Topic outline

  • General

    Welcome to the Course

    Renewable Energy is not sustainable just as it is, but we will need to take into account many aspects of circular economy to ensure that renewable energy we produce and store is sustainable. This is the focus on this course. You do not need to have previous knowledge of energy storage systems or circular economy (but they will be good background). The circular economy theory is then applied to different energy storage systems. Here we consider all circular economy layers, with the focus on the material design:

    K. Miettunen et al [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.128743]

    The whole course is fully online and can be taken also from other locations than from Finland. The theory sessions are online videos that all students can take a look at with their own timetable. The course includes individual 4 modules, where students view videos, search and read material and apply their learning to their own energy storage application. Additionally, there is a final project where you can select the application and you apply the theory yourself.   

    The course will begin with a pre-task that will be announced at 19th October and the final DL for all submission is 15th December. Though, the modules have individual DL, but if you will need flexibility for completing the tasks, please contact Neha.


    Module 0 During - 17.10 - 26.10

    Module A During - 26.10 - 4.11

    Module B During 5.11 - 16.11

    Module C During 16.11- 25.11

    Module D During - 25.11 - 8.12

    Final project DL 15.12 


    Warmly welcome,

    Neha, Annukka and Simon

    Course responsible teacher: Neha Garg (neha.garg@aalto.fi)