Raymond Byrne of CREDIT will deliver a one-day course at DkIT about the Vestas V52 large wind turbine as part of Wind Skillnets programme on April 4th. The course has a standard charge of Euro 278. You can find out more at IWEA’s website.
Introduction to the Vestas V52 Large Wind Turbine Course
February 22, 2012
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Danish Wind Power Academy Vestas V52 Turbine Course
February 22, 2012Karl Nors of the Danish Wind Power Academy will deliver a course at DkIT about the Vestas V52 large wind turbine as part of Wind Skillnets programme from March 26th until March 30th. The course has a standard charge of Euro 3400. You can find out more at IWEA’s website.
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V52 Maintenance Training
February 22, 2012Karl Nors of the Danish Wind Power Academy will deliver a two-day course at DkIT about Vestas V52 maintenance basics as part of Wind Skillnets programme on April 2nd and 3rd. The course has a standard charge of Euro 1600. You can find out more at IWEA’s website.
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CREDIT at the International Small and Medium Wind Conference 2012
February 16, 2012Niall McMahon of CREDIT will be talking about the Centre’s small and medium wind research at RenewableUK’s International Small & Medium Wind Conference in Glasgow. The conference takes place on April 17th and 18th. Raymond Byrne of CREDIT will also be in attendance.
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Small Scale Wind System Technologies Training
February 16, 2012Raymond Byrne of CREDIT will deliver a one-day course at the Irish Wind Energy Association (IWEA) about small wind turbine technologies as part of Wind Skillnets programme on March 28th. The course has a standard charge of Euro 122. You can find out more at IWEA’s website.
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A Renewable Energy Future
February 14, 2012By Niall McMahon.
Here on our Earth, we have a limited supply of fossil fuels. Fossil-fuels are fuels that have formed over tens of millions of years from dead organisms. Read the rest of this entry »
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Campus Wind Turbine
January 9, 2012The campus wind turbine was back online over three weeks ago on Friday December 16th, after almost two weeks down. It was a faulty electrical switch, in the end, that caused the outage. It was an unusual failure. It is almost as unusual for the wind turbine to be out of action for any length of time; we were pleased that it was spinning again for Christmas.
The campus wind turbine was installed in 2005 and provides approximately a third of the institute’s electricity. It has already paid for itself in offset grid power.
The machine is managed by Raymond Byrne.
The turbine also provides us with a research and training platform. Contact Raymond Byrne for more information.
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Campus Wind Turbine Update
December 14, 2011The campus wind turbine has been out of action for over a week. A fault developed in one of the system’s control units and the machine shut itself down correctly. Read the rest of this entry »
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New Website
December 14, 2011The new CREDIT website – where you are now – is online. It’s still in beta; expect some changes over the coming weeks. Our news items are a little inconsistent, for example, with stories from 2008 jumping to a selection of updates from this year. We’ve a lot more to add: we haven’t said all that much about our facilities, capabilities, committee work or industrial projects yet. It’ll grow. Stay in touch.
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KidWind Teacher Training
December 1, 2011KidWind is a teacher training course about wind energy. In Ireland, KidWind training is provided by the Centre for Renewable Energy at Dundalk IT in association with IWEA, Wind Skillnet with the generous support of corporate sponsors including Gaelectric and Bord Gáis. From the Irish Wind Energy Association’s website, about KidWind:
KidWind Ireland is a project that seeks to support teachers all over Ireland to access training programs and equipment in wind energy. Read the rest of this entry »
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KidWind on Clare FM’s Morning Focus Show
November 17, 2011KidWind discussed on Clare FM’s Morning Focus show on Monday, November 14th. From Clare FM’s summary:
“Bord Gáis Energy partnered with the Irish Wind Energy Association (IWEA) ran ‘Kid Wind’ – a four day renewable energy training course for secondary school teachers. Read the rest of this entry »
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Teachers Take Lessons in Wind Turbines – Irish Examiner Article
November 15, 2011“STUDENTS can now build their own model wind turbine thanks to training undertaken by their teachers during the mid-term break”.
Article about KidWind in Ireland. KidWind training is provided by CREDIT in association with IWEA, Wind Skillnet and corporate sponsors.
From the Irish Examiner article, published Friday, November 04, 2011.
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CREDIT in China
November 15, 2011
- Ray Byrne of CREDIT, closest to the camera. Image © Ginlong Technologies.
Raymond Byrne of CREDIT attended the IEC 61400-2 / IEA R&D Task 27 committee meetings in Xiangshan, China, from the 7th to the 11th of November. Ginlong Technologies hosted the meeting on behalf of the Chinese people. CREDIT and DkIT will host a meeting in September 2012.
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Certificate in Renewable Energy Launched
October 20, 2011The Centre for Renewable Energy and the School of Engineering are pleased to launch the new Certificate in Renewable Energy. This brand-new course provides learners with an introduction to renewable energy technologies including wind energy, solar, bioenergy and water energy.
The course will commence on the 12th of October 2011 and will run one evening per week for 24 weeks with four additional site visits at weekends.
More information is availabe here.
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Towards a Low Carbon Economy for Scotland: Discussion Paper – The Scottish Government
March 22, 2010“Case Study: Scottish Association for Marine Science – BioMara Project (InterReg IV) BioMara is an R & D based project that aims to generate new, mostly scientific, data that will inform new technologies applicable to the development of locally produced biofuels from marine products … [t]he partners in the project are the Scottish Association for Marine Science ( SAMS); the Centre for Renewable Energy, Dundalk Institute of Technology ( CREDIT); the University of Strathclyde Fraser of Allander Institute; the University of Ulster Centre for Sustainable Technologies; QUESTOR – a cross border centre co-ordinated by The Queen’s University Belfast and involving Dublin City University and the US Stevens Institute of Technology; and the Institute of Technology, Sligo ( IT Sligo)”.
From the discussion paper Towards a Low Carbon Economy for Scotland, published by the Scottish Government on March 22nd 2010.
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