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CODE 108136
ACADEMIC YEAR 2025/2026
CREDITS
SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR SECS-P/08
LANGUAGE English
TEACHING LOCATION
  • GENOVA
SEMESTER 2° Semester
MODULES Questo insegnamento è un modulo di:

OVERVIEW

The course aims to encourage students to learn the fundamental knowledge about the energy sector and the main business strategies connected to it.

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

This module analyzes key strategies for promoting environmental sustainability in the energy sector, including green innovation. These strategies will be examined in relation to the specific characteristics of different energy sub-sectors, providing students with a structured understanding of how companies compete and adapt while promoting sustainable practices in a dynamic and complex 
environment 

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

At the end of the course, students will be able to understand, apply, and work with the conceptual and practical tools acquired. Specifically, the intended learning outcomes are as follows:

  • Knowledge and understanding: Students will be able to identify the qualitative and quantitative aspects that characterize the energy sector at the international level and understand how it is evolving in light of sustainability-driven changes.

  • Applying knowledge and understanding: Students will be able to apply the acquired knowledge to analyze the most effective business strategies for developing sustainable energy-related ventures.

  • Independent judgment: Students should be able to use the acquired knowledge both conceptually and operationally, demonstrating independent evaluation skills and the ability to apply them in different contexts.

  • Communication skills: Students should acquire the technical language typical of the discipline in order to communicate clearly and unambiguously with specialists in the energy and sustainability sectors.

  • Learning skills: Students should develop adequate learning abilities that enable them to continue using the acquired tools in future related subjects.

PREREQUISITES

Fundamental knowledge of management.

TEACHING METHODS

The central part of the class is lectures, seminars (held by entrepreneurs and managers of the energy sector), and classroom work activities carried out directly by the students with the teacher's supervision.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

Introduction

  • Definition, meaning, and characteristics of a sector;
  • strategies of the firms;
  1. The energy sector
    • qualitative analysis;
    • quantitative analysis;
  2. The strategy of the energy sectors
    • the most common strategies used;
    • emerging path and new direction in terms of strategic perspective;
  3. Sustainability for energy sectors
    • the environmental change;
    • the sustainability  in general;
    • sustainability and energy sector.

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

LESSONS

LESSONS START

The central part of the class is lectures, seminars (held by entrepreneurs and managers of the energy sector), and classroom work activities carried out directly by the students with the teacher's supervision.

from February 2026

Timetable: see EasyAcademy.

Class schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

The exam will take place orally. However, if there are more than 20 students, the teacher reserves the right to have a first written test and a second subsequent oral evaluation for all those students who have reached the assessment of at least 18. Moreover, if the oral examination is preceded by the written one, it will involve a final evaluation which will be no more or less than three marks compared to the written grade.

 

ASSESSMENT METHODS

The exam will evaluate students' knowledge of the topics covered during the course and their ability to think and analyze the problems about main course issues.

Agenda 2030 - Sustainable Development Goals

Agenda 2030 - Sustainable Development Goals
Quality education
Quality education
Gender equality
Gender equality
Clean water and sanitation
Clean water and sanitation
Affordable and clean energy
Affordable and clean energy
Decent work and economic growth
Decent work and economic growth
Industry, innovation and infrastructure
Industry, innovation and infrastructure
Reduce inequality
Reduce inequality
Sustainable cities and communities
Sustainable cities and communities
Responbile consumption and production
Responbile consumption and production
Climate action
Climate action