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This is the homepage of the EE535 Renewable Energy Systems, Technology & Economics class wiki. This an online resource where you will complete your assignment for this course. We are aiming to build an online learning commuity which will benefit both the students that can attend lectures and those students that are studying remotely. Your assignment involves building a wiki page - as directed below. You will be able to edit your page and others will be able to view it. Throughout semester continuously update your page and I encourage interaction among yourselves. I'll reorganise the pages into sections (wind, solar, etc) when most prople have fixed on their topic.
In addition, there will be a number of class exercises that will use online tools for you to experiment with. Check out the following two applications:
(i) Solar Analysis Model & Online Application : You can use this link http://energylab.eeng.dcu.ie/energylab/solarcalc.jsp
(I) Renewable Energy Game Ireland (REGI): find this at link: http://energylab.eeng.dcu.ie/energylab/softwareprojects.jsp
Your first task is to structure you wiki page and briefly describe the subject you have chosen..
Assignment Guidelines:
Your assignment for this course will be to populate your section of the wiki with the apporpriate information.
All assignments must relate to the theme ‘Renewable Energy Strategy for Ireland’.
For your subject area, summarise in an abstract, introduce that background, the context and an introduction to the technology.
Identify the potential your subject has for contributing to Ireland’s energy needs (or energy saving opportunities), including security of supply, environmental concerns, cost, etc.
Outline the expected technological (or economic ) roadmap on the chosen area
Case studies with specific data are a bonus.
Benchmark Ireland against international best practice.
Conclusions should relate to the costs (per watt), practicality, other impacts, timing, market.
Plagiarism
Plagiarism is the fraudulent use of the intellectual property of another by copying another's work without acknowledgement,by implying material is one's own when it is not or by presenting an idea as new when it has come from another source. A student must not present, copy or reproduce another without acknowledging the source.
Any plagiarizing, copying will result in a fail mark.
Robert Harris (2001) has developed a flow chart to assist you to determine if the material should be cited.
Figure 1. Harris, R (2001), The plagiarism handbook: Strategies for preventing, detecting and dealing with plagiarism, Los Angleles , pp 155 and 158
Guidelines for best practices
Spelling and Grammar
Appropriate use of words
Presentation of coherent order of ideas
Consistency in referencing in the form or footnotes and bibliography
Lack of referencing or incorrect referencing will be viewed negatively.
Bonus marks will go for originality and thoroughness of analysis
Important Note
Your wiki page will be in the public domain so avoid copyright infringements and other ethical issues.
This work should equate to 20 - 30 pages in length.
Structure as a singleweb- page and include links to documents as needed
Your assignment will be graded with equal weighting given to the following:
Presentation, Content, Analysis, Relevance, Qriginality
Some Important tips for the contents of your wiki page
Approach
• open-ended problem
• clearly state assumptions and cite references when appropriate
• data gathering is important
•wind/solar resource
• component costs --
Proposal
Do not assume the reader sat through this class and is familiar with your work
Include data which you can explain clearly
Figures,graphs and charts,if properly explained with text will have a good impact in communicating the concept
Make the story easy to read!
Be positive and exciting (but has to to be formal
Presentation
Be clear on your understanding of the project
your competence and thoroughness
Put yourself in the reader’s shoes
Address What is important? and why it is important
What are the concerns?
What is their background?
Please feel free to ask questions about this assignment if it is unclear in any way
Do NOT wait until the last week of the assignment
Example Ideas for assigment topics....
Any queries on the content of this website and comments, you can reach us at stephen.daniels@dcu.ie and satheesh.krishnamurthy@dcu.ie
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