Dissemination and awareness of the importance of renewable energies in island territories.
The objective of this project is to disseminate the importance that renewable energies have in island territories due to the singularities associated with isolated electrical systems that make them completely different from those territories electrically interconnected. Energy management is of vital importance in any electrical system, but especially in isolated systems, where the connection with other electrical systems cannot be exploited to improve the stability of the whole.
The aim is to bring technologies associated with renewable energy generation closer to the unskilled population; the factors that determine their maximum penetration into the electricity system and the environmental and economic benefits of their use in island territories.
To achieve this goal, the interactive multiplatform game ISLA 100% has been designed and implemented, which is available in Spanish and English for download as a mobile application on devices with Android and iOS operating system, as well as for your online play from the project website.
The methodology and teaching tools used are based mainly on the use of new technologies for the dissemination of scientific content and the use of an interactive simulation game as a teaching tool. It is intended that the user can choose different ways of solving a problem in an attractive and simple way, facilitating the exchange of experiences and discussion between users.
The game ISLA 100%
In the game ISLA 100%, the user starts from a virtual island powered exclusively by conventional energy sources and its objective will be to achieve the greatest penetration of renewable energies in the electrical system, Always meeting the island’s energy demand and at reasonable costs. The application has three levels of difficulty, which correspond to islands with different population, energy consumption or renewable resources.
The game is designed to maximize its later educational use as a tool for teachers to show how an isolated electrical system works and the importance of proper management. In order to optimize this teaching use, a didactic manual and a series of complementary tutorial videos have been designed to facilitate the work of the teacher or facilitator. In addition, there will be sessions to boost the application with secondary groups and the general public, as well as training sessions at the Teacher’s Centres (CEP) on the island of Tenerife.
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