Renewable Energies (2500240) – Course 2025/26 PDF
Syllabus
Learning Objectives
Description of the use of energy and clean technologies in a context of global change and sustainability. Next, the technological bases, design, exploitation and maintenance of renewable energy facilities will be considered: hydraulic, solar (passive, thermal or photovoltaic), wind, tidal, wave, biomass, geothermal, etc. 1. Understand the operation of the different renewable energy production systems. 2. Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of the different energy production systems. Renewable energy. The technological, design, exploitation and maintenance bases of renewable energy facilities will be considered: hydraulic, solar (passive, thermal or photovoltaic), wind, tidal, wave, biomass, etc.
Competencies
Especific
Apply the methodologies of studies and evaluations of environmental impact and, in general, of environmental technologies, sustainability and waste treatment and of the management of international standards of environmental quality. Life cycle analysis, carbon footprint and water footprint and assess natural hazards (river, coastal floods, droughts, fires, soil erosion and landslides).
Identify renewable energy generation techniques and energy transition concept.
Generic
Identify, formulate and solve problems related to environmental engineering.
Apply the functions of consulting, analysis, design, calculation, project, construction, maintenance, conservation and exploitation of any action in the territory in the field of environmental engineering.
To use in any action in the territory proven methods and accredited technologies, in order to achieve the greatest efficiency respect for the environment and the protection of the safety and health of workers and users.
Apply the necessary legislation during the professional practice of environmental engineering.
Apply business management techniques and labor legislation.
Total hours of student work
| Hours | Percentage | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Supervised Learning | Large group | 45h | 75.00 % | |
| Laboratory classes | 15h | 25.00 % | ||
| Self Study | 90h | |||
Teaching Methodology
The subject consists of 4 face-to-face hours in the classroom, divided into two sessions of 2 hours each. Part of the teaching hours are dedicated to theoretical classes, in which the teachers explain the basic concepts and materials of the subject and present examples. The rest of the time is spent solving problems with greater interaction with the students. Practical exercises are carried out in order to consolidate the general and specific learning objectives. Support material in the form of a detailed teaching plan is provided using the virtual campus ATENEA: content, program of learning and assessment activities conducted and literature. Although most of the sessions will be given in the language indicated, sessions supported by other occasional guest experts may be held in other languages.
Grading Rules
The evaluation calendar and grading rules will be approved before the start of the course.
The subject will be assessed through two partial exams in addition to the practical work, which will have a weight of 50% in the final grade. The rating of the practices is the average of the activities of this type. There will be five. The assessment tests consist of a part with questions about concepts associated with the learning objectives of the subject in terms of knowledge or understanding, and a set of application exercises. Final mark = 0.1*(5 assignments)+0.25*Exam 1+0.25* Exam 2. Re-assessment (RE) Qualification and admission criteria for reassessment (Re): Students who have failed the ordinary evaluation and who have regularly taken the evaluation tests of the failed subject will have the option of taking a re-evaluation test in the period set in the academic calendar. Students who have already passed, or students rated as not submitted or who have not handed in all the exercises/problems (Pr) and the papers and reports (Tr) may not take the reassessment test of a subject. The reassessment (RE) will consist of a single exam that covers all the content of the course. The maximum grade for the reassessment will be five (5.0) and the final grade for the course will be the maximum grade between the ordinary assessment and the reassessment exam, that is, MAX(EO/RE). The non-attendance of a student summoned to the re-evaluation test, held in the set period, may not lead to another test at a later date. Extraordinary evaluations will be carried out for those students who, due to accredited force majeure, have not been able to take any of the continuous evaluation tests. These tests must be authorized by the corresponding head of studies, at the request of the professor responsible for the subject, and will be carried out within the corresponding school period.
Test Rules
If any of the laboratory or continuous assessment activities are not carried out in the scheduled period, it will be considered a zero score. The tests will be carried out individually, with multiple choice questions that can be theoretical or problem type questions. The exams can include short questions to be developed by the students and exercises to be solved.
Office Hours
Students will be attended by appointment.
Bibliography
Basic
- Banks, D. An introduction to thermogeology : ground source heating and cooling. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, 2008. ISBN 9781405170611.
- Cuesta, L.; Vallarino, E. Aprovechamientos hidroeléctricos. Madrid: Colegio de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos, 2000. ISBN 9788438001691.
- Flotats, X. y Feliu, A. Los gases renovables. Un vector energético emergente. Fundación Naturgy, 2019. ISBN 9788409152704.
- Manwell, J.F.; McGowan, J.G.; Rogers, A.L. Wind Enery Explained: Theory, Design and Application. 2nd ed. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, 2010. ISBN 2009.
- Smets, A...[et al]. Solar energy : the physics and engineering of photovoltaic conversion, technologies and systems. Cambridge: UIT Cambridge, 2016. ISBN 9781906860325.
- Neill, S. P.; Hashemi, M. R. Fundamentals of ocean renewable energy : generating electricity from the sea. London: Academic Press, 2018. ISBN 9780128104491.