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A Successful 10-Year Collaboration between the Canary Islands and Cape Verde on Water Technologies and Management

Canary Islands Institute of Technology - ITC

European Week of Regions and

Cities

Innovation

value chains in the outermost

regions

, 9

October 2019

ITC

FACILITIES

Canary Islands Institute of Technology (ITC)

The ITC is a public company of the Regional Government of the Canary Islands.

The Institute carries out projects and services in the areas of Research, Development

and Innovation, in close collaboration with universities, R&D institutions and companies

of the Canarian Region.

INTRODUCTION (

Who

we

are?)

The Canary Islands, located in the Atlantic Ocean, are a bridge between America and Africa. Population: 2.07 million inhabitants; 14 million tourists per year

Insular

dimension

: total

external

dependence

;

strategic

need

to

maximise

the use of endogenous resources (energy+water for self-sufficiency)The climate (and the volcanic origin) limits

the use of natural resources  Average

rainfall: INTRODUCTION (Where we are? And our water resources)

100 - 300 mm (Eastern Islands)

400 – 800 mm (Western Islands)

Sustainability of the Canary Islands Water Cycle is being achieved by means of

strategical

changes, technological innovations and R&D actions, aiming at:

Higher energy efficiency in the water cycle

More efficient technologies in desalination plants

Maximizing the potential of renewable energies applied to the water cycle

Promoting water reuse in the agriculture sector

Particularly, R&D activities are focused on:

Desalination plant driven by wind and photovoltaic systems

Fresh and coastal water quality and governance

Natural (non-alternatives) wastewater treatment plants and water reuse strategies

Capacities

and

outstanding

projects

(WATER)

Macaronesia

region

:

Biogeographic

area

formed mainly by the islands of Azores, Madeira, Canaries and Cape Verde.

Common characteristics

:

Volcanic origin

Trade winds (

Alisios

)



Climate,…

High level of endemic biodiversity.

Diversity

Fragility Isolation

The beginning (Diagnosis and planning…, 2009 - 2011)

Geral diagnostic of Water sector in Cape Verde

Exchanges of experiences and participatory Workshops with the focus in planning the water sector for the sustainable development in Cape Verde

Proposals for the water sector in Cape Verde: supply and demand management

Cape Verde water sector

(

some impressions…)

:

Strengthening capacities and skills related to the management of water resources in the islands (2011-2015)

Cooperation project between Canary Islands and Cape Verde, whose general objective was to: raise awareness of the use of drinking water, strengthen capacities for water quality control, promote the treatment and reuse of treated wastewater, and more efficient water desalination

with the use of renewable energies. The exchange of experiences and cooperation between institutions was fostered, being Canary Islands the reference for Cape Verde in all these matters.

Funding:

EU/ PCT-MAC ProgrammeScope: Spain-Cape VerdeWeb:www.islhagua.itccanarias.org

ISLHáGUA project

Development of endogenous resources in sectors with high added value: biotechnology, water and energy (2014-2015)

Cooperation project, whose sector activities

were:

Acclimatization technologies with solar thermal energy.

Electric micro-grids with high penetration of renewables energies.

Wastewater treatment technologies.

Microalgae biotechnologies development.

Funding

:

EU/ PCT-MAC

Programme

Scope

:

Spain

-Cape Verde

Web:http://aprenmac.itccanarias.org

APRENMAC project

Support of Development European Fund (DEF)

Water quality control

Scholar awareness

campaigns

Exchange experiences in water sector

On line Training in small scale wastewater treatment systems

Adaptation of educational materials and training in quality control of supply water

Extend of

the

activities with another funds

(2014 –

2017):

Water quality and wastewater discharge standards

Improvements of main wastewater treatment

plant in Praia

Wastewater treatment systems with low or zero energy cost

criteria (2014 – 2015)

NWWT

CALHETA (MAIO – CAPE VERDE), etc.

ADAPTaRES project

Adaptation to climate change in Macaronesia through the efficient use of water and its reuse (2017-2019)

The

ADAPTaRES

project seeks to establish a strategic alliance between the archipelagos of Madeira, Canary

Islands

and Cape Verde to adopt coordinated actions aimed at preventing natural hazards associated with droughts, as well as to evaluate adaptation strategies to climate change through the efficient use of water, productive applications of the use of regenerated water, good practices in irrigation and reduction / prevention of pollution.

Funding

:

European

Comission

-

Territorial

Cooperation INTERREG V A ProgrammeScope: Canary

Islands, Cabo Verde, MadeiraWeb: www.adaptares.com

DESAL+ living lab

Macaronesian desalination

living lab

to increase R & D in water desalination and knowledge of the desalinated water-energy nexus (2017-2019)

The project DESAL + has as general objective to create and consolidate a common R & D platform in Macaronesia, enhancing scientific and innovative capacities and performance in desalination technologies, articulating an international

excellence

common research infrastructure in the field of water desalination and, finally, enhancing the knowledge of the desalinated water-energy nexus and the exclusive use of renewable energies.

Funding:

European Commission - Territorial Cooperation INTERREG V A Programme

Scope:

Canary

Islands

, Cape

Verde, Madeira, Mauritania

Web: desalinationlab.com

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DESSOL

®

PATENT

ITC has been researching on PV-RO since 1998; as a result of this R&D process an international patent DESSOL

®

was created in 2004 (PCT ES2004/000568). Protected in 19 countries. Dessol

®

optimally integrates solar PV and RO technologies in a robust, modular and easy to maintain system.

Dessol® technology is marketed by

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More information:

Video ISLHáGUA Project (Spanish version):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRfw7K3lR7w&list=PLxKo83vpd43GqgnFmQQkBW1UBDjLzMCam&index=13&t=0s

Educational material ISLHáGUA (Portuguese version): http://www.islhagua.itccanarias.org/web/guest/material-didactico

Educational material ADAPTaRES (Portuguese version):http://adaptares.com/pt-pt/actividad-1/ More videos:http

://adaptares.com/pt-pt/video-2/

THANK YOU VERY MUCH!