| 1. | Course Title | Support Schemes for Renewables and Energy Efficiency | |||||||||||
| 2. | Code | 4ФЕИТ09007 | |||||||||||
| 3. | Study program | 1-OIE, 3-EES,14-ESOR, 17-REEKS | |||||||||||
| 4. | Organizer of the study program (unit, institute, department) | Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies | |||||||||||
| 5. | Degree (first, second, third cycle) | Second cycle | |||||||||||
| 6. | Academic year/semester | I/1 | 7. | Number of ECTS credits | 6.00 | ||||||||
| 8. | Lecturer | Dr Vesna Borozan | |||||||||||
| 9. | Course Prerequisites | ||||||||||||
| 10. | Course Goals (acquired competencies):
Acquiring knowledge on the energy policy of the European Union (EU) and the Energy Community (EnC) with a focus on support schemes for Renewable Energy Sources (RES) and Energy Efficiency (EnE) and their effective implementation in EU and the Republic of North Macedonia. Developing skills for applicability assessment of different support schemes in dependence on the specific socio-economic conditions and the required results. |
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| 11. | Course Syllabus:
1. A need for support schemes for RES and EnE: Global trends in the energy field – energy resources and their exploitation, environment and climate change, security of energy supply, geopolitics vs development of RES technologies and new (intelligent) concepts of Power Systems (PS). 2. EU and EnC energy policy: Energy Union – the EU strategic document, Clean Energy for all Europeans – the EU legislative package, Grean Deal – the EU roadmap until 2040, Directives and Regulations for promotion of RES, Directives and Regulations for promotion of EnE, Obligations of the Republic of North Macedonia as a contracting party to the EnC Treaty, Strategies and Action Plans for promotion of RES and EnE in the Republic of North Macedonia. 3. Schemes for support of RES: Investment based subsidies; Tax based subsidies; Feed-in Tariffs; Feed-in Premium; Programs for participation/shareholding; Green Tariffs; Tendering System; Tradable Green Certificate System; Environmental Taxes; Voluntary Agreements. 4. Implementation and Results of support schemes for RES: Implementation and experiences in EU, Southeast Europe and Republic of North Macedonia. 5. Schemes for support of EnE: Environmental Taxes; Tax exemptions; Possible pass-down of costs to end users via suppliers; Possible pass-down into the wholesale electricity price; Investment based subsidies; White Tariffs; Preferential Loans; Sale of Kyoto units; Fiscal incentives financed via Government budget. 6. Implementation and Results of support schemes for EnE: Implementation and experiences in EU, Southeast Europe and Republic of North Macedonia. |
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| 12. | Learning methods:
Lecturing including presentations and simulations, interactions at classes, homework as well as project and independent work. |
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| 13. | Total number of course hours | 180 | |||||||||||
| 14. | Distribution of course hours | 3 + 3 | |||||||||||
| 15. | Forms of teaching | 15.1 | Lectures-theoretical teaching | 45 hours | |||||||||
| 15.2 | Exercises (laboratory, practice classes), seminars, teamwork | 45 hours | |||||||||||
| 16. | Other course activities | 16.1 | Projects, seminar papers | 30 hours | |||||||||
| 16.2 | Individual tasks | 30 hours | |||||||||||
| 16.3 | Homework and self-learning | 30 hours | |||||||||||
| 17. | Grading | ||||||||||||
| 17.1 | Exams | 40 points | |||||||||||
| 17.2 | Seminar work/project (presentation: written and oral) | 50 points | |||||||||||
| 17.3. | Activity and participation | 10 points | |||||||||||
| 17.4. | Final exam | 0 points | |||||||||||
| 18. | Grading criteria (points) | up to 50 points | 5 (five) (F) | ||||||||||
| from 51 to 60 points | 6 (six) (E) | ||||||||||||
| from 61 to 70 points | 7 (seven) (D) | ||||||||||||
| from 71 to 80 points | 8 (eight) (C) | ||||||||||||
| from 81 to 90 points | 9 (nine) (B) | ||||||||||||
| from 91 to 100 points | 10 (ten) (A) | ||||||||||||
| 19. | Conditions for acquiring teacher’s signature and for taking final exam | Regular attendance at classes/consultations | |||||||||||
| 20. | Forms of assessment | Test and presentation: written and oral | |||||||||||
| 21. | Language | Macedonian and English | |||||||||||
| 22. | Method of monitoring of teaching quality | Internal evaluation | |||||||||||
| 23. | Literature | ||||||||||||
| 23.1. | Required Literature | ||||||||||||
| No. | Author | Title | Publisher | Year | |||||||||
| 1. | V. Borozan, A. Krkoleva Mateska, P. Krstevski | Legal Framework of the Electricity Sector in the Republic of North Macedonia and its International Position | Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES), ноември 2020, ISBN 978-9989-109-96-6 | 2020 | |||||||||
| 2. | CEER | Key support elements of RES in Europe: Moving towards market integration | CEER, Brussels, 26 January 2016 | 2016 | |||||||||
| 3. | IEA | Energy Efficiency Governance | OECD/IEA | 2010 | |||||||||
| 23.2. | Additional Literature | ||||||||||||
| No. | Author | Title | Publisher | Year | |||||||||
| 1. | Energy Community Secretariat | Policy Guideline on Reform of the Support Schemes for Promotion of Energy from Renewable Sources | Energy Community Secretariat | 2015 | |||||||||
| 2. | Energy Community Secretariat and EBRD | Energy Efficiency Obligation Schemes: Policy guidelines | Energy Community Secretariat | 2019 | |||||||||
| 3. | Teaching materials, presentations, studies, reports, primary and secondary legislation, etc. | ||||||||||||
