Energy is a vital input for the development and economic growth of a country. The growth for energy
sector is critical for socio‐economic development particularly for rural areas. In the Indian context, it is
a great challenge to provide affordable energy services to the population. At present, 80% of the total
villages and 44% of rural households has access to grid electricity. The development of energy systems
is also constrained by the depletion of fossil fuel, local environmental impacts and the problem of global
warming and associated climate change. The energy sector is in transition and there is significant need
to understand the various energy conversion and efficient utilization process. In view of the problem of
climate change and scarcity of fossil fuels, the field of energy engineering offers significant challenges
and opportunities. The Department of Energy is going to offer a Post Graduate Diploma Programme in
Renewable Energy and Energy Management under distance education mode to enable students with
different backgrounds to understand the different aspects of energy engineering. Students will be
exposed to the status of energy resources, its interaction with environment, different renewable energy
sources technologies, different techniques and technologies for energy management and energy
conservation along with the economic aspects of renewable energy based power generation. The
objective of the programme is to provide specialist manpower to meet the challenges of the energy
sector
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Unit 1 Ecological principles and energy flow 1.1 Ecological principle of nature 1.2 Concept of ecosystems 1.3 Different types of ecosystems; ecosystem theories 1.4 Energy flow in the ecosystems; biodiversity Unit 2 Energy scenario and development 2.1 Overview of world energy scenario 2.2 Overview of India’s energy scenario 2.3 Overview of Energy Scenario of North East India and in particular to Assam 2.4 Energy and development linkage 2.5 Energy Sources: classification of energy sources 2.6 Quality and concentration of energy sources Unit 3 Major energy resources 3.1 Units of various Energy sources, Conversion, calorific value 3.2 Coal‐sources, formation, important properties & conversion 3.3 Petroleum‐sources, genesis, important properties & uses 3.4 Natural gas‐ sources, genesis, important properties & uses Unit 4 Environment concerns of energy extraction 4.1 Environment effects of energy extraction, conversion and use 4.2 Sources of pollution; primary and secondary pollutants. 4.3 Consequences of pollution growth; air, water, soil, thermal, noise pollution‐cause and effect 4.4 Pollution control methods 4.5 Environmental laws on pollution control Unit 5 Energy use & climate change 5.1 Global warming 5.2 Green house gas emission, impacts, mitigation. 5.3 Causes of global, regional and local climate change Unit 6 Sustainability issues of energy use 6.1 Externalities 6.2 Future Energy Systems 6.3 Clean Energy Technologies Unit 7SocioEconomical aspects of Energy resources 7.1 General concepts 7.2 Socio‐economical impacts 7.2.1 Rural development, Poverty alleviation, Employment; Security of supply and use 7.2.2 Environmental and ethical concerns 7.3 Economical aspects of renewable energy systems vs large hydro and thermal power projects Unit 8 International treaties & convention on environmental mitigation 8.1 United Nations Frameworks Convention on climate change (UNFCC) 8.2 Various convention and treaties at international level aiming at CO2 mitigation Suggested reading references 1. Ristinen RA. Kraushaar JJ. Energy and the Environment, 2nd edition, John Willey & Sons, 2006 2. Banerjee BP. Handbook of Energy and Environment in India, Oxford University Press, 2005, India 3. MC Dass, Fundamentals of Ecology, Tata McGraw Hill, 1994 4. Kaushik ND. Kaushik K. Energy, Ecology & Environment, Capital Publishing, 2004 5. De AK. Environmental Chemistry, New Age International Publishers, 2005
