Objectives
Micro-hydropower
Demonstration of a micro-hydraulic prototype (35 kW)
in the Porma Drinking Water Treatment Plant (DWTP) in Leon (Spain), based on the innovative integration of
a Pump as Turbine (PaT) coupled to a battery storage
Intelligent management
Development of an intelligent management system coupled to a monitoring platform to control the energy generation and further use
Replicability
Replicate LIFE NEXUS approach to 30 follower facilities in Europe
Clean energy
Contribution to the targets established by the EC to become a global leader in the transition to clean energy in the Directive 2009/28/EC or
the “Clean Energy for All Europeans”
1st European inventory
Quantification of the energy recovery potential along urban water cycle to achieve the first European inventory of the Small Hydropower potential
Climate Change
Providing practical knowledge and tools to end users, water managers and policy makers
to enable them to reduce
the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from urban activities
