Creative educational methods in implementation of investment projects in renewable energy

Implementation of renewable energy projects ( RES) involves very complex processes which are based on the latest creative techniques to give adequate solutions teaching practitioners of this multidisciplinary field. The need for a complex transfer of knowledge at the administrative level, technical level and technological level of RES projects, constitute prerequisites for success in projects implementation of this type. The present paper proposes using creative educational methods for implementing investment projects in renewable energy using a combination of methods of Goldratt. To exemplify bottleneck situations in the management of certain flows within the supply chain of the RES implementation projects, the paper proposes Drum-Buffer-Rope philosophy. In order to underline the effectiveness in fast obtaining and implementing the right solutions along the lifecycle of RES projects, the paper illustrates the steps of Theory of Constraints Thinking Process (TOCTP) integration by problem diagnosing, designing the solutions plan and integrating the solutions plan through the conceptualization of adequate diagrams communication within these types of projects. (C) 2015 Published by Elsevier Ltd.