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Ε7217 - MINERAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY TRANSITION


  

Hours per Week

   

Semester:

7th

- Lecturing:

2

ECTS:

4

Course Type:

Elective

- Practical
Exersices:

-

Prerequisites:

-

Course Code:

E7217

- Laboratory
Exersices:

2

Expected
Prior Knowlegde:

Y2202
Y3202
Y4203
Y3201

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Total Hours of
Fieldwork Excersice:

-

 

 


Course Content

The course focuses on energy mineral resources (EFR), their environmental properties and their role in the Energy Transition. Exploration and exploitation of natural resources is a main field for geologists.

Introduction to international energy resources. What is the situation in Greece. Definitions and terminology; Energy Raw Materials and Energy Metals. Energy Transition and zero CO2 balance; Energy raw materials and changes in the exploitation of mineral resources after the Energy Transition; Coal. Coal exploration. Lignite genesis in Greece. Inorganic & organic constituents in coals. Gases in coal. Desulfurization. CCS technologies. Composition & evaluation of sterile materials and coal-burning by-products; Hydrocarbons. Structure of oil industry. Oil Genesis and migration. Geological features of oil basins. Reservoirs of oil and gas. Hydrocarbon exploration in Greece. Shale-derived oil and gas. Oil sands; Deposits and exploitation of radioactive ores - Occurrences of radioactive minerals in Greece; Exploration, evaluation and exploitation of geothermal fields. Geochemistry of geothermal fluids. Geothermal energy in Greece; Large and small hydroelectric projects and reservoirs; The role of Geology in the energy utilization of Biomass; Blue, brown and green hydrogen – Fuel cells; Requirements of Renewable Energy Sources in Mineral Raw Materials; The geology of energy metal deposits; Environmental issues of Renewable Energy Resources and social acceptance.


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