Renewable Energies

Know and understand the different forms of renewable energies used in human activities, the techniques used in their transformation and their final uses, understanding them as a transition process and basic premise for the maintenance of the current technological society.
Integrate this knowledge into the complex framework of decarbonization and climate change.
Know, understand and know how to apply energy management and efficiency initiatives to their economic, social and environmental aspects.
With respect to the subject Renewable energies, the student will demonstrate:
- Be able to recognize the transversal knowledge previously acquired in other subjects of the degree and use it when analyzing the operation of thermal machines, energy conversion, transport and storage studies, and the easy use of units and scales of common energy use. .
- Have skills in certain calculation techniques and problem-solving algorithms in an area as diverse as renewable energies.
- Be able to prepare and defend work in the field of energy in the complex framework of sustainability and climate change.
- Know how to apply the knowledge acquired to address the energy needs of any productive sector depending on the technical, economic, social and environmental circumstances involved.

THEORETICAL CONTENTS

TOPIC 1. Introduction. Energy and society: energy doubt in today's technological society, sustainability. Introduction to energy technology.
TOPIC 2. Bases in energy. Units and scales of energy use. Types of energy and thermal machines.
TOPIC 3. Fundamentals of energy conversion, transfer and storage. Supercapacitors. Electrochemical batteries. Fuel cells. Hydrogen technology.
TOPIC 4. Energy sources. Solar energy (photovoltaic and thermal), fossil fuels, biomass, wind (onshore and offshore), hydraulic energy, ocean energy (tidal energy, tidal energy and wave power), geothermal energy and nuclear energy (fusion, fission, reactors and security) .
Topic 5. Electrical energy management in industry: a brief vision of the electrical system and the national market. The new renewables: the European Green Deal.
TOPIC 6. Energy and the environment. Decarbonization processes and Problems associated with energy production. Climate change.

PRACTICAL CONTENT

Depending on financial resources, have the possibility of carrying out technical visits to facilities and/or developing a comprehensive energy improvement project for facilities of varied use (residential, institutional or industrial).

Basic bibliography:
R L. Jaffe, W. Taylor The Physics of Energy. Cambridge University Press 2018
Colmenar Santos, J. A. Carta González, R. Calero Pérez, M. A. Castro Gil, E. Collado Fernández, Centrales de energías renovables: generación eléctrica con energías renovables, PEARSON EDUCACIÓN S.A., 2013
M. Stutzmann, C. Csoklich, The Physics of Renewable Energy, Springer 2022
Vicente Bermúdez. Tecnología energética. UNIVERSITAT POLITECNICA DE VALENCIA SERV. PUBL. 2000
Antonio Madrid. Energías Renovables: Fundamentos, Tecnología y Aplicaciones. AMV Ediciones 2009
Jaime González Velasco. Energías Renovables. Editorial Reverté 2009
J.M. Escudero López. Manual de Energía Eólica. Ediciones Mundi-Prensa 2008
Fernández Salgado, J.M., Gallardo Rodríguez, V. Energía solar térmica en la edificación. AMV Ediciones 2004

Complementary bibliography:
Vieira da Rosa, J. C Ordoñez Fundamentals of Renewable Energy Processes, Academic Press, 2022
E. A. Moore, Explaining Renewable Energy, CRC Press, 2023
M. Villarubia Lopez, Ingeniería de la Energía Eólica, Ed. Marcombo 2012
Jaime González Velasco Energías renovables. Editorial Reverté. 2009. Barcelona.
David A. Coley. Energy and Climate Change. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2008. England.

BASIC AND GENERAL
CG3 - Knowledge in basic and technological subjects, which enables them to learn new methods and theories, and gives them the versatility to adapt to new situations.
CG5 - Knowledge for carrying out measurements, calculations, evaluations, appraisals, surveys, studies, reports, work plans and other similar work.
CB2 - That students know how to apply their knowledge to their work or vocation in a professional way and possess the skills that are usually demonstrated through the elaboration and defense of arguments and the resolution of problems within their area of study.
TRANSVERSAL
CT1 - Analysis and synthesis capacity
CT4 - Ability to work in a team
CT5 - Demonstrate ethical commitment
CT8 - Ability to use information and communication technologies
CT15 - Ability for oral and written communication
SPECIFIC
CEOP11 - Knowledge and skills that allow understanding, analyzing, exploiting, and managing the different renewable energy sources.

In the theory classes (24 hours) the theoretical concepts established in the subject program are explained, trying to follow a methodology that facilitates the acquisition of knowledge by the students.
The active participation of the students will be sought.
In the seminar classes (12 hours) issues and problems related to the subject explained in the theoretical classes will be analyzed and discussed, which can be done individually or in groups.
Individual tutorials will be carried out to clarify problems and questions of each student, as well as tutorials in the classrooms in small groups (3 hours) where the understanding and difficulties that the students have had regarding the different knowledge acquired will be monitored, trying to resolve all the doubts and problems that have arisen. Tasks for reflection and application to real-life industrial sectors will also be proposed.
In the practices (12 hours), with mandatory attendance, an attempt will be made to organize technical visits to emblematic facilities in the city of Lugo based on budget availability and/or projects or reviews will be developed to improve the energy status of facilities for various uses. .
The virtual campus will be used to upload various contents and proposals for work to be carried out by the student.

The evaluation of the subject will be continuous and will be made up of a combination of elements, indicating the weighting of each one on the final grade (1st parenthesis) and the competencies evaluated (2nd parenthesis):
- Written multiple choice test for knowledge acquisition (25%) (CB2, CG3, CG5, CT1, CT15, CEOP11).
- Internships (25%) (CB2, CG3, CG5, CT1, CT4, CT5, CT8, CT15, CEOP11). The practice report that each group must complete and defend orally is evaluated. Attendance is considered mandatory for 100% of the hours and will be a requirement to pass this section.
- Participation in class and activities carried out in the classroom (10%) (CB2, CG3, CG5, CT1, CT4, CT15, CEOP11).
- Completion of a final project, which will be presented orally in the classroom (40%) (CB2, CG3, CG5, CT1, CT5, CT8, CT15, CEOP11). The work may be individual or in groups of two people depending on its content.

To pass the subject it is required that the sum of the scores achieved in the four previous elements be greater than or equal to 5.

If any of the above requirements are not met, the student may take an exam (100% assessment) in the first call and if they do not pass it, they may take another exam in the second call. The grade obtained in these exams will be the one that the student obtains as the final grade in the learning evaluation process.

Students who did not take the exam or submit to the evaluation of any other mandatory activity will be graded as not presented.

All the student's tasks (study, work, readings) will be guided by the academic staff in tutorials that may be in person or carried out through the USC-virtual media.

In all cases, the tools available in the USC-virtual will be used to provide students with the material necessary for the development of the subject (presentations, notes, supporting texts, bibliography, videos, etc.) and to establish communication fluid teacher-student.

In cases of fraudulent completion of exercises or tests, the provisions of the “Regulations for evaluating the academic performance of students and reviewing grades” will apply: "Article 16. Fraudulent performance of exercises or tests.
The fraudulent completion of any exercise or test required in the evaluation of a subject will imply a failing grade in the corresponding call, regardless of the disciplinary process that may be followed against the offending student. “It is considered fraudulent, among other things, to carry out works that are plagiarized or obtained from sources accessible to the public without reworking or reinterpretation and without citations to the authors and sources.”

Contact hours: 51
Expository classes: 24
Interactive seminar: 12
Interactive Laboratory: 12
Tutorials: 3
Student Work ECTS: 99

Total HOURS: 150

To monitor and understand the contents of the subject, students must spend 48 hours for expository teaching, 28 hours for carrying out the proposed work (newsletters, virtual campus and practical report), 3 hours for group tutorials . 16 hours will be necessary to prepare for the exam and 4 hours to complete it.

It is recommended to attend classes and actively participate in them.
Attend tutorials to resolve doubts, especially those associated with the various activities proposed by the teachers.
Work in a group from the first day on each and every point (theoretical study, resolution of problems and questions, activities, etc.).
Use the bibliography proposed by the teachers.

The subject will be taught in Spanish and Galician.
Likewise, a basic knowledge of English would be recommended.
It would also be advisable to have a user-level knowledge of computer science to become familiar with new technologies when providing quality to public oral presentations, data processing programs to analyze the data obtained in laboratory work, and Internet navigation to have the most direct and fastest access to as much information as possible.