Numbering Code	G-ENE20 63172 LE28	Year/Term	2022 ・ Second semester
Number of Credits	2	Course Type	Lecture
Target Year	Master's students	Target Student
Language	English	Day/Period	Wed.1
Instructor name	UNESAKI HIRONOBU (Institute for Integrated Radiation and Nuclear Science Professor)
Outline and Purpose of the Course	Energy is dispensable for the welfare of humankind and sound development of social activities in the modern society. The stable supply of energy is influenced by circumstances of political issues and technological development. Based on the mid- to long-term forecast of energy supply and demand, various specific issues related to energy policy, including energy resources, environmental issues, trends in major countries, forecasts and predictions, will be discussed in this course.
Course Goals	To achieve ability - to describe various energy resources used in modern society from both natural and social science, - to describe the structure and objectives of energy policy of major countries including Japan, - to comprehensively understand energy statistics and other data and describe it with relation to world energy trends
Schedule and Contents	1. Overview of energy policy 2. Energy resource: characteristics, supply and demand (1) 3. Energy resource: characteristics, supply and demand (2) 4. Renewable energy: characteristics, policy implementation (1) 5. Renewable energy: characteristics, policy implementation (2) 6. Nuclear energy: characteristics, policy implementation (1) 7. Nuclear energy: characteristics, policy implementation (2) 8. Energy and environment 9. Energy efficiency and energy policy 10. Energy policy of Japan and major countries (1) 11. Energy policy of Japan and major countries (2) 12. Forecasts and outlooks of energy supply and demand (1) 13. Forecasts and outlooks of energy supply and demand (2) 14. Energy poverty, Energy and Water, recent topics 15. Summary
Evaluation Methods and Policy	By attendance (40%) and research presentation / final report (60%). Note: attendance to research presentation / submission of final report is not allowed in case of class attendance rate is less than 70%
Course Requirements	Students who have already taken 「エネルギー政策論」（3146000）(Spring Semester / in Japanese) are not allowed to take this class.
Study outside of Class (preparation and review)	Recent energy situation are extremely fluctuating and dynamic; attendees are recommended to collect up-todate information on energy policy and related topics.
Textbooks	Textbooks/References	Handouts will be distributed. Attendees are recommended to review their own countries' recent energy policy trends, as well as the IEA World Energy Outlook executive summary, which could be downloaded from IEA Web page.
References, etc.	Recommendation of related references (books, reports, journal papers etc) will be given during the class.