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NEWSLETTER No pre_blau.jpg Postgraduate Programme neu_carl.pdf RENEWABLE ENERGY NEWSLETTER No. 1/2002 – Vol 21 EDITORIAL Dear Reader—spring has finally arrived and sunlight is filtering through the first leaves of some bushes at the Wechloy Campus here in Olden- burg. This newsletter was intended to be published in fall 2001. Edu Knagge’s many duties (see last newsletter!) prevented him from work- ing on this issue, so I took over and started work on the collection of e-mails and articles collected by our friend and colleague only after the Winter Term 2002 was finished. This explains the delay and I learned (by doing) what time and effort it requires to complete an issue of the PPRE Newsletter and only after some weeks of sifting thorough quite a few e-mails and some MB of attached files things got into place. So, what do you have to expect from this issue? Well, we will try and present some News from Oldenburg, keep you informed about messages that arrived from the PPRE Alumni and then you might like some articles sent from some of your former colleagues. An overview on publications and useful web sites will complete the newsletter – at the end like always an updated list of alumni and their e-mail addresses. In 2002 PPRE will pass 15 years of programme and the number of ab- solvents will pass the 0 mark. The curriculum will be changed due to changes in the field of renewable energy. Happy reading and good wishes from Oldenburg signa_kb.jpg CONTENTS EDITORIAL . 1 NEWS FROM OLDENBURG . 3 PRESENT PPRE . 5 NEWS FROM PPRE ALUMNI . 7 NETWORKING . 24 PROJECTS . 29 CONFERENCES . 54 PUBLICATIONS & BOOKS . 56 RENEWABLE ENERGY JOBS . 57 PPRE THESIS TITLES 2001 . 57 WEB SITES OF INTEREST . 58 LIST OF FORMER PARTICIPANTS . 60 LIST OF STAFF & USEFUL LINKS . 63 Published by: Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Faculty of Physics, Department of Energy and Semiconductor Re- search, Postgraduate Programme Renewable Energy—PPRE, D - 26111 Oldenburg phone: +49-441-798.3775, fax: +49-441-798.3990, e-mail: edu_at_uni-oldenburg.de Editors of this issue: Edu Knagge & Konrad Blum Typesetting&Layout: LATEX Printing by Printing Office of the CvO University NEWS FROM OLDENBURG NEWS FROM Brief country profile (Location, geog- OLDENBURG raphy, climate, demography, eco- nomic status etc.) Web sites of Energielabor and Background of RETs in the country PPRE Country experience – 1) Energy scenario and RETs in the coun- You can browse through the fully func- try (Wind, Solar, biomass etc) & tional new web site of "Energielabor" their promotion through govern- at http://www.energielabor.de. The web ment initiatives, 2) subsidies to site is quite innovative - you can see all state energy development agencies the salient features online, even there to procure and disseminate solar are web cams (web cameras) through hot water systems, PV street light- which you can see the control room and ing and community lighting sys- wind turbine. The innovation is spon- tems, solar cookers, etc., 3) Setup sored by overspeed a local Oldenburg demonstration projects of large company founded by Dr. H.-P. Waldl. RETs, e.g. windpower, microhy- del, solar-pond, etc, 4) supported Info on PPRE can (in the near future) resource assessment and R&D for not only be found at the “classical” all RETs, 5) established manufac- web addresses http://www.physik.uni- turing facilities for some RETs, oldenburg.de/ehf/ppre/ but also at e.g., PV cells, 6) initiatives led to http://www.ppre.uni-oldenburg.de and the establishment of a RET man- the aliases www.ppre.de, www.ppre.org ufacturing industry; 7) creation of and www.ppre.info. We are now human and institutional infrastruc- reorganising the web site of PPRE and ture; and 8) awareness of the po- you will find more up-to-date info there tential role of RETs in the energy- about economy of the country, 9) main- • Curriculum and classes tenance facilities, 10) R&D link- age with product development was • Alumni and newsletter; e-maillists poor/good, 11) credit availability etc. to RET-buyers is a major tool to • Admission and application info address the high initial cost barrier • Links to interesting other sites associated with RETs) Major manufacturers We expect your feedback – you will help us to keep the new web site of The graduate with a Science degree asks, PPRE active, lively and informative. "Why does it work?" The graduate with an Engineering degree asks, "How does it work?" The graduate with an Accounting de- gree asks, "How much will it cost?" The PPRE Anniversary graduate with a Liberal Arts degree asks, Publication Project "Do you want fries with that?" A group of PPRE001/02 students (on The rationale for renewables 1) Decen- initiative of Mr Anand Shukla) have tralized RETs can provide higher started a publication project which will quality of cooking and lighting en- lead to a volume titled Renewable En- ergy services to rural households. ergy for a Sustainable Futur – Coun- 2) Decentralized RETs are tech- try Studies. The publication will consist nologically and economically ap- of individual articles that will all follow propriate to meet low and dis- the same format and the following top- persed rural energy demands. 3) ics have to be covered: RETs are cleaner at the house- 3 NEWS FROM OLDENBURG kkw_Unterweser_2001.jpg Figure 1.1: PPRE00/01 group at KKW Unterweser hold, regional and global levels based Cogeneration), stand alone leading to direct and indirect ben- thermal systems (Solar pond, efits in terms of human health, re- Geo-thermal) gional air quality and global cli- Policy and Institutional Frameworks mate change. 4) Electricity short- Policy measure and incentives ages 5) The current scarcity of Fiscal and promotional incentives conventional electricity places a premium on grid-connected RETs with short gestation periods. Innovative Financing 1) Business op- portunities 2) Research and Devel- Estimated potential and installed opment 3) Technology import and capacity of major RETs in the collaboration country (last five years achieve- Key issues for renewable energy sector ments) Technically mature RET systems grid connected electricity What is the difference between Mechanical generating technologies (Wind, Engineers and Civil Engineers? Mechanical Solar PV& Cogeneration), stand Engineers build weapons, Civil Engineers alone electricity generating build targets. technologies (Wind, Solar PV, biomass based cogeneration Current issues 1)Under pricing of systems), stand alone thermal conventional energy 2) Electric- systems (Solar water heating sys- ity, LPG, kerosene etc are priced tems, solar cookers, cogeneration, lower than cost; this restricts the biogas) commercialization of decentral- New and emerging RET systems ized RETs which would other- grid connected electricity generat- wise be economically competitive ing technologies (Solar thermal, 3) High initial cost of RETs 4) Geo-thermal, Tidal, Ocean Ther- Most RETs cost more than con- mal Energy Conversion), stand ventional options, though lifecycle alone (or decentralized grid- costs may be lower in many cases interactive) electricity generating Technically mature-grid connected technologies (Hybrid systems, RETs issues 1) Sales & main- Fuel Cells, Biomass Gasifier- tenance infrastructure 2) Power 4 NEWS FROM ALUMNI evacuation network 3) Incen- Table 1.1: PPRE01/02 Particpants tive structure 4) Technological upgradation 5) Institutional relationships NAME COUNTRY MOHTAD, Ibrahim Bangladesh Technically mature-stand alone RETs BELLE EBOTE, Vivian Cameroon issues 1) Market support infras- NANJI, Henri Nota Cameroon tructure (dealers, doorstep credit, SANCHEZ, Santiago Ecuador SHUKLA, Anand India maintenance systems, perfor- GADDE, Butchaiah India mance information) 2) Product HEANG, Bora Cambodia Development (niche markets, OCHIENG, F. Xavier Kenya piggybacking) 3) Institutional DHITAL, Ram P. Nepal POUDEL, Om P. Nepal development (entrepreneurship & MAZIMPAKA, Ernest Rwanda local bodies) ABD-EL-MESIH, Bahy Saad Egypt UMAÑA, Alejandro Colombia Emerging technologies issues 1) Com- PILALAS, Loukas Greece mercialization activities - demon- TRIANTAFYLLOS, Panagiotis Greece stration projects and incentives MANSSEN, Thomas Germany WINTERFELDT, Jörg Germany packages (solar pond, hybrids) AVELLANEDA, Jordi Spain 2) Linkages with users during SHAH, Sayed Faruque Germany demonstration and proving phases KOMILOV, Asliddin Usbekistan 3) Linkages with other teams dur- ing developmental phase 4) Iden- tification of priority applications, and long-term development and Winter Term commercialization goals Lessons and Challenges Successful case studies in renewable energies The winter term 2001/02 started like in in the country (1-2 cases) the past years with an introductory sec- Conclusion tion. The twenty new PPRE students References had to get familiar with the university and PPRE. They had to cope a lot of lab work and spent hours on visits in the fa- cilities of the uni. This phase was com- PRESENT PPRE pleted with the traditional wind energy field trip (see figure 2.4). The regular weekly programme of PPRE for the past At present the 20 students (see fig- winter term is depicted in figure 1.2. ure 2.4) of PPRE01/02 have finalised their first term and are now working in their practical training period. Participants Summer Term Names and countries of origin of the present students are listed in table 1.1. After two months of practical training Their individual e-mail addresses can in industry, research institutes and uni- be found at the end of the table of versity, students will meet again at 22nd alumni and participants (page 60). To April. Then they have to decide on reach the whole group with a single the subject (and supervisor) of their the- e-mail just send a message to stu- sis project. Case study project and lab dents0102_at_ppre.de. course will keep them rather busy... 5 NEWS FROM ALUMNI winter_term.pdf Figure 1.2: Winter term of PPRE summer_term.pdf Figure 1.3: Summer term of PPRE 6 NEWS FROM ALUMNI NEWS FROM PPRE am doing programming work and taking ALUMNI the computer course meanwhile.
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