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JOINT MASTER DEGREE ON RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES AND MANAGEMENT

(RETM)Ph.D. candidate TICIANO COSTA JORDÃO

[email protected] of Administration and Social Sciences

Faculty of Economics and AdministrationUniversity of Pardubice

Czech Republic

February 16‐17, 2012Pardubice, Czech Republic

HOW DO PROJECT OFFICES WORK?International Seminar 2012University of Pardubice

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Outline1. MAIN OBJECTIVES IN RELATION TO THE NEEDS ANALYSIS

2. ADDED VALUE COMPARED WITH EXISTING MASTER COURSES

3. BRIEF PRESENTATION OF EACH PARTNER AND THEIR ROLE

4. STRUCTURE AND CONTENT OF THE RETMMASTER PROGRAMME

5. LEARNING OUTCOMES RELEVANCE IN VIEW OF THE STUDENTS' FUTURE

ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES AND EMPLOYABILITY

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MAIN OBJECTIVES IN RELATION TO THE NEEDS ANALYSIS

To train post‐graduate students to

fill the gap between the growing

industry demand for specialised

renewable energy expertise and the

skills available in the job market.

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To offer the opportunity to develop the specialised skills in therenewable energy in a more holistic approach by encompassingrenewable energy technologies as well as the policy‐making andfinancial mechanisms for renewable energy investments.


The course is in alignment with the UNESCO goals to integrate the

principles, values, and practices of sustainable development into all aspects

of education and learning, as stated in the UN Resolution 57/254 (2002).

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European Union: Leading role on strategies and mechanisms to promote RES since 1997.Has endorsed in 2007 a binding target to source 20% of the bloc's energyneeds from renewable sources by 2020.

Two specializations will be offered:

I. Geomatics applied on Renewable Energy Sources – explore

the use of Geographical Information System as a supporting

tool for decision making of renewable energy policies and

investment.

II. Renewable energy technologies ‐ technical aspects of

renewable energy technologies and possible ways on how to

integrate them to the national grid in a reliable and cost‐

effective way.5


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Course duration: 2 years

Divided into:

warm‐up workshop/summer course – 2 weeks in September)

3 semesters of classes (October/January, February/June,

October/January)

1 semester for Master thesis (February/June)

Full partner institutions: 6 European universities from 4

countries

Associated partners: two (more to be contacted)


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Most of master courses currently offered worldwide focus solely on the

operational characteristics of currently available technologies and are mainly

offered by faculties of technology and science.

RETM consortium will have a multi‐faculty and inter‐faculty collaboration between

HEIs with a long expertise on the following aspects of Renewable Energy Sources

(RES):

Measurement of potential for RES use with geomatics.

Definition and implementation of policy‐making mechanisms.

Financial mechanisms and planning for RES projects.

Integration of RES into the national grid through "smart grids".

Strategic planning and management of RES in the regional and national levels.

ADDED VALUE COMPARED WITH EXISTING MASTER COURSES

2010: co‐organized the summer course on climate change and RES held in the

University of Corsica.

2011: co‐ organized the summer course on climate change and RES held in the

University of Azores.

2012: co‐organizing the 1st Erasmus Intensive Programme on climate change and

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University of Pardubice (UPa)

RES is not explicitly visible as a topic addressed by none of

these faculties but solely within the programme of some of

their courses.

RES has been addressed as main topic of several

publications and some projects.

BRIEF PRESENTATION OF EACH PARTNER AND THEIR ROLE

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University of Pardubice (UPa)

It will act as a coordinator of the consortium.

It will provide the collaboration of three faculties:

Faculty of Economics and Administration (main beneficiary)

Faculty of Chemical Technology (contributes with one compulsory course)

Jan Perner Transport Faculty (contributes with one compulsory course)

It will be the host institution for all students during the 1st semester of their

studies (compulsory courses).

It will be a host institution for some students interested in developing their Master

thesis in certain proposed topics (e.g., renewable energy economics and

management, renewable energy policies and barriers).


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University of Azores (UAc)

It currently offers a bachelor degree on renewable energy

and various master programmes oriented to environmental

engineering, environmental education, nature conservation

and management, among others.


It has been involved in the Green Islands project for meeting energy needs

through local resources (geothermal, wind, solar, hydro, biomass and marine).

2010: organized and hosted the 1st International Workshop on RES.

2011: co‐ organized and hosted a summer course on climate change and RES.

2012: organizing the 2nd International Workshop on RES.

Organizing the 1st Erasmus Intensive Programme on climate change and RES.

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University of Azores (UAc)

It will provide the collaboration of:

Department of Agricultural Sciences.

Department of Economics and Management.


It will be the host institution for all students during the 2nd semester of their

studies (compulsory courses).


thesis in certain proposed topics (e.g., intelligent energy networks, forecasting for

renewable energy scenarios, electric vehicles powered by RES).

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University of Corsica (UCo)

It currently offers master programmes on the following

subjects: energy systems and renewable energy sources,

bio‐resources and sustainable development, Information

Systems for Environment, Water and Environment Sciences,

and Major Risks (Fac. Science and Technology).


It has a R&D platform focused on renewable energy and storage (hydrogen, solar,

wind power, smart‐grids and electric vehicles).

It organizes every year an international workshop on RES involving experts from

various partner institutions.

2010: organized and hosted the 1st summer course on climate change and RES.

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University of Corsica (UCo)

It will provide the collaboration of the Faculty of Science and

Technology.

It will be a hosting institution during the 3rd semester for

those students interested in following the specialization on

renewable energy technologies.

THE ROLE OF EACH PARTNER IN THE PROJECT


thesis in certain proposed topics (e.g., energy systems and renewable energy

technologies, GIS‐based decision support tool for renewable energy management

and planning, risk assessment and risk management applied on RE projects).

Students participating in the Master Programme in GIS Systems and Science are

acquainted with the application of Geomatics for RES (offered by Institute of

Statistics and Information Management ‐ ISEGI).

ISEGI regularly participates in summer courses on Regional Potentials for

Renewable Energy Generation within the international UNIGIS network.

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New University of Lisbon (UNL)

It currently offers a Master programme on renewable energy

through the Faculty of Science and Technology.

It has a long expertise on master courses offered through

consortiums – four Erasmus Mundus Master programmes

and three EM on Doctoral level.



thesis in certain proposed topics (e.g., GIS‐based decision support tool for

renewable energy management and planning, application of data mining for

modeling wind power performance and wind farm design process, risk assessment

and risk management applied on RE projects).

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New University of Lisbon (UNL)

It will collaborate mainly through ISEGI.

It will be a hosting institution during the 3rd semester for

those students interested in following the specialization on

geomatics applied on renewable energy sources.


It has cooperated until 2010 with the University of Iceland and the School for

Renewable Energy Science (RES) on a 1 year Master course on Renewable Energy

Technologies.

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University of Akureyri (UNAk)

It currently offers undergraduate and graduate degree

programmes on: biotechnology studies, environmental and

energy sciences, natural resource science, resource

management, social and economic development, among

others.


It will provide some of their lecturers to give classes in certain topics in some

partner universities of the consortium.


thesis in certain proposed topics (e.g., biotechnology applied on renewable energy

sources, biofuels and bioenergy).

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University of Akureyri (UNAk)

It will collaborate through the Faculty of Business

Administration and the Faculty of Natural Resource Sciences.

It will be the host institution for the warm‐up workshop that

will last for 2 weeks every year in September.


Large energy focused research projects are conducted at the University, financed

by e.g. the Icelandic research council, The Nordic Council of Ministers, The

National Science Foundation (NSF) and the European Union.

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University of Iceland (UoI)

It is organized into five academic schools, and 25 faculties

with energy focused research and teaching in all five

university schools.

Over 40 courses are taught at the graduate level that directly

address issues related to renewable energy and over 50

academic employees at the University teach and work on

energy related research project.



thesis in certain proposed topics (e.g., sustainable energy systems, hydrogen

economy, biofuels, and low carbon fuels for transportation).

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University of Iceland (UoI)

It will collaborate mainly through its School of Engineering

and Natural Sciences.

It will support UNAk in the organization of the warm‐up

workshop held every year in September in the University of

Akureyri.

It will provide lecturers to give classes in certain topics in

some partner universities of the consortium.


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September (2 weeks)(preceding the 1st academic semester from 2013) University of Akureyri

Warm‐up workshop on renewable energy technologies and management 4 ECTS

STRUCTURE AND CONTENT OF THE

RETM MASTER PROGRAMME

Seminars related to the domain of the master programme to be presented by

invited lecturers of all partners universities.

Students will meet administrative and academic representatives of each partner

university to get acquainted in advance about their available fields of research for

the master thesis, as well as other issues related to living costs, etc.

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1st Academic semester (October through January)(Six compulsory courses) University of Pardubice

Environmental Economics and Management 5 ECTS

Principles and Governance for Regional Sustainable Development 5 ECTS

Introduction to Geographic Information Systems 5 ECTS

Introduction to Renewable Energy Sources 5 ECTS

Energy Policies and Legislations 5 ECTS

Sustainable Transport: its planning, management and economics 5 ECTS

Total amount of ECTS 30 ECTS



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2nd Academic semester (February through June)(Five compulsory courses) University of Azores

Energy Economics 6 ECTS

Environmental Impact Assessment 6 ECTS

Renewable Energy Project Management and Finance 6 ECTS

Econometrics of Energy Systems 6 ECTS

Operational Research Models in Energy 6 ECTS

Total amount of ECTS 30 ECTS



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3rd Academic semester (October through January)Two possible specializations

Specialization on renewable energy technologies University of Corsica

Four compulsory courses 20 ECTS

Process engineering 4 ECTS

Heat and mass transfer 5 ECTS

Reliability and availability of renewable energy systems 5 ECTS

Electricity machinery and network 6 ECTS

Two optional courses from the list below 10 ECTS

Biomass and biofuels 5 ECTS

Technology of production and utilization of biogas 6 ECTS

Hydrogen storage 5 ECTS

Climatology 5 ECTS

Wind/Solar Power generation 4 ECTS

Industrial ecology 6 ECTS



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3rd Academic semester (October through January)Two possible specializations

Specialization on geomatics applied on RES New University of Lisbon

Five compulsory courses 25 ECTS

Forecasting Methods 5 ECTS

Geographic Information Science 5 ECTS

Database management systems 5 ECTS

GeoStatistics 5 ECTS

Geographic information Systems applications 5 ECTS

One optional course from the list below 5 ECTS

Geospatial data mining 5 ECTS

Remote sensing 5 ECTS



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4th Academic semester (Master thesis) – February through June

Students will choose the partner institution (full partner or associated partner)

where he/she will write the Master thesis according to his/her field of research

chosen.

In the case the student will undertake the Master thesis in an associated partner

institution (e.g., a company or organization that will offer a research project), the

period of experience will last from mid‐February through mid‐May. After this

period, the student will go to one of full partner institutions to conclude the

Master thesis.

An academic member of a full partner institution will be assigned for each Master

thesis.

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LEARNING OUTCOMES RELEVANCE IN VIEW OF THE STUDENTS' FUTURE


The RETM Joint Master Programme will enable students to converge the

fundaments of economics, theories of management and principles of financing

and accounting into the engineering and scientific aspects of renewable energy

sources.

Specialization on geomatics applied on RES: students will be prepared for working

in the planning phase of RES deployment .

Specialization on renewable energy technologies: students will be prepared for

working in the R&D phase of RES deployment.

All students will acquire an extensive understanding on the main aspects related to

energy in general, particularly those in management or a decision‐making role

regarding the implementation of such technologies.

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LEARNING OUTCOMES RELEVANCE IN VIEW OF THE STUDENTS' FUTURE


Students are expected to have the following professional opportunities at the completion of the Joint Master degree programme: Working on R&D department in companies manufacturing renewable energy

technologies, such as wind power turbines, solar photovoltaic panels, solarthermal or geothermal power plants.

Working for organizations focused in the application of risk management andGIS tools for mapping the potential of renewable energy sources andrestrictions on their exploitation.

Working for public organizations involved in the strategic planning anddevelopment of energy policies, mainly those oriented to the use of RES.

Exploring new opportunities of research at the doctoral level on various topicsrelated to RES, including among others: Sustainable Built Environment, EnergyPlanning, including Economics, Smart Energy Networks.

Future job opportunities at the associated partners will be encouraged.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!

Ticiano Costa JordãoInstitute of Administration and Social Sciences

Faculty of Economics and AdministrationUniversity of Pardubice

Czech [email protected]

I warmly invite you to visit our International Sustainability NetworkCRUSUS

www.crusus.org

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