2024-2025 / ELEC0449-1

Practices and evolution of the electric power and energy industry

Duration

12h Proj., 6d FW

Number of credits

 Master MSc. in Electrical Engineering, professional focus in electronic systems and devices5 crédits 
 Master Msc. in electrical engineering, professional focus in "Smart grids"5 crédits 
 Master Msc. in Energy Engineering, professional focus in Networks5 crédits 
 Master Msc. in Electrical Engineering, professional focus in Neuromorphic Engineering5 crédits 

Lecturer

Bertrand Cornélusse, Damien Ernst, Louis Wehenkel

Language(s) of instruction

English language

Organisation and examination

All year long, with partial in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

This course is organized in the form of seminars and field days, in close collaboration with companies in the field.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

At the end of the course, the student will have acquired an understanding of the main technical, economic and social implications of the current organization of the electric power and energy industry in the different parts of the world, and its possible evolutions in the coming decades.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

See list of prerequisites.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Via seminars and visits of industrial premises, the students are brought in close contact with industrial experts, undertakers, and societal stakeholders, to discuss with them about specific subjects of major importance for the electric power and energy industry. At the beginning of each year, the teachers and students define together the subjects and the industries and experts to contact to cover them.

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Face-to-face.

Course materials and recommended or required readings

Students will have to find documents to prepare visits. 

Any session :

- In-person

oral exam

- Remote

oral exam

- If evaluation in "hybrid"

preferred in-person


Additional information:

The level of implication all along the activities is used to determine the grading of the students.

Work placement(s)

None.

Organisational remarks and main changes to the course

The course will be organised by email and material will be shared using ecampus.

Contacts

Contact preferably Damien Ernst to ask questions or plan a meeting.
Backup contacts: Bertrand Cornélusse or Louis Wehenkel.

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