Innovation

PLAN INNOVA 100

100 viable research or innovation projects by 2022

The challenge in innovation lies in making it viable, efficient and useful to society as a whole. We want to position our company as a centre of excellence in innovation, research and development in our sector. To this end, we will develop 100 innovation projects with viable and efficient outcomes during the 2018-2022 period.

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CENTRE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES IN WATER MANAGEMENT

Dual vocational training and Master’s Degree in Water Management

There is a shortage of skilled professionals in water management, whether holders of intermediate and higher-level diplomas or university postgraduates (engineers, scientists, lawyers and economists). The Centre for Advanced Studies in Water Management is intended to offer specialist training for those who will in the future become the best water management professionals in Spain and abroad. This will put Canal at the forefront of training for water experts in our country and consolidate Madrid’s position as a centre of excellence for training.

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Construction of the mini hydroelectric plant in valmayor

The aim of the project is to enable the flowing water from the Valmayor reservoir to be used to produce electricity through the execution of a mini hydroelectric plant next to the channel that carries the water from the reservoir to the Valmayor drinking water treatment plant.

This would enable 3 m3/s from the Valmayor reservoir to flow through a turbine and the building to be prepared for the future installation of two more turbines to enable 12 m3/s to be reached.

Total investment: 6.575.978,46 €
Expected ERDF Funds: 3.287.989,23 €

- Consult the contract of the technical assistance.

- Consult the information related to the construction contract.

- More information. 

Cogeneration installation in the Alcalá Oeste Wastewater Treatment Plant 

The aim of installing a cogeneration system is to use the biogas produced in the wastewater treatment plant to generate, on the one hand, the heat required for the anaerobic digestion of wastewater sludge and, on the other, electricity for the plant’s own consumption.

Total investment: 1.775.430,72 €

Expected ERDF Funds: 887.715,36 €

- Check the contract of the technical assistance EDAR de Alcalá Oeste.

- Consult the construction contract. 

- More details. 

Implementation of hydraulic turbogenerator in the Plaza Castilla tank

The aim of the project is to use the pressure diferential at the entrance to the tank to install a 60kW microturbine to generate electric energy for self consumption. This clean energy helps to mitigate the negative effects produced by conventinal methods.

 
Total investment: 297.465,39 €
Expected ERDF Funds: 148.732,70 €

- Consult the project construction contract. 

- More information.