International summer school on renewable energies

The International Summer School on Renewable Energies (EIE-ENR) is a French-language competence center for renewable energies focusing on applied research and development and involving the HES-SO, the Université de Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB) and the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR). Since 2015, a special theme week has been organized every summer by one of the academic partners on a rotating basis.

The annual meeting promotes exchange and international cooperation. It enables professors to share the status of their research and students to work on realistic and viable projects that incorporate social and solidarity dimensions. In addition, all participants will be sensitized to the specific approaches, priorities and conditions associated with the development of renewable energies in the different countries and can then bring this knowledge back home. The week will be filled with lectures, workshops, coaching sessions and group work, all taking place at the Espace découverte Energie on Mont-Soleil. Visits to the photovoltaic and wind power plants on Mont-Soleil and the La Goule dam on the Doubs are also planned.

This year, students will develop projects for the expansion of renewable energy production facilities that include energy storage. They will take into account the geographical, climatic, socio-economic and cultural characteristics of Mont-Soleil as well as the extension of the photovoltaic park recently approved by the voters of Saint-Imier. The results of the work will be presented to a jury of experts and politicians on Mont-Soleil on Friday evening.

Source and further information: www.hes-so.ch