Renewable and Sustainable Energy Policy

Program overview

This course takes a case study approach to look at policy innovation that supports efforts to decrease the carbon intensity in the energy sector. Participants will explore policy strategies for wind energy, solar energy, and other renewable energy sources.

Topics include global energy strategy, the transition away from fossil fuels toward renewable energy source, distributed energy generation and transportation de-carbonization efforts.

Location

In-person

Language

English

Duration

3 Days

Program Start

April 30, 2024

Program End

May 2, 2024

Who Should Attend?

Professionals working on renewable and sustainability policy

This program is designed for professionals with responsibilities related to the strategy and policy of renewable and sustainability energy.

Proficiency of written and spoken English

The program will be delivered in English. Applicants should be proficient in written and spoken English.

Faculty

Professor Stratos Pistikopoulos

Efstratios N. (Stratos) Pistikopoulos is a distinguished research professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering at Texas A&M University, as well as the director of the Texas A&M Energy Institute. From 1991-2015, he was a professor for chemical engineering at Imperial College, where he pioneered multi-parametric programming and invented the concept of explicit or multi-parametric model predictive control. He has authored and co/authored more than 350 peer reviewed journal articles, authored and/or edited 9 books and has been an invited speaker to many academic conferences and lectures, including the 21st Professor Roger W. H. Sargent lecture at Imperial College London (held on 4 December 2014) entitled "Multi-Parametric Programming & Control 25 years later: what is next?". Additionally, Pistikopoulos has been elected a fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2013.

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