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New REDAWN Webinar 3: Energy recovery potential, economic, social and environmental impacts

Event Date: 
Thursday 12 November 2020

Our third Autumn webinar event presented the achievements regarding energy recovery in the EU Atlantic Area water sector and aimed to demonstrate the substantial potential for micro-hydropower (MHP) to generate clean energy and contribute to improving the sustainability of the EU’s water sector. Using a series of case studies in water distribution and irrigation networks, the potential economic, social and environmental impacts and challenges to implementing this in the EU will be explored. 

The session was led by Dr. Helena M. Ramos, (University of Lisbon, Instituto Superior Técnico) 

Featuring: 

  • MHP energy recovery potential in water distribution networks in the EU Atlantic Area. Aida Mérida Garcia, (Córdoba, Spain) 

  • Economic and environmental benefits of the micro hydraulic plants in water networks. Indalecio González Fernández, (University of Oviedo, Spain) 

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Recordings are available to watch on the REDAWN YouTube Channel 

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REDAWN Webinar 2: Microhydropower in water networks - technical, institutional, policy case studies (prerecorded)

Event Date: 
Thursday 5 November 2020

Our second Autumn webinar event used existing case studies and demonstration plants to review the potential benefits of recovering energy in water networks and the social, institutional, and political challenges to implementing this in the EU.

The session was led by Dr Aonghus McNabola (Trinity College Dublin) 

Featuring:

  • Energy recovery in drinking water networks – learnings from our French demonstration site (Yves Cabaret, SMPGA)
  • Case studies – barriers and opportunities in the institutional, policy, and social context in the EU (Dawn Murphy, Action Renewables)

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Recordings are available to watch on the REDAWN YouTube Channel 

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REDAWN Webinar 1: Saving energy in the water networks (prerecorded)

Event Date: 
Thursday 29 October 2020

Our first of the Autumn webinar was a rerun of the recorded webinar originally presented on 22 July 2020 which included a new live Q&A session.  The event focused on the state of the art in water networks and highlights the energy saving potential in such systems. We also covered the concepts and applications of the latest technology in Pump-as-Turbines (PATs) and briefly present a database tool for selecting PATs.

The session was led by Dr Kemi Adeyeye (WATEF network, University of Bath):

Featuring:

  • Opportunities for energy recovery with the latest PAT technology (Prof Armando Carravetta, UNINA)
  • Energy recovery potential in on-demand irrigation networks (Miguel Crespo Chacon, Trinity College Dublin)

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Recordings are available to watch on the REDAWN YouTube Channel 

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WatefCon2020

Event Date: 
Thursday 3 September 2020 to Friday 4 September 2020

WatefCon2020: Moving towards water resilient communities.

The Water Efficiency Conference was held online on 3 & 4 September 2020. Hosted by Watef Network and University of West of England, WatefCon brought together academics and industry specialists who shared the latest innovations in water efficiency. For more information on the programme and to see the abstracts of all the presentations visit www.watefnetwork.co.uk

Recordings of all sessions over the two days can be viewed here

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REDAWN webinar 2: Micro hydropower in water networks – technical, institutional, policy case studies

Event Date: 
Wednesday 29 July 2020

Our second event included existing case studies and demonstration plants to review the potential benefits of recovering energy in water networks and the social, institutional, and political challenges to implementing this in the EU.

The session was led by Dr Aonghus McNabola (Trinity College Dublin) 

Featuring:

  • Energy recovery in drinking water networks – learnings from our French demonstration site (Yves Cabaret, SMPGA)
  • Case studies – barriers and opportunities in the institutional, policy, and social context in the EU (Dawn Murphy, Action Renewables)

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Recordings are available to watch on the REDAWN YouTube Channel 

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REDAWN webinar 1: Saving energy in water networks

Event Date: 
Wednesday 22 July 2020

Our first event focused on the state of the art in water networks and highlights the energy saving potential in such systems. We also covered the concepts and applications of the latest technology in Pump-as-Turbines (PATs) and briefly present a database tool for selecting PATs.

The session was led by Dr Kemi Adeyeye (WATEF network, University of Bath):

Featuring:

  • Opportunities for energy recovery with the latest PAT technology (Prof Armando Carravetta, UNINA)
  • Energy recovery potential in on-demand irrigation networks (Miguel Crespo Chacon, Trinity College Dublin)

Click here for more details and speaker profiles

Recordings are available to watch on the REDAWN YouTube Channel 

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4th EWaS International Conference: Valuing the "Water, Carbon, Ecological" footprints of human activities

Event Date: 
Wednesday 24 June 2020 to Sunday 27 September 2020

The 4th EWaS International Conference was organised by the University of Thessaly, Civil Engineering Department. The conference aimed to bring together scientists dealing with challenges encountered throughout the entire water cycle.

Maria Cristina Morani and Oreste Fecarrotta from REDAWN partners University of Naples (UNINA) presented their papers on Optimal Regulation of Variable Speed Pumps in Sewer Systems and A New Preliminary Model to Optimize PATs Location in a Water Distribution Network

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Carrefour L'Eau 2020

Event Date: 
Wednesday 29 January 2020 to Thursday 30 January 2020

REDAWN presented the latest from our project at the 21st Carrefour L'Eau meeting, along with our partners from SMPGA to discuss our latest pilot plant generating clean energy from French water networks.

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Partner meeting in Cordoba, Spain

Event Date: 
Wednesday 9 October 2019 to Friday 11 October 2019

Our October partner meeting took us to Cordoba, to visit the demonstration pilot site based on the Almaco del Guadalquivir farm which produces walnuts and pecans, near the village of Calonge.  We enjoyed hearing about early results from our pilot site here, as well as updates from our other two demonstration sites in Portugal and France.

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Portugal National Day of Water 2019 - Conference on renewable energy

Event Date: 
Monday 7 October 2019

To celebrate the National Day of Water in Portugal, APREN and IST-Lisboa held a conference featuring several speakers on the theme of renewable energy and water.  This featured REDAWN project contributor Professor Helena Ramos of IST-Lisboa, who delivered a presentation on "Water-based micro-hydro and pumped storage hybrid solutions".

The celebration of this date aimed to promote reflection on the importance of our water resources, as well as their management at national level, as part of a climate change scenario and an energy transition that is intended to be effective and consequent.

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