1. March 31: Sustainable Energy_The Engine of sustainable Development; Estimation and Evaluation of Energy of Energy Resources, Ethanol in Brazil and Nigeria, China and Russia in Gas Acquisition, Mideast pipelines, Latin America Oil and Debt, Hugo Evo and Raffael.

2. April 2. Energy Conversion Factors, Overall Coal to Electricity conversion, Remaining Fossil Fuel Resources, Consuming the world’s Oil, Oil Prediction Models, Effect on World Prices, OPEC Data on Oil, Iraq Iran Nigeria , Venezuela, Energy conversion thermodynamics, Entropy, Molier Diagram, Carnot diagrams, Engine designs and efficiencies.

3. April 7: Gerry Chablis Talk slides on Course site

4. April 9: Homework I, Latest UN Report on Climate Change, Sources of Air Pollution, Effects on health  -  Global warming, Modeling the effects of CO2 emissions, Long term effects of ocean currents, Prediction accuracy, Abatement strategies, Current events in energy issues, Student research Projects

5. April 14: Gerry Chablis Talk part 2

5a. April 16: Energy systems and Sustainability, Challenges, Distribution and growth, Sustainability interactions, Stiglitz on Why Markets Misbehave, Stiglitz and South America, No gas OPEC… yet, No war on Iran .. yet, No nukes in Mid East? .... Aaron Guillion on Peak Oil

6. April 21: Answers to Homework 1, Fossil Fuels, Definition of Atomic Number – weight, Gross comparisons, Fuel Properties, Remaining resources depletion calculations, Coal Gasification chemical equations, Fuel Cells performance, Nuclear Power, Cost comparison of fuel products, Homework 2 & 3, Midterm Presentation Schedule.

Sri Lanka Renewable Power Project- Phase I

7. April 23: Homework #3 last year, Update on world events in Energy and Politics, Nuclear Energy review, Megatons to Megawatts, N. Korea’s proposed reactor, $$$ for Fusion research .... Connecting renewables to the Grid

8. April 25: Iran Nuclear Agreement near?, Umaru Yar’Adua new Nigerian President, Four international oil companies agree to Venezuela control, Gazprom dealing in Kyoto Carbon Credits, Renewable Energy and Processes, Types and Sources, Worldwide Resource Bases, Photosynthesis, Biomass Production, Processes, Potential World Production, United States Biomass, Biomass Properties, Eucalyptus, Trace Elements from Wood boilers,Useful Conversion constants, US Plants installed, Hawaii Vermont Gasifiers 150 MWe power plant in South Dakota, Anaerobic digestion for Biogas, Chinese India Anaerobic Digesters, Hydrolysis and fermentation of cellulose, Ethanol Fermentation Acreage, Environmental Crop Management

Student Presentations '07: ... (OPEC) ... (Hydro, Wind & Nuclear) ... ( Brazil Biomass)

Student Presentations "08 ...Energy For Kansas ... Solar Power for Germany ... Ethanol in Brazil

9. April 30: Update on Energy Geopolitics, More on Eucalyptus, Homework 4, Geothermal Power Development

Student Presentations '07 ... ( Kazakhstan) ... (International Biodiesel) ... (Solar Buildings)

Student Presentations '08 ... Large and Small Scale Wind Power ... China’s Programs in Sustainable Energy ... Energy in Rural Alaska ... The Role of HydroPower

10. May 5 Homework 2 Solutions, Hydro Power,

Student Presentations '08 ...Wind Energy and Hydro-Storage ... Bhutan’s Energy Needs ... European Initiatives ... World Sugar Cane Biofuel Trade

Student Presentations '07... (Africa Energy Strategies) ... (Powering N. Africa small Communities) ... ( Wind farm Grid Integrtion)

11. May 7: Update on International Developments, Overview of Solar Energy

Supplement on Deforestation

Student Presentations '08 ... Solar Energy Technologies... Tidal Energy in Oregon and Argentina ... Sugar Cane Biodeisel, Brazil & Asia ... Sustainable Energy in China ... Finland's National Energy Systems

Student Presentations '07 ... ( Distributed Systems) ... (International Biofuel)

12. May12: Updates on Events, Ocean and Tidal Energy, Homework # 5

Student Presentations '08 ... Connecting Renewables to the Grid (2) ... Investing in Busses ... Nuclear Power in China

Student Presentations '07... ( Ocean Energy ) ...( Public Transportation ) ... (Brazil Biofuels)

13. May 14: Wind Power Overview, Suggestions for further Analysis

Student Presentations '07... (Bangladesh Power) ... (Wind Power Economics) ... (Carbon Sequestration)

14. May 19: Update on Energy Events, Homework 5 Solutions, Storage, Transportation and Distribution of Energy, Final Presentation Schedule

15. May 21: Answers to Homework 5, Russia and the Energy Markets, The Electric Power Sector Chapter 17, Transportation Sector Chapter 18

PhD Student Presentation on Energy Markets, Mei Peng

16. May 28 : Chapter 18 Transportation Sector, Chapter 19 Industry Sector, Chapter 20 Buildings, Chapter 21 Complex Systems, Chapter 22 Choosing Options

Student Presentations '08 ... Aaron’s Trains and Busses ... Finland ... Kansas ... Alaska ... Germany vs US Solar ... International Carbon Trading

17. May 30 Schedules of End Quarter Presentations, Energy use in Buildings, National and International Decision Making, Sustainability & Millennium Goals, Future Worlds

18. June 2: Student Presentations '08 ... International Bio Fuel ...Bio Fuel Trade in Latin America ... Wind Energy and Hydro Storage ... Solar Energy ... Hydro Power and Sustainable Energy ... Carbon Issues at PSU

Student Presentations '07 ... (OPEC Profits and Goals) ...(Ukraine Power & Pipelines) ... ( Kazakhstan Geopolitics) ... (Sustainable Biodeisel Farming) ... (Efficient Buildings)

18. June 4: Student Presentations '07 ... (African Energy Investment) ... (Morocco Energy Plans) ... (Wind Generation and Hydro Storage) ... (Small-scale Systems)

Student Presentations "08 ... Bhutan Energy ... Bio Deisel in Brazil and Asia ... China's Nuclear Program & the IAEA... China's Sustainable Energy(1) ... China Sustainable Energy(2) ... Future Energy for the US

19. June 6: Student Presentations '07 ... (Biomass: Energy of the future) ... (Ocean Energy and Carbon Sink) ... (Carbon Sequestration Credits & Debts) ... (Public Transit) ... (Bangladesh Rural Power)

Final Reports '08 : ... U.S. Transportation Investments ... Sustainable Energy for Finland... Sustainable Energy for Kansas ... Sustainable Energy for Alaska ... Sustainable Energy for Bhutan ... Germany's Solar Program vs U.S. ... European Sustainability Initiatives and Carbon Trading ... Bio Fuel Trade in Latin America ... International Bio Fuel Trade ... Bio Diesel in Brazil and Asia ... U.S Gas Consumption and Transportation Initiatives ... Wind Energy and Hydro Storage ... Initiatives in Solar Power in India ... Hydro Power and Sustainable Energies ... China's Nuclear Power and the IAEA ... China's Sustainable Energy Programs ... China's Sustainable Energy Programs and the Kyoto Agreements... Integrating Sustainable Energy into the Grid