Renewable Energy Systems and the Environment

Part B: Group Project

Part B commences on Monday 25January 2010 at 2 p.m. in room M329. In this part of the course, projects are offered for selection by groups of up to four individuals. Each project involves the evolution of an energy/environmental system, including a technical appraisal and, where appropriate, an assessment of its cost effectiveness and environmental impact. The project descriptions which at linked to from the previous page are indicative of the types of projects covered in Part B. The expectation is that each group will:

progress the project under the direction of the course tutors and in collaboration with an associated industrialist;
present themselves for project crits in room M422A between 3 and 5 p.m. on the following dates

Crit	Date	Tutors
1	5 Feb	NK/AG/JC/PS
2	12 Feb	AG/RCMcL/PS
3	19 Feb	JC/NK/PS
4	26 Feb	AG/RCMcL/PS
5	5 Mar	JC/NK/PS
6	12 Mar	MK/NK/PS
7	26 Mar	MK/AG/RCMcL
8	2 Apr	MK/NK/PS
9	23 Apr	All

submit a Web-based final project report which includes a succinct statement on the main technical, economic and environmental findings and the learning and technical outcomes; and
make a final presentation of the project on Thursday 29th April 2010 to an audience of industrialists and academics.

Projects must have a high technical content and include a significant amount of quantitative analysis, simulation or experimental work. As a complement to the Part B projects, the following field trip programme is offered. All visits take place on Wednesday afternoons. Participation is compulsory. The following locations and dates are not yet finalised

Provisional
Date	Visit	Comment
10 Feb	Lighthouse Building	Small scale renewables and demand-side reduction
17 Feb	Solar residences, University of Strathclyde	Transparent insulation facade
24 Feb	Grangemouth	Oil refinery
03 Feb	Longannet Power Station, Fife	2.4 GW coal-fired, base load station
10 Mar	Time Capsule	Sports Centre with large CHP, water treatment and ice plant
17 Mar	White Lee windfarm	Largest wind farm in Scotland
24 Mar	Shettleston Housing	Ground sourced heat pumps and solar water heating system
31 Mar	Proven Engineering	Wind turbine manufacturer