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17 Dec

OPTEX, a new applied research project to improve and expand the use of luminescent fabrics in sectors with greater added value

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[caption id="attachment_8727" align="alignright" width="440"] Máquina de punto modificada para incorporar fibra óptica en el tejido.[/caption] From the Digital Industry Area of ​​CETIM Technology Centre, in collaboration with the family business Textil Roig, we have launched the OPTEX project to develop optical-luminescent fabrics for applications in various market sectors. After improving technique and technology, one of the objectives is to apply luminescent fabrics to new sectors with...

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28 Oct

European project LIFE REFOREST begins the validation of its pilots in areas affected by forest fire

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European project LIFE REFOREST has initiated the implementation and validation of its micro-soil system to mitigate erosion and soil loss in two areas affected by forest fires in Galicia and Portugal   This project, funded by the European LIFE Program, and led by CETIM Technology Centre, aims to mitigate erosion and soil loss in areas affected by forest fires through an innovative system based on micotechnosols, a...

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20 Sep

LIFE ULISES Project – Wastewater treatment plants as a new model of urban biorefinery

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CETIM has been awarded a new LIFE project, adding a new milestone in the portfolio of the Techonogical Centre. LIFE ULISES, whose objective is the transformation of wastewater treatment plants into a new model of urban biorefinery, focusing on energy self-sufficiency and the concept of complete recovery of waste, sludge and water, through the use of different innovative technologies low cost, producing biofuels, fertilizers and...

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20 Sep

LIFE DrainRain tests the viability of a sustainable drainage system and in situ treatment of runoff water for reuse

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LIFE DrainRain project has entered its validation phase with satisfactory initial results. The general objective of this project, co-financed by the European Commission under LIFE Program, is to test the treatment of runoff waters through a new integral system of permeable pavement and in-situ treatment of water for reuse.   Since September 2016, the project consortium has carried out work on two main lines: laboratory tests to develop...

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20 Sep

First results of CIEN NOVACELL investigations with cellulose micro and nanoparticles

by CETIM
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NOVACELL project Research of new generations of cellulose micro and nanoparticles for use in strategic industrial products is a project of the CIEN call that began in October 2017 and will end in September 2021. The main objective of the NOVACELL project is the use of micro and nano particles of cellulose in new bioeconomy products.   In more detail, the objective of reducing the environmental impact...

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07 Jun

Presentation of BIOCHARMB project

by CETIM
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Next January 9, 2019, the CETIM Technology Centre will host the presentation of the Conecta PEME project BIOCHARMB "Development of a biomass pyrolysis plant for the use of biochar in environmental applications".   Its consortium includes the companies GESTÁN Medioambiental, Valora Consultores, ENSO Environmental Solutions and INTACTA Gestión Ambiental, the latter leader of the consortium. With the technological support of CETIM, the partners will develop and validate...

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27 May

CETIM gets five top European projects in 2018

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These researches, financed by European Union programs Horizon2020 and LIFE, involve an investment mobilization of around € 25 million.   Among the benefits for society are from reducing the importation of critical raw materials to optimizing water treatment systems.     Culleredo, May 27, 2019. Since its beginnings in 2011, CETIM has collaborated, and led, international projects with objectives such as improving water quality or revalorizate by-products; as well as...

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14 May

CETIM collaborates in cross-border strategy to implement circular economy on wine sector

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The consortium, in which Galicia, León and northern Portugal universities and technology centres participate, will develop a biorefinery for the eco-sustainable valorisation of residual biomass from the wine sector of these regions.   CETIM will investigate the obtaining of biopolymers and will analyze the technical, environmental and economic feasibility of the developed solutions.   The expected results are the production of biofuels and biocomposites through fermentation processes.   Culleredo, May 8,...

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Planta de tratamiento de aguas residuales
13 May

LIFE GREEN SEWER follow-up meeting

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Next June 20, the monitor of LIFE GREEN SEWER project will visit CETIM to evaluate the progress of this project, whose objective is focused on a new secondary wastewater treatment system based on a direct-indirect osmosis integration with a anaerobic membrane bioreactor.   To this day, the water characterization activities of the effluents to be treated, the definition of the system requirements and the design of the...

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13 May

Follow-up meeting of INDIA H2O

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This second meeting of the international project Horizon 2020 INDIA H2O will take place from September 17 to 19 at the IHE Delft Institute for Water Education (The Netherlands). First project meeting was held at the beginning of the year in India.   The 19 members of the consortium will meet to advance in the research project focused on the development of phyto and biomimetic technologies for...

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