Opening of the SCOBE platform and online course

Our partner – ArchEnerg Hungarian Cluster, together with the partners of the joint project SCOBE, announced the launch of the platform and the first training course. Participants in this Erasmus Plus program are: Vea Qualitas (Spain), Acrosslimits Ltd. (Malta), MAICH (Greece), GMI (France), Accent (North East) Limited (UK) and the ArchEnerg cluster (Hungary).

The first training course is already available on the project website: www.scobeproject.eu, and will be complited by the beginning of May. Those who are interested will be able to listen the course in English, Greek, Spanish, French or Hungarian. The course includes educational information and interesting videos. Those who wish to take the course must register, after that they will be given a username and password. The courses are free for all!.

The first course, entitled “Introduction to Wind Energy” provides general information about electricity generation, wind turbine development history, offshore and land wind turbines construction, global climate change challenges, and a number of other interesting topics covering wind energy. This course is designed for people who have no prior knowledge of wind energy. The second focuses on composite repair called “Wind Turbine Blade Repair” and students can learn about the types of composite materials, the required composite repair equipment, the construction of rotor blades and so on. This course is intended for those who already have prior knowledge of wind energy.