Electric Power Systems

1.5 Credits · Level: Graduate

Electrical power systems are crucial for advanced economies: they are essential for supporting economic, social, cultural, and political aspirations. Their interconnectedness fosters international alliances, supports free markets, and boosts development. In order to function, electrical power systems rely on security support and firm legal systems. Due to their extensive scale of operations, they also have significant impact on the environment. This course investigates the main technical components of these electrical power systems, so that decision-makers in politics, business, security, and ecology understand their functionalities, their technical limitations, and the potential of emerging technologies, which can support transitions and modifications of these electrical energy systems, in order to achieve not only environmental or business objectives but also enhance soft power through a re-designing of these systems. Case studies give concrete examples of failed and successful transitions of these systems within an international context of Europe, Middle East, India, and Asia.