Course Schedule

Week Tuesday Thursday Assignment
1 8/29, Introduction 8/31, Make sense of numbers HW1 assigned
2 9/5, Climate foudamentals 9/7, Climate impacts
3 9/12, Tool: Social cost of carbon 9/14, Climate mitigation
4 9/19, Climate adaptation 9/21, Energy systems
5 9/26, Energy project economics 9/28, Fossil technologies HW2 assigned
6 10/3, Solar technologies 10/5, Wind technologies
7 10/10, Monday schedule - No session 10/12, Tool: Solar wind assessment
8 10/17, Nuclear, hydro, and other 10/19, Energy demand HW3 assigned
9 10/24, Energy efficiency 10/26, Energy access
10 10/31, Energy, environment, health 11/2, Energy transition
11 11/7, Tool: Pathways to net-zero 11/9, Power systems HW4 assigned
12 11/14, Big data and AI 11/16, Life cycle analysis
13 11/21, Tool: Life cycle analysis Thanksgiving - No session
14 11/28, Uncertainties and limitations 11/30, Review and summary
15 12/5, Presentation 12/7, Presentation Policy memo