2024-08-11 04:30:00
In Argentina, 20% of the energy in the national interconnected system comes from activated wind farms. The increasing production of renewable energy requires specialized professionals to facilitate the development and permanent operation of the park.
National University of Comahie offers professional courses in wind energy The regulations will be implemented from August for a year and a half.
What is the current status of domestic wind energy development?
There are already 57 wind farms operating in the country, including several in Patagonia. As far as Northern Patagonia is concerned, there are Vientos Neuquinos, located between Picún Leufú and Piedra del Águila and Pomona in the province of Rio Negro.
“There are many wind farms installed in Argentina, and sometimes, depending on the month, the contribution of wind energy to the country’s integrated system is about 20%. “This amount is very important,” Jorge Lassig, director of graduate studies, said in a statement with Diallo Rio Negro.
Experts said that national laws stipulate that enterprises that consume more than 300 kilowatts of electricity, generally those that are electricity-intensive or consume large amounts of electricity, must contribute 20% of renewable energy. There is also a percentage for those below 100 kilowatts. “It’s a big incentive,” Lassig explained.
Experts can collaborate on the use of generators in wind farms and citiesSince the regulation was implemented (with a deadline of 2025), large companies have realized the convenience of working with companies that have installed or jointly own wind farms. Or they sign a contract that when the wind farm is operational, they will finance the required 20%.
“Those who are excluded are small and medium-sized enterprises, they are not thinking about this,” said the graduate director. For example, he said that in the Alto Valle area, if the refrigerator is used for more than this percentage, it will need to consume renewable energy. So there are opportunities in that area for wind energy in the region, he said.
Opportunities for SMEs
In the case of small wind farms, a meeting of two or three SMEs can be chosen to manage the small wind farm and thereby comply with the legislation.
In the province of Neuquen, according to wind maps produced by the provincial energy entity – EPEN – a few years ago, it was determined that 70% of the province’s surface is suitable for the development of wind energy, but the level of wind energy is high. . Regardless, it’s important to develop it, Lassig believes.
What does wind energy major include?
The wind energy professional program offered by UNCo lasts one and a half years and consists of eight subjects, spread over three semesters.
Graduates of this training will have the knowledge required to develop wind farms; study them and design wind energy elements.
“It’s a multidisciplinary field that requires knowledge of electrical, mechanical, aeronautical (generator blades) and electronics,” Lassig describes..
In this sense, they will learn how to control large generators using onboard turbines. They must have knowledge of local meteorology, climate, and use all knowledge to determine whether the site is suitable for a park.
“But there are also users: the new thing about wind energy is urban energy. The strong ones have their own lives. But recently people are starting to look at urban areas,” he describes, so there is a niche there too.
For Institute Director The near future is a problem that must be solved for urban wind energy and its development.
“The turbines are smaller, but if they are mounted on a building they cannot break to prevent damage to the building or people. They should also not make noise; “They must be safe because they are in a place where there are a lot of A turbulent environment because it has a lot of wind loads can affect and degrade turbine performance. “However, Lassig stressed that this is a very interesting market.
“In the near future, these urban generators and solar panels will appear,” he said. Therefore, this is a topic that should interest, for example, construction professionals who are involved in the concept of self-sustaining buildings.
Another possibility to insert a specialist is to work in consulting companies that are dedicated to calculating the wind resources of a place and how to design a wind farm, how to design the turbines, the materials, the structure of the blades, how the generators will be connected to the grid. You will learn all of this in this major.
Small and medium-sized businesses still need to switch to wind energy: it could save money“There are two areas of interest: engineering students; but also graduates of environmental, architect, electronic or systems engineers,” he points out.
The teaching model is designed for those who work. A course will be taught for four weeks: Friday from 6 pm to 9 pm, Saturday from 9 am to 12 am, and then the actual workload will be solved.
“We hope to have a large number of registrations. It will be done virtually and face-to-face. They have only one obligation to go to the laboratory in person and they come together over the weekend to think about people from other provinces,” he concluded.
The registration deadline is August 16th and can be registered on the Comahie University School of Engineering page.
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