Body temperature estimation and facial recognition access control system Data Acronym: KOINOS Partners: Instituto Tecnológico y de Energías Renovables (ITER). Duration: 2019-2020 Budget: Internal Financing: Internal Project overview The aim of this project is to provide a security system that allows the detection of potential alerts based on the processing of images (video) from security cameras, always in compliance with the LOPD in force. To this end, pattern detection algorithms will be used in images that are capable of generating events in the event of unexpected or risky situations in an unsupervised manner. The project started with the development of…
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Smart energy storage management system Data Acronym: SIGAE Partners: Instituto Tecnológico y de Energías Renovables (ITER) Duration: Structural Presupuesto: Internal Financing: Internal Project overview Energy systems generate, transport, convert, and consume energy. They encompass a wide range of domains, including electrical power systems, thermal systems used for heating and cooling, and fuel systems such as natural gas or hydrogen networks. Additionally, a large number of interrelated domains influence the operation of these energy systems, including communication networks, water, and transportation. Furthermore, energy systems can operate at a variety of scales, from a small individual consumer, to communities and cities, to…
Visitor Assistance Robot Data Acronym: MARYSOL Partners: Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), Museos de Tenerife e Instituto Tecnológico y de Energías Renovables (ITER). Duration: 2017-2021 Budget: Internal Financing: Internal Project overview ITER has a Visitor Centre and a Renewable Energy Walk where various installations are on display to introduce the public of all ages to the interesting world of renewable energies. With the aim of introducing a technological component to these visits, aligning with one of the company’s lines of activity, the suitability of developing a courtesy robot to complement the information communicated by personnel is considered. Through a…
Data acquisition, monitoring and control system Details Acronym: NEXO Partners: Instituto Tecnológico y de Energías Renovables Duration: Ongoing – estructural Budget: Internal Financing: Internal Overview of the project ITER’s energy resources are geographically distributed, and access to the associated data is done remotely and automatically through queries to the measurement equipment of each of the energy facilities. The main objective of this ongoing project is to modernize the digital infrastructure responsible for acquiring and storing data from ITER’s energy generation facilities: wind farms and photovoltaic plants. For this reason, work is being carried out in the Robotics Unit on the…
Predictive System for Energy Consumption and Generation Details Acronym: DELFOS Partners: Instituto Tecnológico y de Energías Renovables Duration: 2020-2022 Budget: Internal Financimg: Internal Overview of the project One issue hindering more aggressive growth in energy markets is the lack of efficiency in energy generation, consumption, and storage. The continuous increase in renewable energies in the energy mix adds more randomness and complexity to the system due to its dependence on environmental circumstances. The development of new, more precise, and scalable procedures to forecast the evolution of demand and production would allow for better planning and operation of the various elements…
Integrated system for vineyard yield prediction using drones and spectral imaging Data Acronym: VYE SYSTEM Reference: RTC2019-006949-2 Partners: Instituto Tecnológico y de Energías Renovables (ITER) and Universidad Politécnica de Valencia (UPV). Duration: 07/01/2020 – 09/30/2022 (27 months) Budget: 574,725.55 € Co-Financing: Collaboration Challenges 2019. State Program of R&D&I Oriented to the Challenges of Society. Project overview The general objective of VYE SYSTEM is to obtain as a solution an innovative system for predicting the expected yield of a vine crop in a pre-harvest period (at least one month in advance), accurately, at low cost and in real time, which displays…
CAV-TH System for the control and management of turbines in hydroelectric plants,which detects and classifies different cavitation phenomena even in their most primitive stages of progress Details Acronym: CAV – TH Reference: RTC2019- 006947-3 Partners: Universitat Politecnica de Valencia and Instituto Tecnológico y de Energías Renovables. Duration: 42 months (from 2020/07/01 to 2023/12/31) Budget: 449.118,2 € Co-Financing: Retos Colaboración 2019. Programa Estatal de I+D+i Orientada a los Retos de la Sociedad. Overview of the project Hydropower is already considered one of the main sources of renewable energy in Spanish territory, counting, according to data from 2018, with up to 20,380 MW…
New comprehensive solution for surface foundations of wind turbines Data Acronym: CICONA Reference: RTC2019- 006964-3 Partners: Universitat Politecnica de Valencia, Instituto Tecnológico y de Energías Renovables and Universidad de Alicante. Duration: 07/01/2020 – 06/30/2022 (30 months) Budget: 602,094.61 € Co-Financing: Collaboration Challenges 2019. State Program of R&D&I Oriented to the Challenges of Society. Project overview With 23,484 MW of accumulated power, wind energy was the second largest source of electricity generation in Spain in 2018, covering up to 19% of the total energy consumed in the country. The recent increase and improvement in economic levels has led Spain to…
Vineyards’ smart management service through the use of high-resolution mesoscale models Details Acronym: VidDATA Reference: RTC2019-006948-7 Partners: Instituto Tecnológico y de Energías Renovables (ITER) and Universidad de La Laguna (ULL). Duration: 2020/11/01 – 2024/06/30 Budget: 574.119,48 € Co-Financing: Retos Colaboración 2019. Programa Estatal de I+D+i Orientada a los Retos de la Sociedad. Project overview Vineyards are affected by the effects of climate change in spite of technological improvements, as the rest of agricultural productions. Wine production can be threatened by climate changes as these could affect to the quality and quantity of grapes, introducing alterations in alcohol production and acid…
Joint planning, monitoring and observation, improvement of knowledge and awareness in the face of risks and threats of Climate Change in the Macaronesia Details Acronym: PLANCLIMAC Reference: MAC2/3.5b/244 Partners:Regional Environment Vice-Ministry of the Canary Islands (Viceconsejería de Medio Ambiente del Gobierno de Canarias) (Main beneficiary), Azores Regional Government for the Environment, Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources of Madeira, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC), University of La Laguna (ULL), Institute of Technology and Renewable Energies, SA (ITER), Technological Institute of Canary Islands (ITC) and the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment of the Republic of Cape Verde.…