The LIFE NEXUS project consortium brings to an end five years of research, development and innovation with a final event to share the most outstanding advances and results in mini-hydro generation within the urban water cycle. The meeting will take place on Tuesday 26 November in León, where experts in the field and representatives of innovative initiatives in this area will highlight the value of the energy sector on the road to hydraulic sustainability.
The event will start at 9.30 am with an institutional presentation by José Antonio Díez Día, Mayor of León City Council. Then, the day will be divided into two blocks of speeches to review the main keys of the project, and other initiatives and strategies based on mini-hydro generation.
The conference will be attended by leading national and international experts, such as Petras Punys from Vytautas Magnus Universiti (Lithuania), Janusz Steller from the Institute of Flow Machines of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Indalecio González Fernández, technical and project coordinator of the Asturian Energy Foundation, and Alberto José Carrera Rua, project manager at AQUATEC, among others. During the meeting, both theoretical and practical cases will be discussed. In the afternoon, attendees will have the opportunity to visit the project’s demonstration plant located at the Porma River water treatment plant, on the outskirts of León, where they will be able to observe the operation of the prototype in a real environment.
The LIFE NEXUS project emerged with the aim of seeking sustainable solutions to show the potential of mini-hydro generation systems to recover untapped energy in water networks of European cities. Throughout these months, the CARTIF team has been in charge of some activities such as the demonstration of a micro-hydro prototype (35kW) based on the innovative integration of a pump as a turbine coupled to a battery storage; the realisation of the first European inventory on the potential of such energy in urban water networks; and its replication in 30 Follower Cities in Europe.
The event, which will be free, offers the possibility of connecting remotely to those attendees who cannot attend in person. In both cases, it is necessary to register through the following registration form.