Seminar Energy Markets: Economics of Energy and Technology

General Information:

Seminar Dates	check TUMonline
Lecturer	Prof. Svetlana Ikonnikova
Level	Master
Study programs	see TUMOnline
ECTS	6

Outline:

The seminar reviews the research on energy technologies, incl.
- Prosumers, Digitization, Sector coupling (Power + Heat)
- Hydrogen & Ammonia (trade, production, utilization)
- Alternative (H2 and battery-based) Mobility
- Smart City: a nexus of technologies (coordination vs. competition of technologies)
- Unconventional Resources (technology that changed resource endowment, supply capabilities, and energy costs). The impact of those and other novel technologies on energy production/supply strategies and on energy trade (domestic / international) is discussed. Special focus is given to the role of technological improvements and uncertainties, the implications for economic / financial / operational / technical considerations defining investments in new technology projects at scale.