能源-基于化石燃料以及越来越多的可再生能源-是我们生存的重要组成部分。能源的成本，可获得性和有效利用已成为世界各国政府战略中日益关注的焦点，因为它们意识到当今大多数能源的“原材料”具有有限的寿命。<br>大型工业和小型家庭都依赖可靠的能源供应。能源不仅包括电力，还包括热量和运输。该程序将使您意识到能源需求与供应之间的关系，这种关系所包含的不仅仅是其技术内容。它涉及政治，经济和社会问题，必须在全球和地方范围内从能源供应，消费和可能产生的成本（从货币和环境角度而言）进行审视。
Energy – based on fossil fuels and, increasingly, renewables – is an essential component of our existence. The cost, availability and efficient utilisation of energy are increasingly strong focal points in the strategies of governments world-wide, as they realise that the 'raw material' for most of the energy used today has a finite life.<br>Large industries and small households alike depend on a reliable provision of energy. Energy includes not only electricity, but also heat and transportation. The programme will make you aware of the relationship between demand and supply of energy, a relationship that consists of much more than its technical component. It includes political, economic and social issues and has to be viewed on a global as well as a local scale with respect to energy provision, consumption and the costs it might incur – both in the monetary as well as environmental terms. We have seen countries go to war over energy supplies and we can see the effect of our energy consumption on the global climate. The concept of sustainable energy moves into focus as the finite nature of our main element in our current energy chain of supply – fossil fuel – becomes more obvious. The Paris Treaty is just one example of international and national policy actions which have subsequent implications for legislation affecting industries and communities. Both the MSc Energy and MSc Energy with Entrepreneurship are 1 year in length. The MSc Energy is also available part time by independent distance learning (IDL), typically over 2 or 3 years.