Sustainable Energy: Balancing the Economic, Environmental and Social Dimensions of Energy

O’Neill-Carrillo, Efraín; Irizarry-Rivera, A.A.; Colucci-Ríos, José A.; Pérez-Lugo, Marla; Ortiz-Garcia, C.

doi:10.1109/energy.2008.4781010

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“…Within the Office, three groups operate synergistically to advance the RIA mission: (1) Departmental ABET (A); (2) the SEGI coordinators [9]- [14] (I); and (3) an interdisciplinary group of faculty, called the Engineering Education Community Forum (EECF) (R). To harmonize these RIA activities and leverage their mutual contributions, the director will provide coordination and resources.…”

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Castro-Sitiriche

O’Neill-Carrillo

Papadopoulos

et al. 2010

2010 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE)

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In its continued quest for excellence in engineering education, the College of Engineering at the University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez (UPRM) has unified accreditation activities, formal studies in engineering education, and work on social, ethical, and global issues under a holistic umbrella in the reformed Office for Strategic Engineering Education Development (SEED). This integrated approach is founded on the philosophy that a holistic preparation of engineering professionals with diverse academic activities will spawn important impacts beyond the borders of UPRM, and the recognition that achieving and measuring these impacts requires implementation of best practices coupled with formal assessment and research. This paper will describe the framework, strategies and procedures that underpin the new SEED Office. As leadership and active participation of the faculty are essential to advancing and maintaining educational innovation, the SEED strategy will support faculty to implement classroom best practices based on research and assessment outcomes. The authors contend that success of the new SEED Office activities will engender a world-class engineering educational environment at UPRM.

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2010 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE)

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“…Renewable energy sources can help reduce these CO 2 emissions. Despite the popularity of renewable energy, in Puerto Rico ninety-nine percent (99%) of the total energy produced is still fossil-fuel based [1]. In the US close to eighty-two (82%) is attributed to fossil fuels.…”

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Comparison of Residential Wind and Solar Energy Generation in the Island of Puerto Rico

Darbali-Zamora¹,

Gomez-Mendez²,

Díaz-Castillo³

2015

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In order to meet growing energy demands, the dependency on crude oil, coal and natural gas has increased in an effort to supply the world's energy needs. This has created the need for using alternative energy sources for generating electricity. In Puerto Rico, there is a growing interest in renewable energy, particularly solar energy and wind energy. Renewable energy sources are a variable source of energy due to their dependency on natural resources. For this reason it is necessary to determine the feasibility of these projects. Wind speed and solar radiation data from CariCOOS, NOAA, the NRCS, the NSRDB and the LTER are analyzed in order to estimate yearly solar and wind energy generation on the island. Using this yearly estimate, an economic comparison between residential scale wind and solar projects is presented.

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“…The objective of a sustainable energy system is not only meeting the present demand but also that of the future [18]- [21]. Such an energy system takes into consideration the cost and availability of energy resources and their emission in its framework.…”

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Efficient Utilization of Renewable Energy Sources by Gridable Vehicles in Cyber-Physical Energy Systems

Saber

Venayagamoorthy

2010

IEEE Systems Journal

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Abstract-The main sources of emission today are from the electric power and transportation sectors. One of the main goals of a cyber-physical energy system (CPES) is the integration of renewable energy sources and gridable vehicles (GVs) to maximize emission reduction. GVs can be used as loads, sources and energy storages in CPES. A large CPES is very complex considering all conventional and green distributed energy resources, dynamic data from sensors, and smart operations (e.g., charging/discharging, control, etc.) from/to the grid to reduce both cost and emission. If large number of GVs are connected to the electric grid randomly, peak load will be very high. The use of conventional thermal power plants will be economically expensive and environmentally unfriendly to sustain the electrified transportation. Intelligent scheduling and control of elements of energy systems have great potential for evolving a sustainable integrated electricity and transportation infrastructure. The maximum utilization of renewable energy sources using GVs for sustainable CPES (minimum cost and emission) is presented in this paper. Three models are described and results of the smart grid model show the highest potential for sustainability.

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Sustainable Energy: Balancing the Economic, Environmental and Social Dimensions of Energy

Cited by 21 publications

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Work in progress — Leveraging accreditation efforts to foster innovation in engineering education

Work in progress — Leveraging accreditation efforts to foster innovation in engineering education

Comparison of Residential Wind and Solar Energy Generation in the Island of Puerto Rico

Efficient Utilization of Renewable Energy Sources by Gridable Vehicles in Cyber-Physical Energy Systems

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Comparison of Residential Wind and Solar Energy Generation in the Island of Puerto Rico

Efficient Utilization of Renewable Energy Sources by Gridable Vehicles in Cyber-Physical Energy Systems

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