When? Wed 25th – Fri 27th September 2024
Where? The workshop will be hybrid:
- In Presence: W16A 0-04, University of Oldenburg, Campus Wechloy
- Online: (Only presentations) Click here to go to the Workshop Online Room
If you have questions, write to res@uni-oldenburg.de
Renewable energy technologies have enormous potential to enable energy transformations to reduce energy environmental impacts, as well as to improve energy access. Multiple open source communities have developed valuable resources that can be utilized for the design, monitoring and analysis of energy systems without requiring expensive hardware or software licences. These Open Energy resources provide tools to learn, research and develop solutions that can be collectively developed, freely shared and utilized. Open communities exist both for open source hardware, software and data. A successful example are Python based tools, which are becoming the standard for research.
Open energy resources can also support energy transformations at smaller scales. For example, communities can take local measurements to develop, monitor and control local energy systems, for example, improving the resilience and economical viability of Mini-grids. Simultaneously the data can be shared to support other processes in other communities. In this way, open energy resources are able to remove limitations that would hinder or slow local transformations.
During the workshop we will introduce multiple open energy resources: Open Data Logging, Open Data Analysis with Python and Open Data. Within the Open Data Logging, the participants will understand concepts of data logging and utilize it to take measurements in parameters relevant to Mini-grids with data loggers that utilize open hardware. The data collected will be post-processed, analysed and visualized utilizing Python tools. Afterwards, we will explore open data resources and their application. Besides, a collective repository with open data will be generated and published.
Our starting point will be the case study of San Rafael, a community in Colombia where some members want to push their local energy transformation. The workshop will highly support an interdisciplinary exchange with experts and students with international background.
University students from other study programmes (EPOS/AGEP or the University of Oldenburg) are welcome to participate. The workshop is required part of the third semester of the SuRE Curriculum.