SC32005: Renewable energy
[Page last updated: 23 April 2025]
| Academic Year: | 2025/26 |
| Owning Department/School: | Department of Chemistry |
| Credits: | 5 [equivalent to 10 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 100 |
| Level: | Honours (FHEQ level 6) |
| Period: |
- Semester 1
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| Assessment Summary: | CWES 50%, EXCB 50% |
| Assessment Detail: |
- Essay (CWES 50%)
- Examination (EXCB 50%)
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| Supplementary Assessment: |
- Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
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| Requisites: |
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| Learning Outcomes: |
After taking this course, you should be able to:
* Compare and contrast a range of different renewable energy resources and technologies.
* Use quantitative and qualitative approaches to evaluate renewable energy outputs and their environmental impact.
* Discuss the economic and social barriers to their implementation.
* Present an evidence-based argument to solve a real-world scenario using renewable energy resources.
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| Synopsis: | In this unit you will compare and contrast a range of different renewable energy resources and technologies. Using quantitative and qualitative approaches you will evaluate the benefits of renewable energy and the economic, social and environmental barriers to their effective usage. You will develop a set of theoretical tools that could be used to evaluate the impact of renewable energy usage.
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| Content: | Definition of energy and renewable energy. Units of measurement. Key concepts and approaches to renewable energy including reasons for increasing usage.
Amount, availability and storage of renewable energy.
Key quantitative measures and formulae used in the context of renewable energy, such as power equations.
Economic and social considerations for renewable energy production and usage.
Environmental considerations for renewable energy production and usage. Impact of renewable energy production.
Case studies of a small number of renewable energy resources selected from: solar energy, biomass energy, hydro electric power, tidal energy, marine current, wind energy, wave energy, geothermal energy.
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| Course availability: |
SC32005 is Compulsory on the following courses:
Department of Chemistry
- USSC-AFB10 : BSc(Hons) Natural Sciences (Environmental Science with Biochemistry) (Year 3)
- USSC-AFB10 : BSc(Hons) Natural Sciences (Environmental Science with Biology) (Year 3)
- USSC-AKB01 : BSc(Hons) Natural Sciences (Environmental Science with Biology stream) with Year long work placement (Year 4)
- USSC-AFB10 : BSc(Hons) Natural Sciences (Environmental Science with Chemistry) (Year 3)
SC32005 is Optional on the following courses:
Department of Chemistry
- USSC-AFB10 : BSc(Hons) Natural Sciences (Biochemistry with Chemistry) (Year 3)
- USSC-AFB10 : BSc(Hons) Natural Sciences (Biochemistry with Environmental Science) (Year 3)
- USSC-AFB10 : BSc(Hons) Natural Sciences (Biology with Chemistry) (Year 3)
- USSC-AFB10 : BSc(Hons) Natural Sciences (Biology with Environmental Science) (Year 3)
- USSC-AKB01 : BSc(Hons) Natural Sciences (Biology with Environmental Science stream) with Year long work placement (Year 4)
- USSC-AFB10 : BSc(Hons) Natural Sciences (Chemistry with Biochemistry stream) (Year 3)
- USSC-AFB10 : BSc(Hons) Natural Sciences (Chemistry with Biology stream) (Year 3)
- USSC-AKB01 : BSc(Hons) Natural Sciences (Chemistry with Biology stream) with Year long work placement (Year 4)
- USSC-AFB10 : BSc(Hons) Natural Sciences (Chemistry with Environmental Science) (Year 3)
- USSC-AKB01 : BSc(Hons) Natural Sciences (Chemistry with Environmental Science stream) with Year long work placement (Year 4)
- USSC-AFM10 : MSci(Hons) Natural Sciences (Biochemistry with Chemistry) (Year 3)
- USSC-AAM01 : MSci(Hons) Natural Sciences (Biochemistry with Chemistry stream) with Study year abroad (Year 4)
- USSC-AKM01 : MSci(Hons) Natural Sciences (Biochemistry with Chemistry stream) with Professional Placement (Year 4)
- USSC-AFM10 : MSci(Hons) Natural Sciences (Biology with Chemistry) (Year 3)
- USSC-AAM01 : MSci(Hons) Natural Sciences (Biology with Chemistry stream) with Study year abroad (Year 4)
- USSC-AKM01 : MSci(Hons) Natural Sciences (Biology with Chemistry stream) with Professional Placement (Year 4)
- USSC-AFM10 : MSci(Hons) Natural Sciences (Biology with Physics) (Year 3)
- USSC-AFM10 : MSci(Hons) Natural Sciences (Chemistry with Biochemistry) (Year 3)
- USSC-AAM01 : MSci(Hons) Natural Sciences (Chemistry with Biochemistry stream) with Study year abroad (Year 4)
- USSC-AKM01 : MSci(Hons) Natural Sciences (Chemistry with Biochemistry stream) with Professional Placement (Year 4)
- USSC-AFM10 : MSci(Hons) Natural Sciences (Chemistry with Biology) (Year 3)
- USSC-AAM01 : MSci(Hons) Natural Sciences (Chemistry with Biology stream) with Study year abroad (Year 4)
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Notes: - This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2025/26 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2026/27 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2025/26.
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