| Category | Assignment | Subject | Engineering |
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| University | Coventry University | Module Title | 7011EXQ Sustainable Energy |
| Word Count | 2500 Words |
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| Assessment Title | CW2 – Analysis of a national energy system |
| Academic Year | 2024-25 |
The purpose of this assignment is to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the Country's energy landscape with a focus on environmental sustainability and renewable energy integration, and develop a concept of how the country can further incorporate smart, clean, sustainable energy systems into its current energy system to assess the country's progress towards achieving sustainable energy goals. Each student will be allocated a separate country to analyse (Please check Aula for the instructions).
Students will analyse:
1. Country Overview:
a. Provide a brief overview of [Country]'s geographical location, population, economic profile, and energy demand trends.
b. Identify key energy sources currently utilised in [Country], including fossil fuels, renewables, and nuclear energy.
c. Current energy system, its energy mix, demand and supply, any exports.
2. Renewable energy potential
a. Assess the renewable energy potential of the country across various sources such as solar, wind, hydro, biomass, marine, tidal, nuclear, and geothermal. b. Assess what renewable and sustainable projects the government of the country has planned or is planning to deploy.
c. Utilise available data and analysis tools to estimate the technical, economic, and geographical feasibility of the project
d. Identify barriers and challenges hindering the widespread adoption e. Divide the section based on the sector:
i. Electricity generation sector
ii. Heating/cooling sector
iii. Transportation sector
3. Discuss the current characteristics of its electricity grid, and opportunities for decentralised and/or smart grid technologies
All your analysis and supporting statements must be submitted with the following characteristics:
1- Each student must submit their individual report evaluation of the country selected
2- The file format to be submitted must be the Microsoft Word document template provided, and it must be in MS Word format, e.g. .doc or .docx and not PDF
3- The document must be submitted via Aula, on the appropriate link on the designated date.
4- The document must not exceed a 2,500-word limit (Assignments that are more than 10% over the word limit will result in a deduction of 10% of the mark, i.e. a mark of 60% will lead to a reduction of 6% to 54%. The word limit includes quotations, but excludes the bibliography, reference list and numeric tables.)
5- You are expected to use Coventry University APA style for referencing, in-text citation and captioning of figures, images, graphs and tables (This includes the use of AI). For support and advice on this, students can contact Centre for Academic Writing (CAW).
6- The document must have:
a. A cover page with your name, student number, module, and assignment title
b. An AI disclaimer, with one of the 3 disclaimers, indicating the level of AI used:
i. No content generated by AI technology has been presented as my own work.
ii. I acknowledge the use of <insert AI tool(s)/link/date of access> to generate materials used for background research and self-study in the drafting of this assessment.
iii. I acknowledge the use of <insert AI tool(s)/link/date of access> to generate materials that were included within my final submission.
c. Describe the level of AI used:
i. Alongside acknowledgements, you should describe how the information or material was generated (including the prompts used), what the output was and how the output was changed by you. Examples are:
ii. The following prompts were input into <AI system>: <List prompt(s)>
iii. The output obtained was: <Paste the output generated by the AI system>
iv. The output was changed by me in the following ways: <explain the actions taken>
Report writing is a key skill for any project manager, as it demonstrates your ability to critically analyse a project and appropriately communicate it to the stakeholders at different knowledge levels. This will also aid you in developing the critical analysis and writing needed to highlight and summarise a project.
Your assignment will be marked by the module team
Provisional marks will be released once internally moderated.
Feedback will be provided by the module team alongside the grades release in Aula.
Your provisional marks and feedback should be available within 3 weeks (15 working days)
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Marking criteria for coursework |
Proportion of mark |
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1. Country Overview · Provide a brief overview of [Country]'s geographical location, population, economic profile, and energy demand trends. [5%] · Identify key energy sources currently utilized in [Country], including fossil fuels, renewables, and nuclear energy. [10%] · Current energy system, its energy mix, demand and supply, any exports. [10%] |
25% |
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Renewable energy potential · Assess the renewable energy potential of the country across various sources such as solar, wind, hydro, biomass, marine, tidal, nuclear, and geothermal. [5%] · Assess what renewable and sustainable projects does the government of the country has plan or is planning to deploy. [10%] |
35% |
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· Utilize available data and analysis tools to estimate the technical, economic, and geographical feasibility of the project. [15%] · Identify barriers and challenges hindering the widespread adoption [5%] |
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The electricity grid · A review of the country’s electricity grid is provided, along with a discussion of opportunities for decentralised/smart grid technologies. You should cover but not limited to: o Transmission and distribution lines o Does the country suffer from blackout/grey-outs? o It is a centralised or decentralised system? o How is the penetration of renewables? o Goes the country have storage? |
20% |
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Presentation · Clear, concise throughout and written in good, academic English. · Any figures/tables are clear, correctly labelled, with appropriate captions and citations. · The present energy mix is explained clearly, with a concise review of how the energy demand is met. · Cover page, justify text, AI disclaimer, references, in-text citation in the correct APA system |
10% |
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Units Correct units for the UK are used throughout, with 3 significant figures applied where appropriate. |
10% |
The Learning Outcomes for this module align to the marking criteria, which can be found at the end of this brief. Ensure you understand the marking criteria to ensure achievement of the assessment task. The following module learning outcomes are assessed in this task:
1. Analyse the role that renewable energy and energy efficiency play in supporting organisational adaptation to climate change
2. Evaluate the opportunities of renewable energy deployment for a given location/condition/use.
3. From an organisational perspective, discuss the benefits and disadvantages of renewable heat, power & transport, both in economic, social and environmental terms
4. Apply the principles of energy auditing and management methodologies to evaluate and improve an organisation’s energy performance
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Mark band |
Critical Analysis |
Relevant answer (Depth of knowledge and understanding |
Evidence |
Summary |
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90-100%
Distinction |
Flawlessly written, logical flow and narrative that interconnects the highest level of critical/comparative/analytical ideas. Evidence-based skills (references, graphs, photos, figures, and tables).
Demonstrating, where necessary, a thorough understanding of ideas, concepts, problems, and techniques. |
Perfectly formatted and structured responses and report, that addresses not just the focus of the assessment but the learning objective with clear connectivity between the critical analysis and the evidence found, in an innovative or creative manner. |
Extensive range of appropriately referenced and diversely source and reliable information, far from the generic national, regional, and local standards, and/or calculations, used of software, properly annotated maps, images, figures, and tables.
Evidence goes beyond the requested in the assessment brief. |
Overall, an exceptional work, flawless writing, and flow, with a well- defined narrative and report structured, and expertly referenced report that demonstrates the high level of understanding and critical analysis skills. |
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80-89% Distinction |
Excellently written, logical flow and narrative that interconnects a very high level of critical/comparative/analytical ideas.
Evidence-based skills (references, graphs, photos, figures, and tables). |
Excellent format and structured responses and report, that addresses not just the focus of the assessment but the learning objective with clear connectivity between the critical analysis and the evidence found, in an |
Broad range of appropriately referenced and diverse and reliable source information, far from the generic national, regional, and local standards, and/or calculations, used of software, properly annotated maps, images, figures, and tables. |
An Outstanding work, well- structured, and referenced report that demonstrates a high level of understanding and critical analysis skills. |
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Demonstrating, where necessary, a thorough understanding of ideas, concepts, problems, and techniques. |
innovative or creative manner. |
Evidence goes beyond the requested in the assessment brief. |
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70-79%
Distinction |
Very well written, logical flow and narrative that interconnects a high level of critical/comparative/analytical ideas. Evidence-based skills (references, graphs, photos, figures, and tables).
Demonstrating, where necessary, a thorough understanding of ideas, concepts, problems, and techniques. |
Very well formatted and structured responses and report, that addresses not just the focus of the assessment but the learning objective with clear connectivity between the critical analysis and the evidence found, in an innovative or creative manner. |
Wide range of appropriately referenced and diversely source information, far from the generic national, regional, and local standards, and/or calculations, used of software, properly annotated maps, images, figures, and tables.
Evidence goes beyond the requested in the assessment brief. |
A very good, appropriately structured, and referenced report, demonstrating a very good degree of understanding and critical analytic skills. |
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60-69% Merit |
Presents with a good and clear understanding of critical thinking and/or analysis.
Evidence-based skills are good but are not always interconnected in the flow or narrative of the report |
The core of the assessment or task has been addressed. However, the understanding of the objectives and concepts is good but not consistent |
Good range of evidence of appropriately referenced and diversely source information, far from the generic national, regional, and local standards, and/or calculations, used of software, properly annotated maps, images, figures, and tables. Correctly referenced in the main. |
The report demonstrates a good understanding of theories, concepts, methods, and issues with evidence of reading beyond the recommended minimum. Well organised and clearly written with a coherent structure |
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50-59% Pass |
Critical analysis or discussions are superficial and or limited, more descriptive than analytical. Writing lacks cohesiveness or consistency and does not show a proper narrative or flow. |
Report shows some understanding of the concepts and methods showed in class with minor mistakes in the writing of the critical analysis. |
While relevant sources have been used for the report. There is limited use of sources beyond the standard recommended materials. Referencing, images, figures, and tables are not always correctly presented |
The report demonstrates an acceptable understanding of some relevant theories, concepts, methods, and issues. However, the narrative and flow of the report is missing and suffering for irrelevant or generic information and the presence of some errors.
The report needs more clarity or understanding of the topics discussed in class, as well as more critical and evidence-based analysis. |
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40-49%
Pass |
The submission is acceptable, with minimal or no critical analysis, the report is overly descriptive and at times generic. The work demonstrates a basic understanding of relevant theories, concepts, issues, and methodologies. |
Report addresses most of the core objectives of the assessment, with some mistakes.
The structure and formatting of the report is inconsistent, and lacks clarity, flow and narrative. |
A limited range of relevant sources used without appropriate referencing.
Software or calculations has been presented in a limited manner and/or without connectivity to the critical analysis. |
Fair understanding of the theories, concepts and methods of the module and assessment. However, this was poorly presented, structured, and formatted in the report. The report needs proofreading to aid in minimising the grammatical and English mistakes. |
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<39% Fail |
The report demonstrates some understanding of the topics discussed in class, but this is largely descriptive with minimal or missing critical thinking or analysis. Missing all together. NO submission |
Report does not address or answer the assessment or tasks. Showing little to no understanding of the topic or learning objectives. Missing all together. |
Very limited range and use of relevant resources as supporting evidence. Missing all together. NO submission Irrelevant submission |
While some effort has been made for the submission. The level of understanding of the assessment and topics is poor.
The report is poorly structure and formatted, with little to no evidence (references, tables, images, etc.) and lacks flow and narrative. |
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Irrelevant submission |
NO submission Irrelevant submission |
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The report reflects a lack of comprehension or understanding of not just the assessment but of the module, leading to a well below standard assessment. |
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