CONSTRUCTION OF A SOLAR POWER PLANT IN THE UNIVERSITY PARKING AREA: DIGITAL CONTROL AND APPLICATION IN STEM EDUCATION

This article examines the experience of integrating a 30 kW solar power plant, installed in theuniversity campus parking area, into the educational process. As part of the project, educational andresearch activities were organized to develop students’ research, engineering, and environmentalcompetencies. The article describes the possibilities of using digital monitoring and remote controlsystems via the SolarMan SMART platform. It analyzes the importance and effectiveness of applyingrenewable energy sources within the framework of STEM education. This research has been/was/isfunded by the Science Committee of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic ofKazakhstan (Grant No. AP23488947).