Program Overview

Postgraduate Course: Marine Renewables and Society (IDCORE) (PGEE11095)

Course Outline

The University of Edinburgh's School of Engineering offers a postgraduate course, Marine Renewables and Society (IDCORE) (PGEE11095), which broadens students' understanding of the competing interests associated with marine real-estate and their impact on marine renewable energy developments.

Course Description

This course provides students with a detailed understanding of the societal issues surrounding the deployment, operation, and decommissioning of current and future offshore renewable energy technologies. The course covers topics such as:

• Introduction to marine resources
• Overview of marine users
• Marine governance, policy, and planning
• Overview of assessment mechanisms

Course Details

• Credit level: SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate)
• Course type: Placement
• Availability: Not available to visiting students
• SCQF Credits: 10
• ECTS Credits: 5

Learning Outcomes

Students will have a broad understanding of the competing interests associated with marine real-estate and how they impact the site selection, progress, and compromises enforced on marine renewable energy developments.

Course Structure

The course consists of the following topics:

• Overview of Marine Users:
  • Provides an understanding of various users of the marine environment
  • Discusses marine users past, present, and future
  • Discusses potential interactions between different users of the marine environment
  • Introduces Social License to Operate as a framework for understanding the relationship between marine industry and local communities
• Marine Governance, Policy, and Planning:
  • Sets up the global and local marine policy landscape for renewables
  • Provides an overview of management paradigms
  • Explores international, EU, UK, and Scottish regulatory requirements
• Overview of Assessment Mechanisms:
  • Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)
  • Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
  • Social Impact Assessment (SIA)

Assessment

• Written Exam: 0%
• Coursework: 100%
• Practical Exam: 0% The coursework consists of syndicate projects carried out during the week and presented to the class and teaching staff at the end, with a pass/fail criteria.

Learning and Teaching Activities

The course includes:

• Lecture Hours: 12
• Seminar/Tutorial Hours: 18
• Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours: 40
• Fieldwork Hours: 7
• External Visit Hours: 6
• Feedback/Feedforward Hours: 1
• Summative Assessment Hours: 8
• Revision Session Hours: 6
• Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours: 2
• Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours: 0

Keywords

• Offshore Renewable Energy
• Professional Doctorate
• Society
• Governance
• Marine
• Users
• Spatial
• Planning