RSM2122 Clean Energy: Policy
Context and Business Opportunities
Prof Kenneth S. Corts
This page
describes the current version of this course, which I have taught more or less
annually since 2016.
TARGET
AUDIENCE
This course
will be of interest to students interested in working in, consulting for,
investing in, or founding low-carbon energy and related cleantech businesses.
It will also be of interest to students with a general interest in following
ongoing developments in technology, policy, and news around the global response
to climate change.
COURSE
MISSION
At the end
of this course, you should have a broad familiarity with the functioning of a
variety of energy markets and be able to assess the business prospects of a firm
in an energy-related field with a deepened understanding of how the policy and
regulatory environments create business opportunities and shape the competitive
landscape.
COURSE
SCOPE
We will
discuss a variety of energy markets and businesses. I will bring an economics
and strategy perspective to the analysis, and nearly every day an executive
from a firm in these markets will join us to bring practical and topical
experience to bear on the subject. The course includes overviews of the
economics of policy interventions, the energy policy landscape, and the
institutional environment of modern quasi-deregulated energy markets. We then
consider different business models for commercialization of specific energy
technologies, examining specifically the businesses of our guest speakers, who
will span sectors including electricity, transportation, waste, and buildings
as well as technologies including wind, solar, biogas, hydrogen, energy
storage, electric vehicles, cogeneration, and others.
DAILY
SCHEDULE
· This daily schedule
gives detailed readings and topics for each day of the class in its most recent
offering.