Human resources

The Sotavento Experimental Wind Farm has a multidisciplinary team of educators who are responsible for organising, planning and carrying out visits. They also develop training materials, design activities, prepare reports, publications, and exhibitions and conduct educative and informative strategies for research – demonstration projects held at Sotavento. They also coordinate and actively contribute to the design and implementation of demonstration projects, applications, etc. Finally, they are also responsible for the area of communication and external relations of the Wind Farm.

Material Resources

Consisting of a large number of panels, models, actual installations, audio-visual material and publications, they mainly include.

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Energy Models and Kits

Miscellaneous equipment that tries to explain in a practical and simple way different energy phenomena.
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Real Renewable Installations

The existing energy installations themselves are part of the educational resources at the disposal of the visitors. The research project facilities that are developed at the Wind Farm also make up the training material.
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Information Panels

Different information panels seek to address issues related to energy sources, with their uses, advantages, disadvantages, etc.
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Computer Applications

Exclusively designed and developed based on feedback from visitors, to interactively allow access real-time data, historical data, consumption calculators, extrapolations, etc.
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Audio-visual Material

Short videos explaining renewable energy in general and each type in particular.
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Publications

Different publications with distinct themes made to reinforce and facilitate the training work.
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Workshops

Other constructively applied resources that permit the learning of ideas and concepts through physical handling.
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Evaluative Games

Delving into the concept of learning through play, different games allow us to achieve our goals while assessing the effectiveness of the schemes.