Renewable and Alternative Energies (2014)
Diagrama de temas
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Teaching Faculty
Pablo Castro AlonsoDepartment of Electrical and Energy Engineering
The course Renewable and Alternative Energies describes the main renewable resources currently used and their technical applications as sources of thermal energy and electricity. Today, renewable energies are also seen as tools for addressing many other pressing needs, including: improving energy security; reducing the environmental impacts associated with fossil and nuclear energy; mitigating greenhouse gas emissions; improving educational opportunities and creating jobs.
"Energías Renovables y Alternativas" se centra en la descripción de los principales recursos renovables utilizados actualmente y su aplicación técnica como fuentes de energía térmica y electricidad. Hoy en día, las energías renovables también son vistas como herramientas para abordar muchas otras necesidades apremiantes, incluyendo: mejorar la seguridad energética; reducción de los impactos ambientales asociados con las energías fósiles y nuclear; mitigación de las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero; mejorar las oportunidades educativas y la creación de puestos de trabajo.
Keywords
Renewable Energy, Biomass, Energía Renovable, Energía Solar, Eólica, Oceánica y Geotérmica, Energía Hidráulica, Solar, Wind, Ocean and Geothermal Energies, Biocombustible, Hidrógeno, Hydropower, Hydrogen, Biofuels, Biomasa.
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Assessment criteria
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA "RENEWABLE AND ALTERNATIVE ENERGIES"
Description
Type
Final assessment
Retake option
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Laboratory report
Activity
No
Yes
10%
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Minimum mark: 0.00.
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Duration:
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Date: During the semester.
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Retake conditions:
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Comments: To pass the subject, the laboratory report must be submitted before the February exam or a laboratory exam must be taken in the February or September sitting.
Classwork
Activity
No
No
10%
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Minimum mark: 0.00.
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Duration:
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Date: During the semester.
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Retake conditions: Can be reassessed in final exams (ordinary and extraordinary sittings).
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Comments: Several exercises and tasks in the classroom as well as oral presentations.
Midterm exam
Written exam
No
Yes
40%
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Minimum mark: 3.00.
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Duration: 3 hours.
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Date: Halfway through the semester.
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Retake conditions: To take an exam covering the same contents in the February or September sitting.
Midterm exam
Written exam
Yes
Yes
40%
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Minimum mark: 3.00.
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Duration: 3 hours.
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Date: February sitting.
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Retake conditions: To take an exam covering the same contents in the September sitting.
TOTAL
100%
COMMENTS:
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To pass the subject through continuous assessment, it is necessary to:
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Submit the laboratory report.
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Attend 80% of class activities.
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Obtain higher than 30% of the maximum mark in the midterm exams.
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Obtain a final average mark which is at least 50% of the maximum mark.
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COMMENTS for part-time students:
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Part-time students must take an exam covering all the subject's contents in the February or September sitting.
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