Energy Business and Innovation

Content

The course is designed as a strategic knowledge and experience sharing process at the intersection between research and practice. The course gives theoretical expertise on energy innovations and business models, foundations of systemic change and sustainable energy transition. The sessions combine in-depth theoretical discussions with concrete business cases and visiting lectures. Moreover, the course also covers literature and theories relevant to decentralized energy systems: energy communities and prosumerism.

Learning Outcomes

After completion of the course the student should be able to:

1) Describe current energy market and its’ challenges.
2) View energy production and consumption as socio-technical system. Develop an understanding of the complexity of sustainability transitions and how it is influenced by energy policy. Critically analyze systemic change with the help of transition and innovation theories (multi-level perspective, strategic niche management, technological innovation systems.)
3) Recognize how energy industry can collaborate in order to innovate more sustainable and more inclusive businesses.
4) Understand relations, processes, organizations and dynamics of ‘co-provision’ / prosumerism.
5) Recognize and develop various business and financing models that can be used in energy business.