RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEM PLANED WITH SUNNY DESIGN
RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEM PLANED WITH SUNNY DESIGN

Summary/Abstract: Implementing projects that revolve around renewable energy sources in the national energy system represents a priority of the strategic policy in the department of energy. It is for this reason that we should encourage our young learners to develop such projects, in an attempt to improve the environmental conditions. Geothermal and solar sources of energy are poorly exploited in Romania, even though there is a substantial potential in increasing their use in the following decades. It is estimated that the decade between 2020 and 2030 is going to register a moderate increase in the production of energy coming from renewable sources, such as wind energy and photovoltaic one. As the cost for the greenhouse gasses emissions is raising and the performance of the wind and photovoltaic systems is also rising in relation to their costs that is dropping, the transition towards renewable sources of energy is going to accelerate in Romania by means of an increase in the number of wind power station, photovoltaic ones and of all the other technologies characterised by low greenhouse gases emissions. At the same time, we will witness a decrease of the costs related to the renewable energy sources. These changes are expected to have a strong impact on the energy system, especially after 2030. Taking all these into consideration, I have suggested a group of passionate students to develop a project with the title of“Renewable Energy” , as part of their final assessment. Following Romania’s forecast in the field of energy sources, their project suggests a way of producing and using photovoltaic energy. The presentation is based on plans and simulations of an off-grid photovoltaic system of a mansion situated in Brașov, Romania, that have been made possible by Sunny Design 3.52.0. The project perfectly illustrates a new way of evaluating students, so different from the traditional test and term papers. It involves knowledge in the latest technological advances and a new type of communication in the virtual space. We, as teachers, can no longer remain unmoved by the changes that are happening right before our eyes, therefore we feel self-pressured to use more resources and software products, in order to attract our students’ attention. By doing this, we are promoting a new trend in education called e-learning

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