This pre-recorded lecture by Henrik and Sven will give students an overview of energy systems, energy generation, energy use for sectors, stakeholders, dependencies, global to local, costs and sustainability effects, etc.

(Note that the focus here is a little more on timeless background knowledge and that the past year's events with electricity price increases and the war in Ukraine are not dealt with here but will come later in the course)

Recording of Part 1. overview of Energy Systems:

Part 2. Fossil Energy Sources

Part 3: Renewable Energy Sources

Part 4. Energy Carriers

Part 5. End Uses of Energy

Part 6. Strategic Life Cycle Analysis

Part 7. Summary and References

Slides for Lecture 1: Overview of Energy Systems

Required readings

An overview of energy systems (Coursebook Ch1).
Current global energy data (Key World Energy Statistics).
Current Swedish energy data (Energy in Sweden 2021 - an overview).

Additional voluntary readings

The lecture will lay out the key message and give explanations of key data and concepts. If you need more explanations to get an overview understanding of how various energy sources and energy uses work you can find most of this in the relevant chapters in the course book.