacher
- The Palgrave Handbook of International Energy Economics, 2022
Metodologie Didattiche
Front teaching
-Team work
-Role-playing
-Presentations e assignments
Modalità di verifica dell'apprendimento
-Research work at the end of the course (70%)
-Oral exam (30%)
Criteri per l’assegnazione dell’elaborato finale
Research on energy and climate change policy of a specific country
Settimana 1
Introduction and comments on the main targets of the course
-Analysis of the most relevant factors of the energy scenario
-Evolution of supply and demand of the various energy sources in the
main regions (continued)
-Evolution of supply and demand of the various energy sources in the
main regions
-Main factors underlying the energy scenario (costs, security of supply,
environment, final uses)
Settimana 2
Future alternative energy scenarios in the main regions
-Future scenarios and new priorities of any energy policy
-The role of the Emerging Economies in the international energy scenario
-The impact of the environment protection on the energy scenario
Settimana 3
The oil and natural gas industries: history, demand, supply, prices.
-Coal market, Nuclear Energy, Renewable Energy Sources, Electricity, Efficiency.
Settimana 4
The energy policy of
-E.U.
-USA
-Russia
-China
-Japan
Settimana 5
-The energy policy of Italy
-The geopolitics of energy
Settimana 6
Final energy consumption
-Case Study
Settimana 7
INTRODUCTION TO CLIMATE CHANGE
Introduction to the greenhouse effect, global trends on temperature and CO2 concentration, major greenhouse gases, major emitters in terms of country, sector, technology.
Difference between climate change and pollution.
Settimana 8
CAUSES OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND TECH RESPONSES
Macroeconomic trends and climate change.
Climate change and the industries of steel, cement, transports (part 1)
Settimana 9
CAUSES OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND TECH RESPONSES
Climate change and the industries of steel, cement, transports (part 2)
Carbon Capture and Storage
Settimana 10
INTERNATIONAL POLICY RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE: FRAMEWORK
From Kyoto to Sharm through Paris: the onferences Of Parties and their main outcomes
Settimana 11
PRICE-BASED CLIMATE POLICIES
Carbon tax, ETS and other market based certificates, carbon credits
Settimana 12
PRICE-BASED CLIMATE POLICIES
Exercises on carbon markets.
Students’ assignments