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EUREC MASTERS NEWSLETTER
ISSUE 22 – December 2015
Alumni Forum 2015
On behalf of the EUREC Alumni Network (EAN), I would like to extend my thanks to all
attendees of the 7th edition of the EUREC Alumni Forum.
The success of the event
strongly depends on your
participation and that of our
sponsors so we greatly
appreciate your attendance. We
hope that the entire Forum
experience was enjoyable and
that you are motivated to come
back again next year. For those
of you that could not make it to
Brussels this year we hope to see
you in 2016!
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join the LinkedIn group and
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with everything EAN related as well as to see
photos from this year’s event.
Congratulations again to the winners of the
Renewable Energy Quiz: Andreas Guenther,
Elma Rocio Cordova, Muhammad Asaad
Keilany, Jorge Lezaca and Bertrand Guillot.
Remember to collect your free ticket to the 8th
EUREC Alumni Forum by contacting the EAN
when next year event comes around.
Last but not least, we are always keen for new
volunteers to become involved with the EAN
to help out with the organisation and
coordination of various EAN activities. In
particular, the Forum is largely organised by
recent graduates and current students so we are
especially looking to this year’s new batch of
students! Of course we welcome volunteers
from all past years too! If you are interested
please get in touch by sending an e-mail
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I wish you all the best and look forward to seeing you next year!
Rory Quinn
On behalf of the EUREC Alumni Network
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European Master in Sustainable
Energy System Management
February 1st: Classes start at the
System Integration and Optimisation
specialisation
February 15th: Classes start at the
Sustainable Energy Management
specialisation
CONTENT
Edito: Alumni Forum 2015
Best projects 2014 in Oldenburg: Gourab Banerjee and Zeyad Yasser
Presentation Days 2015
Where are they now? Georges Kanaan and Jesus Enrique Cueva Lomas
Job ads
Events
o Starting Day 2015
o KnowRES recent events
o Graduation of the first class of Engineering Degree in Renewable Energy Engineering
at the engineering School of Eibar
o 4th International DHC+ Student Awards
o List of upcoming events
MASTERS AGENDA
Academic Year 2016/2017
January 15th: Opening of the application process for both Masters
European Master in Renewable Energy
Academic Year 2014/2015 December 15th and 16th
Presentation Days in Brussels
Academic Year 2015/2016 December 15th and 16th: Presentation Days in
Brussels
January 18th: Classes start at the PV
specialisation
February 2nd: Classes start at the Sustainable
Fuel Systems specialisation
February 8th : Classes start at the Wind, Grid
and Solar Thermal integration specialisations
February 15th: Classes start at the Ocean
specialisation
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BEST PROJECTS THESIS 2014: Oldenburg University
Gourab Banerjee: Investigation of trends and challenges for earth fault
protection in compensated grids
Motivation
Compensated grids are commonly used in Germany and Middle-Europe for
medium and high voltages. But these distribution grids are challenged by a
growing share of underground cables and grid extensions to integrate renewables.
There are majorly 2 types of changes in the distribution and sub-transmission networks i.e.
a) Replacement of overhead line with underground cable (in 110kV and 20kV level),
b) Grid extension for the integration of significant distributed generation.
Amongst various physical and technical challenges, one major technical issue for underground
cable is the significant capacitance value which increases the total capacitive earth fault current in
the network.
To avoid the costly splitting of grid areas, when safety limits are crossed, and to assign
compensation costs directly to the responsible installation the approach of decentralised
compensation was followed in this research.
Investigation and Results
It was started with the standard European benchmark network of medium voltage scheme i.e.
110kV/20kV with the given design data and load consumption scenario and it was designed with
the help of PowerFactory DIgSILENT simulation software. The load flow was verified and then
the Petersen coil was designed at every stage so that the capacitive earth fault current in single line
to ground fault condition can be compensated to a minimum. The different results achieved in
different study case is shown in Table – I.
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Observation
There is a significant decrease of zero
sequence resistance values from 120 mm2 to
500 mm2 which increases the value of
residual current with the increase of cable
length.
Cable capacitance increases with both the
increase of cable length and cable cross-
section which increases capacitive earth fault
current.
Conclusion
The shunt capacitance is quite proportional for
long or short cable whereas the major limitation
is with series impedance i.e. series resistance and inductance of the long cable.
The fault current compensation is limited wide extended grids using centralized compensation.
Decentralized compensation or network splitting could be required depending on the degree of
complexity and network reinforcement.
With the decentralized compensation method, the technical needs and costs can be assigned
directly to the responsible installation.
Acknowledgement
The master thesis was carried out working with Fraunhofer IWES. The work was partly supported
by the research project “NEDO” (FKZ 0325688) in the frame of the German research initiative
“Stromnetze”. The author is solely responsible for the content of this publication.
For detailed knowledge on this article, kindly refer “International ETG Congress 2015”
conference proceeding “Increasing the Limits of Grid Extension for Renewable Integration
through Decentralized Compensation” by G. Banerjee and W. Heckmann.
Zeyad Yasser: Short-Term Cloud Motion Forecasting System Using
Low Cost Fisheye Camera to Improve the Operation of CSP Plants.
Solar energy is expected to contribute a major share of the future global
energy supply. However, concentrated solar power (CSP) plants face
certain challenges related to the variable nature of solar resource and the
presence of clouds. Since clouds are the greatest factor involved in solar
radiation attenuation, it necessary to forecast clouds' motion to improve
CSP plants management and operation strategies.
Not only forecasting is essential for the operation but also for the security of CSP power plant’s
components. The main focus of my thesis is to develop a short-term cloud motion forecasting
system based on low cost fisheye camera.
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The thesis work is a part of the CSP-FoSyS project, which is a R&D (research and development)
project funded by the European Space Agency (ESA). Where TSK Flagsol GmbH (thesis host
organization) together with the German Aerospace center (DLR) cooperate in order to develop a
commercial product for weather and energy production forecast for CSP power plants. Project
description on the European Space Agency's website. The system is foreseen to be implemented at
“La Africana” CSP plant, which is a 50 MW parabolic trough power plant with 7.5 hours of
storage, located in Cordoba, Spain.
The general lay-out of the cloud motion forecast system
is based on the implementation of four low cost fisheye
cameras (commercial surveillance camera). Each camera
is located at one of the corners of the solar field, as
shown in figure 1.
Consecutives coloured images are captured by the fish
eye camera, the images are processed by a code
developed in MATLAB. Clouds are detected based on
the fundamental difference in scattering by clouds versus
clear sky. Then the clouds motion is tracked by applying
optical flow algorithm as shown in figure 2, to estimate
the clouds motion vectors which represent the clouds'
direction and velocity. The cloud motion is forecasted by extrapolating the estimated cloud
motion vectors.
During my thesis internship I managed to develop a different method for creating the forecasted
cloud map based on multiple mean vectors, which yields more accurate motion estimation and
outperforms the most commonly used method stated in the literature, which is based on global
vector.
Currently I am working as a R&D engineer at TSK Flagsol GmbH, where the first version of the
system is foreseen to be ready in 2016. Cloud motion forecasting systems will become a powerful
tool for improving the operation of CSP plants, as it provides valuable information of the
forecasted cloud's location.
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PRESENTATION DAYS 2015
On 15 and 16 December, 2014/2015 students will come to Brussels to present their project at the
Hotel Bloom. It will be followed by a cocktail reception on December 16th, at 17.30. If you want
to attend the presentations or join us for the cocktail, please send an email to Nathalie.
You can attend presentations that are not marked as confidential in the detailed agenda below:
15 December - Room 2
Time Name Project Title Jury (core/spe/third univ)
09:30 Amr Kamal Design of a Multi-Stage Fluidized Bed Heat
Recovery System for Themis Solar Tower
OB ST EDM
10:00 Jorge Enrique
Lezaca Galeano
Study of an extended correction algorithm for
Rotating Shadowband Irradiometers (RSI)
based on simultaneous thermal GHI
measurements CONFIDENTIAL
OB ST EDM
10:30 Aaron Podmore Toward low-cost solar heat for industrial
processes (SHIP): Prototype concentrator
characterisation
OB ST EDM
11:00 COFFEE BREAK
11:30 Tony Gebrayel Integration of filler materials in a one-tank
thermal storage system
EDM ST ZARA
12:00 Aloïs Salmon Influence of the atmosphere composition on
the solar resource
EDM ST ZARA
12:30 Maxime Jal Hybridisation of Concentrating Solar Power
Plants – Economic and Technical Assessment
Case Study for a Retrofit of a Biomass Facility
in Brazil
EDM ST ZARA
13:00 LUNCH BREAK
14:00 Francisco Jose
Santos Laureiro
STERG receiver LBO ST EDM
14:30 Fady Elsayed Suitability of different rock types for high
temperature thermal storage
LBO ST EDM
15:00 Maria Cerda Implementation and field test campaign for
pointing mechanisms of Heliostats used in CSP
tower-type plants CONFIDENTIAL
LBO ST EDM
15:30 COFFEE BREAK
16:00 Mehmet Bugra
Donmez
Short Term Energy Production Prediction on
Wind Turbine with Artificial
Neural Network Approach
LBO W HZ
16:30 Rafael Alvarez Investigating the use of additive manufacturing
to produce scale models for testing wind
turbine gearbox condition monitoring
techniques
LBO W HZ
17.00 Bereket
Tesfayohanne
Haile
Analysis of ventilated BIPVT air roof system HZ PV LBO
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15 December - Room 5
Time Name Project Title Jury (core/spe/third univ)
09:30 Juan Manuel
Espeche
Analysis of PV systems impact integrated to the
medium voltage grid
HZ GI LBO
10:00 Cesar Cuevas Short-term irradiance forecasts for PV plants,
based on satellite and sky imager retrievals: Case
study for the region of Jülich, Germany.
HZ GI LBO
10:30 Constantinos
Zervos
Cost effective optimization of energy for a hybrid
wind and pumped storage plant based on the
islanded grid of Crete.
HZ GI LBO
11:00 COFFEE BREAK
11:30 Anirudh Somnath Verification of Power Curve Working Group tool
for IEC 61400-12-1 (CDV)
HZ W GI
12:00 Rory Quinn An investigation into the effect of low induction
rotor (LIR) wind turbines on the levelised cost of
electricity (LCOE) for a 1GW offshore wind farm
HZ W GI
12:30 Horea Constantin
Giurgiu
Performance assessment of the LiDAR systems HZ W GI
13:00 LUNCH BREAK
14:00 Vinayak Bhat Assessment of Wind regime and Long Term
Energy Production of Wind Farms
CONFIDENTIAL + SKYPE
OB W PV
14:30 Jorge Steiner Analysis of the effect of wind turbine yaw
misalignment on the turbine wake path by lidar
wake tracking.
OB W PV
15:00 Dishant Mishra Impact Assessment of Renewable Purchase
Obligation (RPO) and allied policies on cost
scenario and recovery in Indian Wind Energy
Market SKYPE
OB W PV
15:30 COFFEE BREAK
16:00 Hassan Raza Recommendations for effective PV development
in Pakistan by analyzing existing policy
mechanisms and PV market challenges in
Pakistan
OB PV ZARA
16:30 Karim Habashy Development and Optimization of the Electrodes
and the Carrier Injection & Blocking Layers in
Perovskite based Solar Cells
OB PV ZARA
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16 December - Room 2
Time Name Project Title Jury (core/spe/third univ)
09:30 Felipe Gonzalez Feasibility study for the development of
renewable Energies in Tunja and San Andres
Island (Colombia) CONFIDENTIAL +
SKYPE
ZARA ST OE
10:00 Omar Mohamed Measurements of Two-Phase Flow Patterns in a
Linear Fresnel Collector Direct Steam Generation
with a Wire Mesh Sensor
ZARA ST OE
10:30 Damian Ponce Export limitation systems for the UK ZARA PV OE
11:00 COFFEE BREAK
11:30 François Fontanier Braking function for the CorPower Wave Energy
Converter in the linear damping configuration on
the 1:3.2 scale device
EDM OE OB
12:00 Clément Massenat Floating Offshore Wind Pilot Farm Development
CONFIDENTIAL
EDM OE OB
12:30 Matthieu Pettinotti A parameter mapping investigation for an
Oscillating Wave Surge Converter
CONFIDENTIAL
EDM OE OB
13:00 LUNCH BREAK
14:00 Meike Kühnel Energy Forecast for Mobile Photovoltaic Systems OB GI HZ
14:30 Oscar Camacho Techno-economic analysis on the effect of
different control strategies for residential PV
storage systems on a distribution grid.
OB GI HZ
15:00 Gayathri Prakash Investigation of a condition-monitoring approach
for wind turbine power converters based on
insulation resistance measurements
CONFIDENTIAL
OB GI HZ
15:30 COFFEE BREAK
16:00 Marie Péray A contribution to the EMODNET Medsea
Checkpoint Project: Development of a quality
assessment methodology and construction of a
database for the wind farming siting challenge
ZARA OE EDM
16:30 Mario Arranz Electricity Supply for the Lighting of a Tunnel in
Chile using Photovoltaic Panels with a Battery
Storage System
ZARA OE EDM
17:00 Stephane Belly Laboratory test, modelling and simulation of a
small wind turbine blade with Finite Element
Method
ZARA W EDM
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16 December - Room 5
Time Name Project Title Jury (core/spe/third univ)
09:30 Franck Pellecchia Development of numerical tools for
aerodynamic validation of wind turbine
models and analysis of 5MW and 8MW
turbines behaviour CONFIDENTIAL
EDM W HZ
10:00 Paul Romieu Adding intermittent renewable sources in
French Guiana beyond 30% of insertion rate
EDM PV HZ
10:30 Gustavo Izaguirre Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) and
Forecast Data Performance Assessment for
distributed photovoltaic generation connected
to a secondary distribution system within the
Nice Grid Project
EDM GI HZ
11:00 COFFEE BREAK
11:30 Marius Constantin Numerical modelling of wake losses within
and between offshore wind farms
LBO GI W
12:00 Oluwatobi
Babatunde
Assessing the impact of CFD terrain
corrections on lidar data at 1-second
resolution
LBO GI W
12:30 Faizan Khattak Techno-Economical analysis of Grid
Connected Household PV System with
Batteries
LBO GI W
13:00 LUNCH BREAK
14:00 Robert Monteith Feasibility Study for the Implementation of a
100% Renewable Electrical Grid for the
Island of Culebra, Puerto Rico
LBO OE ST
14:30 Daniel Petcovic Efficiency profiling, of differing seal and
piston combinations, in relation to the
WaveSpring phase control of a point
absorber type Wave Energy Converter
LBO OE ST
15:00 Karthik Yenduru Preliminary Design of a SrCO3/SrO Solar
Thermochemical Energy Storage Subsystem
LBO ST OE
15:30 COFFEE BREAK
16:00 Miguel Mananes Structural/Condition monitoring strategy for
wind turbine foundations of East Anglia One
offshore wind farm
HZ W LBO
16:30 Benjamin Rowlinson Wind Turbine Standstill Instability Analysis OB W LBO
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
Georges Kanaan, EUREC Master 2012/2013
Choosing the EUREC Master was clear to me as soon as I heard about it. At that time, I was
seeking a complementary educational degree which would allow me to invest in a career path that
our future and the future of our children urge for. Renewable energy is essential to our life on
earth.
The EUREC Master Degree is recognized within the European Union and gives access to a high-
quality education. I spent my first semester studying in Mines-ParisTech, one of the top ranked
“Grandes Ecoles” in France, and the second semester in Kassel University, in Germany.
On the third semester, I moved to Marburg within Germany, to pursue an internship in
photovoltaic solar energy by Wagner&Co Solartechnik GmbH, to which I first found interest on a
visit to the company during the second semester. Working in the export team allowed me to
develop an experience in the project development of worldwide solar PV projects. From
dimensioning, on-site measurements, technical feasibility studies and planning, to exchange with
manufacturers and clients, technical support and quotations. This internship allowed me to
develop my knowledge of the German language, which was essential for clients’ contact, but as
well, to use English, French and Arabic as the projects I worked on were in 20 different countries.
In March 2014, I started my first employment as a Research Engineer in the French Institute of
Solar Energy, a subsidiary of the Commission of Atomic Energy. This institute does not focus on
solar energy only as the name says, but on wind energy, ocean energy and electrical mobility as
well.
The research is mainly done for industrial
projects, which makes the core of the work
be based on innovative renewable energy
project ideas. I personally worked in the
electrical storage laboratory, on lithium ion
battery integration to renewable energy
systems.
On one hand, electrical storage has become
a necessity for our daily transport, since it
contributes to the replacement of
conventional fuel use with a zero emission
energy source. On the other hand, electricity provided by solar plants and wind farms has often
become subject to disconnection from the grid to ensure stability within the grid. In order to
balance production and demand, over-produced energy can be stored within battery packs for later
use.
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As part of a multidisciplinary team, I developed energy management systems for such
applications, managed tests on battery products and assisted to whole new world of projects.
Team work has also resulted in three patent submissions.
The first one is an innovative battery charge method, which allows a better control of battery life
and charge in cold weather. As many European countries are known for their cold weather,
charging a battery at low temperature weather conditions has a bad effect on its health. With a
couple of colleagues of mine, we tested different methods of battery charge under such conditions
and proposed a method which results were most effective that we had to patent the idea, lunch it
in a conference and will soon be publishing an article about it.
The second patent is an optimized method for energy recovery in solar photovoltaic systems
including battery storage. We find it most useful to first implement this method and test it on
street lamps and house window shades which use solar energy. As for future applications, it can
also be very useful in electric vehicles and electric airplanes.
The third patent is an energy management system that is to be applied on the first patent in
intermittent charge cases of photovoltaic systems and wind turbines.
Interesting enough to mention as well is my
participation in solar races. In the French
Institute of Solar Energy, we had two solar
racing models. Outside of the working hours, I
lead a team of young interns and engineers in
order to develop those vehicles, maintain them
and participate in solar races. We took place in
races within France and in Morocco. Lately, we
finished first in 'Chartres Solar Cup 2015' and
third in 'The Moroccan Solar Challenge 2015'.
Together with a PhD Student colleague of mine,
we have started an organisation called EM-Project (EM stands for Electric Mobility). Our goal is
to contribute to the development of the future mobility by globally re-thinking the way people
move and travel, by initiating young children to the importance of electric mobility and the
protection of our environment, and by developing a new electric car concept using advanced
technology, so that we see it participate in worldwide solar races and make it to the World Solar
Challenge in Australia.
For us, it is a big challenge, but fortunately we were able to launch the project rapidly as we
acquired partnership with four universities in the area. This has been allowing students from
different educational areas to contribute to the project and dedicate some of their most precious
education moments, internships and final projects, in the development of the future mobility.
And the adventure continues…
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Jesus Enrique Cueva Lomas, EUREC Master 2012/2013
It’s been almost 2 years since I finished EUREC’s European Master in
Renewable Energy and I can said that from that time to now, I haven’t
regretted the decision I took. During the last semester of EUREC’s
programme, I did an internship in an African research centre, Institut
International d'Ingénierie de l’Eau et de l’Environnement (2iE) in
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso; place where I worked as a research engineer,
studying several materials for thermal energy storage in a Concentrated
Solar Power (CSP) Plant that they were building at that time.
Because of my previous formation as Environmental Engineer, I was concerned about the
environmental impacts that my proposals could generate and depending on that, what could be a
sustainable and inclusive solution for the project.
It was because some lectures that I had in my specialisation (Solar thermal) with Professors
Xavier Py and Quentin Falcoz, that I started thinking about the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of
renewable energy projects as a way to determine the environmental impacts that some renewable
technologies could generate. It was noted from the professors that almost none research has been
made on the topic due to the fact that some of the projects haven’t reached their end of life.
After my master studies, I returned to my homeland, Guadalajara, Mexico; in which I found a
position as a research fellow in a prestigious University (Western Institute of Technology and
Higher Education - ITESO) and also, started working with an N.G.O. that works with sustainable
development projects in rural/vulnerable communities in Mexico.
As part of my work in the university, I’m now working on a “Material Library” (called in Spanish
“materioteca”) in which we assess, through a LCA studies of different materials, some of the
environmental footprints1 that a material generates from the raw material extraction to the final
disposition. Depending on what results suggest, we advise companies to adopt some measures to
reduce their environmental impact thorough the implementation of better production practices or
integration of cleaner technologies on the industry.
ITESO’s Materioteca
1 Environmental footprints are mainly related to specific impacts determined by different methods developed by the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Leiden University and The Stockholm Resilience Center.
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On the other hand, we also work, as part of a cooperation between the university and the N.G.O.,
with rural development projects in Mexican coast. Those projects include the creation of inclusive
sustainable development models that incorporate the adoption of some renewables (mainly low
temperature solar thermal) as a way to solve specific necessities of the people who lives on those
places (most of them live in extreme poverty).
Rural community of Jose Maria Morelos, Tomatlan, Mexico.
Thanks to the EUREC Master, I found that renewables can be applied on several places and for
any kind of people, as a way to reduce poverty and inequity. I didn’t just learned how to develop
technologies during the time that I studied the master (2012-2013) but also found that there are
lots of opportunities in the renewable industry, and if we really want to recognise them as a part of
a sustainable world, we must first realise that they have an impact not only on the environment but
among the people who will need them as a way to improve their life quality.
JOB ADS
New offer in the Job section of the Master website
Alumni and companies are warmly encouraged to publish job ads in the EUREC Master website:
please send the offer via email to Nathalie Richet.
PhD scholarship
Renewable Energy Engineer (solar CSP)
Solar PV Internship
Fellow – Solar Module Innovation
Construction Manager for wind farms
Internship opportunity in Belgium
Project Engineer (Wind) France
Solar PV Engineer India
Two job offers in Paris
Junior Project Manager
Renewable Energy Engineer (solar PV)
Solar PV Engineer
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EVENTS
Starting Day 2015
The EUREC Masters Starting Day was held
at the Hotel Bloom in Brussels on 1st
October. EUREC students received
information on EUREC and its role in the
Masters. Students had also the opportunity to
meet professors from the specialisations,
who presented their courses and replied to
their questions.
The EUREC Awards Ceremony took place
during the day. All EUREC Awards winners
came to present their projects and receive the
Awards. More information on the EUREC Awards 2015 winners and the respective projects is
available here.
The event concluded on a cocktail reception.
KnowRES recent events
Since last September, the Knowledge Centre for Renewable Energy Jobs organised 4 experts
meetings in major European conferences.
The experts meeting on the PV job market was organised during the 31st EUPVSEC in Hamburg.
The KnowRES report on the PV most
wanted profiles can be found on the
KnowRES website here:
http://www.knowres-jobs.eu/en/Jobs-
and-skills/Jobs-barometer/
In October, two other meetings were
held: one on the ocean energy sector,
and one on the small hydropower job
market. They were held respectively
during the Ocean Energy Europe
Conference 2015 in Dublin and during Hydro 2015 in Bordeaux. Sectoral reports on ocean and
small hydropower will soon be available on the KnowRES website. During the Energy
Convention 2015 in Groningen, which theme was ‘Energy revolution’, KnowRES organised an
experts meeting on transferability of skills to the Renewable Energy sector.
Bernard Delaney, HR Manager, Open Hydro, at OEE 2015
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During these experts meeting, KnowRES presents the results of the survey
research led in the sector, and experts from the industry and academia share
their perspectives on the status of the job market as well as on training
possibilities and future needs.
Students and job candidates also have the possibility to meet green jobs
recruiters to benefit from career tips and advice. During these 4 experts
meetings, 35 jobs candidates had individual interviews with recruiters.
If you want to participate to the KnowRES project, you can register in the
KnowRES database here:
http://www.knowres-jobs.eu/en/Candidates-and-Companies/Candidates-registration/
For more information on KnowRES, please contact Nathalie Richet.
Graduation of the first class of Engineering Degree in Renewable Energy
Engineering at the engineering School of Eibar
On Thursday, September 17th, at 18.00, in the Auditorium of the Educational Complex of Eibar,
the Industrial Engineering School of Eibar, held its ceremony to hand over the diplomas to the
students entitled during the 2014/2015 course. In this act, the first class belonging to the
Renewable Energy Engineering Grade was graduated. This degree is only taught in the state and
is highly respected.
The event was presided by the rector of the UPV/EHU, Iñaki Goirizelaia, the Counsellor of
Education, Linguistic Policy and Culture of the Basque Government, Cristina Uriarte, the mayor
of Eibar, Miguel de los Toyos, the director of the Engineering School of Eibar, Jose Ignacio San
Martin and the Dean of the College of Experts and Industrial Engineers of Gipuzkoa, Santiago
Berasain.
This Degree in Engineering Renewable Energy consists of four academic years (240 ECTS). In
the curriculum of this degree, the students have been trained for two courses in common to the
Energy Convention in Groningen, NL
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Industrial Engineering disciplines. Furthermore, considering technologies for renewable energies,
they have been taught in Bioenergy, Wind Energy, Hydro Energy, Solar Photovoltaic, Geothermal
and Solar Thermal, Automatic Regulation and Control Automation Systems Energy Conditioning
Electric Power, Instrumentation, Monitoring and Communications Energy Systems, Renewable
Energy Electrical Installations, Electronic Power Conversion Systems, Energy Efficiency, Project
Management, Solar Thermal Energy, Marine Energy, Electric Vehicles, etc.
Full data about this degree, in case additional information is needed, are available on the website
of the School.
4th International DHC+ Student Awards
You still have 2 months to apply for the
DHC+ Student Awards 2016!
The deadline is 20 January 2016.
The Awards are presented in recognition of students' outstanding contribution to the development,
growth and improved efficiency of District Heating and Cooling on a local, national or
international level.
Students who undertake research in the field of District Heating and Cooling, including
technological, environmental, social and legal aspects, can submit their research papers and try to
win the following prizes:
The top three applicants are invited to present their findings at the Euroheat & Power
Annual Conference held in conjunction with the 22. International trade fair and Congress
for Heating, Cooling and CHP (19-21 April 2016, Messe Frankfurt/Main, Germany)
Additionally, they are entitled to a publication in the International EuroHeat & Power
magazine
The first place winner receives a research contribution of EUR 1000!
Who can participate?
The competition is open to all students registered in an accredited institution of higher education
and pursuing Bachelor's, Master's or PhD degree. See Awards eligibility and assessment criteria.
How to apply?
It's easy! Just click here to start the application process. You will have to answer a couple of
questions and upload your research paper. Note that you can always resume your partial
application. Papers are only accepted in English. No more than 8 pages allowed.
Any questions? Please contact DHC+.
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Upcoming events
Title RE sector Date Place Conference Website
SESyM Steering
Committee meeting
All 14
December
Brussels,
Belgium
European Master in
Renewable Energy
Presentation Days 2015
All 15-16
December
Brussels,
Belgium
www.master.eurec.be
European Master in
Renewable Energy Steering
Committee meeting
All 1-2
February
Newcastle, UK
Young researchers
conference
Energy
efficiency
and biomass
24-25
February
Wels, Austria http://www.wsed.at/en/programm
e/young-researchers-conference-
energy-efficiency-biomass/
GeoTHERM Geothermal 25-26
February
Offenburg,
Germany
http://www.geotherm-
offenburg.de/fr/geotherm_salon_c
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