IUG Faculty of Civil Engineering hosts a Japanese expert in renewable energy Dr. Akio Shiota to discuss the cutting-edge developments in the field of renewable energy.
Prof. Mazen Abu Taif, Associate Professor at Civil Engineering, said that Islamic University is keen to develop all its buildings using renewable energy. He mentioned that the Electrical Engineering Faculty has developed a course on renewable energy. In addition, it inaugurated a laboratory containing equipment for generating renewable energy.
Dr. Shiota displayed some statistics of adopting solar system in Japan, mentioning that in some areas of Japan there may be same statistics of Palestine. He declared that: “this tendency in South may be applicable to Palestine as the latitude is similar”.
During his scientific lecture on the use of solar energy in buildings, he stated that there are several keys to ensuring a sustainable solar energy system, some of which are the proper design of buildings, proper components, professional experience.
He also displayed some images of some solar systems and annual insolation adopted in Japan, which, as he mentioned, are installed on-Grids or on-road. More importantly, he referred to the modern global system (Solar Sharing), which means to optimize the utilization of agricultural land by installing a solar system over a particular type of crop that is sufficient for little sunlight.
There are different factors affect the solar system: Technical factors, Supply factors, and Human factors, as he stressed.
Panel discussion was taking part at the end of the lecture on the mechanism of working in renewable energy projects. Participants presented their experiences and start-up projects. A Ph.D. student confirmed during her study that the Palestinian Ministry of Energy has approved the work of renewable energy in its strategic plan, and has singled out Special funding for it.
