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The Master’s course:

The main goal of the Master’s Degree in “Electrical Energy Conversion and Power Systems” (EECPS Master) is the training of qualified staff in areas related to electrical energy management, emphasizing in power systems for renewable energies. The Master presents a double approach: scientific and professional. In the scientific thread, training focuses on the design of two main applications: Electrical Power Systems and Electrical and Hybrid Traction Systems. On the other hand, in the professional thread, training is focused on the management of electrical energy. Thus, the subjects of this thread have been designed attending to two main issues, such as the management of energy in large consumers and the generation and transmission of electrical energy in a liberalized market. Three main lines have been considered as keystones in the Master:

·       Electrical Power Systems

·       Electrical and Hybrid Vehicles

·       Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energies

The third semester (Technical-Economic-Management track):

This subject belongs to the third semester in the specialization stage (Technical-Economic-Management track), This track is focused on the acquisition of the required competences for the management of electric energy, with a special emphasis on energy efficiency and renewable energies.

The subject: 

The students will learn the technical-economical-environmental regulations and directives in different scopes, identifying and locating the different world geopolitical regions and describe their main economic relationships in relation to primary energy sources.  It provides skills related to the regulation of electrical power systems. In this course the student will learn about the basic concepts and methods of the regulation theory and its application to the energy industry. The main Iberian and European regulatory entities and the laws related to the energy industry (gas and electricity) will be presented and studied. Next, the main features of the competition markets will be explained through practical cases of study. Finally, the economic regulation applied specifically to the generation, distribution and commercialization will be discussed.  

It is a subject of the specialization stage; the student should handle the concepts expressed in the next subjects:

·       Power plants (Semester 1)

·       Electrical energy transport (Semester 1)

·       Power systems operation (Semester 1)

·       Distributed generation systems and power quality (Semester 2) 

Basic Competences:

·       Be original in the development and application of ideas, within a research environment. (CB6)

·       Solution of problem in new and unfamiliar multidisciplinary environments, related to its knowledge area. (CB7)

·       Integration of knowledge, facing the complexity of issuing judgments and sentences parting from some information that includes ethic and social liability constraints. (CB8)

·       Ability of communicating justified decisions and conclusions, to specialized and unspecialized listeners. (CB9)

·       Ability of autonomous learning. (CB10)

Generic Competences:

·       Writing, communicating and presenting scientific documents to specialists, within the scope of the contents of the Master Degree (electric power systems, hybrid and electrical vehicles and renewable energies) (CG1)

·       Use of computers and digital processors in the analysis, design, simulation, monitoring, control and supervision of power systems. (CG4)

·       Technical design aspects that depend on strategic, socio-politic, economic and environmental concerns  (DG8)

·       Skills related to teamwork, recognizing different roles within a group and different ways of organizing research teams. (CG9)

·       Ability to manage information: search, analysis and synthesis of the specific technical information. (CG10)

·       Ability to assimilate and communicate information in English concerning technical (CG11)

·       Ability to plan and organize work (CG12)

·       Skills for critical reasoning, making decisions and making judgments based on information that include reflecting on social and ethical responsibilities of professional activity (CG13)

·       Concern forquality and achievement motivation (CG14)

Specific Competences:

·       Technical-economical-environmental regulations and directives in different scopes (local, regional, national, European, etc.), which are applied to power systems (CE17)

·       Identify and locate the different world geopolitical regions and describe their main economic relationships in relation to primary energy sources (CE18)

·       Knowledge and analysis of the energetic structures and technologies necessary, considering multiple aspects as the requirements, expected technical evolution, efficiency, security, sustainable development concerns, environmental and service guaranteeing issues (CE19)

Learning Outcomes:

·       To identify and locate the different geopolitical world regions, describing their main economic relationships in relation to primary energy sources. (RA91)

·       To recognize energy structures and technologies which ensure the coverage of demand both globally and in Spain, and to analyze future energy needs and possible technology solutions.  (RA92)

·       To describe and compare the energy policies of the European Union, Spain with those of other developed countries. (RA93)

·       To infer applications for efficiency, safety and service guarantee of the various energy strategies for generation and supply, taking into account environmental applications. (RA94)

·       To describe and criticize the various policies to support renewable energies in Spain and in the European Union.  (RA95)

·       To identify the main policies to support research and development of energy sector in Spain and the European Union. (RA96)

   To recognize the main policies that define the energy policy of the European Union (RA97)

·       Sorting of the different Spanish regulations governing the electricity sector. (RA98)

·       To describe and assess the main features that define the electricity sector regulation and related directives involved in the management of transport and distribution of electricity. (RA99)

·       To identify the key regulatory features involved in the regulation of activities associated with the provision and management of primary energy, oil and natural gas. (RA100)

·       Describe the different types of electric and gas markets in Spain and their relationship to the European markets. (RA101)

Topic 7. Primary and Final Energy:   

·       Concepts and definitions. Erorei (Energy Return on Energy Invested)

·       Some data: World, Europe, Spain

·       Energy Mixes

·       Energy and Wealth

Topic 8. World Energy Structure 

·       Resources (Oil, Gas, Coal, Nuclear, Renewables…)

·       Production

·       Demand

·       Costs

·       New Resources: Unconventional gas and oil

·       Geopolitics and geo-economics: Energy Security

Topic 9. Energy Policies 

·       EU Energy Policy

·       EU Strategy for sustainable development

·       EU Energy Security

·       Energy Policies on other countries: USA, China, Russia

·       Energy and Climate

Topic 10. Spain Energy Policy 

·       Spain Energy Policy

·       Resources

·       Electricity: From Regulation to Market

·       Sankey Diagram

·       Infrastructure Planning

·       Renewables Energy Policy

·       Saving and Efficient Energy Policy

·       Spanish Energy Governance Bodies

·       Regional Energy Policies

·        Energy Costs

·        Security Considerations

Topic 11.Prospective,  long term vision

·       Drivers of the new paradigm

·       Research, development and innovation in energy 

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