ECTS credits ECTS credits: 3
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Student's work ECTS: 51 Hours of tutorials: 3 Expository Class: 9 Interactive Classroom: 12 Total: 75
Use languages Spanish, Galician
Type: Ordinary subject Master’s Degree RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Departments: Chemistry Engineering
Areas: Chemical Engineering
Center Faculty of Physics
Call: Second Semester
Teaching: With teaching
Enrolment: Enrollable | 1st year (Yes)
At the end of the study of this subject the student should acquire knowledge about some aspects of renewable energy and energy sustainability, more specifically in relation to greenhouse gases, induced climate change, mitigation options, including prevention, capture , storage and the use of greenhouse gases as inputs to production processes
You will know the most important aspects of GHGs and climate change, their drivers, current trends and the possibilities of mitigation, especially in the production, conversion, transmission and distribution of energy.
The student will be able to propose mitigation options for GHGs, based on the knowledge acquired in the subject, and among them those related to prevention, preventing it from occurring (recognizing the importance of energy efficiency and renewable energies) , not allowing them to be emitted (by using and transforming them in the same place where they are produced), capturing them (in case their emission is inevitable) and even better using them as input as raw material or auxiliary to another process where they will be transformed to produce useful products.
The student will be able to do bibliographic searches and analysis to study the feasibility of a process of this type. You will learn a methodology to develop processes of this type, very useful for the future as a professional, because it is an emerging field. Apply the methodology for the search of sustainable processes. Will be aware of the possibility of using this type of methodologies and processes in the short-medium term.
Greenhouse gases. Anthropogenic sources of GEI's. Natural and induced climate change. Physical bases of climate change. Drivers, trends and mitigation. Mitigation of climate change in the context of sustainable development. Changes and technological advances. Climate change and the production, conversion, transmission and distribution of energy. Resources and availability Options, practices and behavioral aspects of mitigation technologies. GHG capture and storage. Use of GHGs as inputs in transformation processes.
IPCC (2014) Climate Change 2014 Mitigation of Climate Change. Working Group III Contribution to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Cambridge University Press, New York.
IPCC (2011). Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation. Ottmar Edenhofer, Ramón Pichs-Madruga, Youba Sokona, Kristin Seyboth, Patrick Matschoss, Susanne Kadner, Timm Zwickel, Patrick Eickemeier, Gerrit Hansen, Steffen Schloemer, Christoph von Stechow (Eds.) Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA, 1075 pp.
IPCC (2005) - Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage. Bert Metz, Ogunlade Davidson, Heleen de Coninck, Manuela Loos and Leo Meyer (Eds.)
Cambridge University Press, UK. pp 431.
Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism (2015) Mitigation technologies for climate change. Spanish office of the patents and brand.
Basic and general competences:
CG01 - Acquire and understand the main theoretical, practical and methodological aspects necessary for professional dedication to the field of renewable energies, sustainability and climate change
CG09 - Use of the scientific bases applicable in the field of renewable energies, sustainability and energy efficiency to compare and select the most efficient and sustainable alternatives in different socio-economic contexts
CG06 - To know in depth the current technologies and tools in the field of renewable energies, sustainability and climate change
CB6 - Possess and understand knowledge that provides a basis or opportunity to be original in the development and / or application of ideas, often in a research context
CB7 - That students know how to apply the knowledge acquired and their ability to solve problems in new or unfamiliar environments within broader (or multidisciplinary) contexts related to their area of study
CB8 - That students are able to integrate knowledge and face the complexity of making judgments based on information that, being incomplete or limited, includes reflections on social and ethical responsibilities linked to the application of their knowledge and judgments
CB9 - That students know how to communicate their conclusions and the knowledge and ultimate reasons that sustain them to specialized and non-specialized audiences in a clear and unambiguous way
CB10 - That students have the learning skills that allow them to continue studying in a way that will be largely self-directed or autonomous.
Transversal competences:
CT04.- Use bibliography and search tools for general and specific bibliographic resources, including access through the Internet.
CT05.- Be able to interpret texts, documentation, reports and academic articles in English.
CT07.- Ability to manage and decide on a complex and diverse set of data and documentary sources.
CT10.- Capacity for analysis and synthesis.
Specific competences:
CE09.- Design and manage energy projects focused on the mitigation of climate change that generate emission rights.
Face-to-face theoretical classes: Lectures (use of blackboard, computer, cannon) complemented with virtual teaching tools.
Seminars held with the Master's own teaching staff, or with invited professionals from the company, the administration or other universities. Interactive sessions related to the different topics with debates and exchange of opinions with students.
Performing individual work to apply search methodologies for GE capture and use systems.
Individual or small group tutorials.Classes in the computer room in which simulators will be used to analyze the studied systems.
Use of specialized computer programs and the Internet. Online teaching support (Virtual Campus). Personal study based on different sources of information.
Carrying out the different tests to verify the acquisition of theoretical and practical knowledge and the acquisition of skills and attitudes.
The evaluation of the subject will consist of different sections:
-Work in team / individual: this work will cover some of the topics included in the content of the subject. Your weight will be 25% of the total grade of the subject.
- Work associated with practices: the students will develop a work / test related to the practices being their weight of 25%.
-Examination: it will be a theoretical-practical test with a weight of 40%.
-Tutorías: the / s activity / s developed during the tutorials will have a weight of 10%.
It is necessary to reach a minimum score in the continuous evaluation (work, practices and tutorials) and in the exam to pass the subject. The minimum score will be 30%, that is, students need to obtain at least 1.8 points (out of 6 possible) in the continuous assessment activities and 1.2 points (out of 4 possible) in the exam.
For the second opportunity, the grades obtained in the activities corresponding to the continuous evaluation will be saved.
The grades of the works, activities, class tests and tutorials will be communicated to the student before the final exam.
The teaching time (for the student) of theoretical classes (expository), seminars and problem solving (interactive), practices and tutorials in this matter is 9, 6, 6 and 3 hours, respectively.
Student work hours:
Exhibition: 17 h
Seminars: 20 h
Computer classroom: 7 h
Group tutorials: 2 h
Individualized tutoring: 2 h
Examination and revision: 3 h
Total: 51 hours (ECTS = 3.0)
It is considered that the students must take the subject relatively to the day in order to be able to obtain good results in the continuous evaluation that has an important weight on the final evaluation.
a) The classes and all the teaching material will be given, mainly in Spanish.
b) The necessary material for the development of the expository classes and the work during the seminars will be delivered in advance.
c) Both for the delivery of material, and for other activities such as tests, the virtual campus of the University of Santiago de Compostela will be used.
For cases of fraudulent completion of exercises or tests, the provisions of the Regulations for the evaluation of the academic performance of students and the review of grades will be applied.
Diego Gomez Diaz
- Department
- Chemistry Engineering
- Area
- Chemical Engineering
- diego.gomez [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Lecturer
Pastora Maria Bello Bugallo
Coordinador/a- Department
- Chemistry Engineering
- Area
- Chemical Engineering
- Phone
- 881816789
- pastora.bello.bugallo [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: Temporary PhD professor
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| 18:00-20:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Spanish | Classroom 130 |
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| 16:00-18:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Spanish | Classroom 130 |
| 05.28.2025 09:00-14:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Classroom C |
| 07.04.2025 09:00-14:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Classroom C |