GEOINTEC GIVES A GEOTECHNICAL LECTURE AT UPM UNIVERSITY OF MADRID

GEOINTEC GIVES A GEOTECHNICAL LECTURE APPLIED TO SOLAR PV PROJECTS, AT UPM UNIVERSITY OF MADRID

The lecture was addressed to the students of the Master in Foundation and Retaining Structures, ETS Civil Engineering.

On Wednesday May 27, Geointec gave a lecture on geotechnics and foundations in solar photovoltaic projects, for the Master in Foundation and retaining Structures, ETS Civil Engineering, Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM).

The speech focused on three fundamental themes: the first, the economic development framework and its perspective for the coming years; the second, the structures of the solar modules and their peculiarities in terms of load stresses; and finally, the geotechnical studies and foundations for this type of projects.

The speech was given by Francisco Parra Idreos, CEO of Geointec, and Álvaro de los Reyes, Coordinator of the Engineering Department.

The content of the talk was divided into the following chapters:

1. Introduction to the photovoltaic solar sector.
2. Solar PV module structures.
3. Actions acting on the structures.
4. Geotechnical studies for large-scale solar PV power plants.
5. Solar PV Foundations
6. Pull out test.