Subject: Renewable Energies

1. Learn non renewable and renewable resources

2. Understand and compare the relation between the exploration rate and the use of energy resources regarding environmental sustainability.

3. The context of renewable energy resources and non renewable energy sources at a regional, national and global level.

4. Compare technologies, solutions and different uses of renewable energies.

5. Understand the social, economic and environmental impact of the use of renewable energies.

1. Energy resources and environmental, social and economic impacts

1.1 Fossil fuels

1.2 Renewable energy sources (in particular: solar thermal and photovoltaic energy, wind energy and hydropower).

2. The utilization of renewable energies

3. Renewable energy technologies and solutions

4. Regional, national and global commitments in order to increase the contribution of renewable energy into the energy mix;

5. Current context of renewable energies in Madeira Autonomous Region, in a national level and in the world.

 

Boyle, Godfrey; Renewable energy: Power for a Sustainable Future, 3rd edition, Oxford University Press University, 2012, 566 p.

 Burton, Tony; Sharpe, David; Jenkins, Nick; Bossanyi; Ervin: Wind Energy Handbook, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2001. ISBN: 0-471-48997-2.

Castro, Rui:Uma Introdução às Energias Renováveis ? Eólica, Fotovoltaica e Mini-hídrica, IST Press.

Collares-Pereira, Manuel: Energias Renováveis, A Opção Inadiável, SPES - Sociedade Portuguesa de Energia Solar, 1998. ISBN: 972-95854-3-1.

Duffie, John A.; Beckman, William A.: Solar engineering of thermal processes, New York, J. Wiley, 1991. ISBN: 0-471-51056-4.

 Gasch, R., Twele, J: Wind Power Plants, James & James, 2002, London. ISBN: 1-902916-37-9.

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Goswami, D.Yogi; Kreith, Frank (edited by):Handbook of Conservation and Renewable Energy, 1st Edition, CRC Press,  Boca Raton, May 2007. ISBN: 97808493173092015.

Kaltschmitt, Martin.; Streicher, Wolfgang.; Wiese, Andreas (Editors): Renewable Energy: Technology, Economics and Environment, Springer, 2007, 564 pages.

 Kreith, Frank: Principles of solar engineering, McGraw- Hill, Hemisphere Publishing Corporation, 1978. ISBN: 0-07-035476-6.

Jardim, António Manuel Ferreira da Silva: Contributo para a Divulgação das Energias - Convencionais, Renováveis e Alternativas, PUBLINDUSTRIA, 2012, 135 páginas. ISBN: 9789897230073.

Le Gourniérès, Désiré: Wind Power Plants - Theory and Design, 1982.ISBN: 0-08-029967-9.

Lopes, Marta.;  Antunes, Carlos Henggeler;  Janda, Kathryn B (Editors): Energy and Behaviour: Towards a Low Carbon Future, 1st Edition, Academic Press, 2019, 558 pages. eBook ISBN: 9780128185681.

Markvart, Thomas: Solar Electricity, 2nd Edition, Ed. John Wiley & Sons,  July 2000, 298 pages. ISBN: 978-0-471-98852-6.

Rosa, Aldo V.: Fundamentals of Renewable Energy Processes, Elsevier, 2005.

Twidell, John W.; Weir, T.: Renewable Energy Resources, Taylor & Francis, 2nd edition, 2006. ISBN-10: 0419253300.

Evaluation Methodology - Method: 2 practical tests + 2 reports + 1 overall frequency

2 practical tests (T1 (First part of the contents), T2 (Second part of the contents)) quoted for 20 values (each test corresponds to 15% of the final grade of the UC), that is, the sum of both minitests will correspond to a weight of 30% of the final grade (NF) of the UC;

2 reports to be carried out throughout the practical classes under the following method:

TG1: The corresponding weight in the final grade (NF) will be 20% of the final grade of the UC;

TG2: The corresponding weight in the final grade (NF) will be 20% of the final grade of the UC;

Global Frequency (FG) that will correspond to a weight of 30% in the final note of the UC.

 Formula for calculating the final classification:

Students who obtain a final classification of 10 values or more, on a scale from 0 to 20, are considered approved according to following equation:

Final Grade=  T1*0,15 + TG1*0,20 +T2*0,15 + TG2*0,20 + FG*0,30

In the special season exam:

Final Grade= Special Season Exam