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STRENGTHENING OF R&D+i CAPACITIES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF RESILIENCE TO VOLCANIC EMERGENCIES IN MACARONESIA Data Acronym: VOLRISKMAC II Reference: MAC2/3.5b/328 Partners: Instituto Volcanológico de Canarias (INVOLCAN), Instituto Tecnológico y de Energías Renovables (ITER), Agencia Insular de la Energía de Tenerife (AIET), Centro de Informação e Vigilância Sismovulcânica dos Açores (CIVISA), Universidade dos Açores (UAc), Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, Instituto das Florestas e Conservação da Natureza (IP-RAM), Universidade de Cabo Verde (UniCV) and Laboratorio de Engenharia Civil de Cabo Verde. Duration: 2019-2022 (36 months) Budget: 1,609,594.76 € Co-Financing: Interreg Territorial Cooperation Programme Madeira-Azores-Canary Islands (MAC) 2014-2020. 2nd Call. Axis 3 – Climate…

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STRENGTHENING OF VOLCANO TOURISM IN THE MACARONESIA REGIÓN Details Acronym: VOLTURMAC Reference: MAC2/4.6c/298 Partners: Volcanological Institute of the Canary Islands (INVOLCAN), Institute of Technology and Renewable Energies (ITER), University of La Laguna (ULL), Council of Tenerife, Council of El Hierro, Madeira Chamber of Commerce and Industry , Azores Regional Tourism Association, University of Cape Verde (UniCV), Cape Verde Chamber of Tourism and Civil Engineering Laboratory of Cape Verde. Duration: 2020-2022 Budget: 1.964.660,94 € Co-Financing: INTERREG V A Spain-Portugal MAC 2014-2020 Territorial Cooperation Program. Axis 4 – Conserving and protecting the environment and promoting resource efficiency. Project overview VOLTURMAC (MAC2/4.6c/298) is…

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Laboratories to measure the energy efficiency of night artificial light in protected natural areas of Macaronesia Details Acronym: EElabs Reference: MAC2/4.6d/238 Partners: Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC), Instituto Tecnológico y de Energías Renovables (ITER), Sociedade Portuguesa para o Estudo das Aves (SPEA-Madeira), Sociedade Portuguesa para o Estudo das Aves (SPEA-Azores) Duration: 08/10/2019 – 31/12/2023 Budget: 1.573.837,18 € Co-Financing: INTERREG Madeira-Azores-Canarias Territorial Cooperation Programme (MAC) 2014-2020. 2nd Call. Axis 4- Preserve and protect the environment and promote the efficiency of resources. Project overview Loss of darkness due to the increasing use of Artificial…

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Improvement of R&D&i technologies and capacity building in the sectors of renewable energy and energy efficiency of the Canary Islands and Senegal Details Acronym: MACLAB-PV Reference: Instituto Tecnológico y de Energías Renovables, S.A. (ITER), Agencia Insular de Energía de Tenerife, Fundación Canaria (AIET), Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches sur les Energies Renouvelables – UCAD (CERER), Agence pour l’Economie et le Maîtrise de l’Energie (AEME). Duration: 2019-2023 Budget: 771.758,70 € Financing: co-financed by the INTERREG Madeira-Azores-Canarias Territorial Cooperation Programme (MAC) 2014-2020. 2nd Call. Axis 1 – Enhancing research, technological development and innovation. Project overview The MACLAB-PV project aims to optimize the scientific,…

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Development of a remote-controlled solar aircraft for surveillance missions Details Acronomym: HELIODRON Partners: Instituto Tecnológico y de Energías Renovables, Fundación Centro Tecnológico de Componentes (CTC) y Aerosertec Duration: 2016-2018 (27 months) Budget: 775.542,10€ Financing: Retos-Colaboración Programme. R+D National Plan 2013-2016. Economy and Competitiveness Ministry. FEDER funds. Project overview The main objective of the HELIODRON project is to develop a 2 meter wingspan Remotely Piloted Solar Aircraft that will be equipped with specific instrumentation to perform different surveillance missions. It will be useful not only for prevention, but for the management of incidents and disasters that may occur. The advantages of this…

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5 MWp photovoltaic solar installation + 5 MWh storage in the Arico municipality The project, co-financed by the MEDI-FDCAN Program 2016-2025, proposes a pilot model to verify the technical and economic feasibility of undertaking medium-to-large-scale grid-connected solar installations without specific incentivized remuneration, according to the current legislative framework. In this regard, it is necessary to design and execute an installation model that prioritizes technological and management efficiency, but in which execution and operation costs are significantly reduced in order to obtain a minimum guaranteed profitability that makes the project attractive to future potential investors. Therefore, the energy production cost criterion…

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In 2014, the Cabildo de Tenerife proposed to provide information about its activity and management to citizens in a complete, accessible, updated and truthful way. Information transparency as the main foundation of a participatory and collaborative Open Government model in which citizens could have information on its public activity. In order to make this information available, it was decided that the means of communication with citizens would be a Cabildo Insular Television Channel with Internet presence, for which, by Agreement of the Insular Government Council dated November 10, 2014, a collaboration agreement was approved with the public insular company Instituto…

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Smart Electrical Grid Management with Renewable Energy Generation Estimation based on High-Resolution Mesoscale Models. Data Acronym: GRIDER Reference: RTC‐2017‐6409‐3 Partners: Instituto Tecnológico y de Energías Renovables (ITER) – Project coordinator Universidad de La Laguna (ULL) Duration: 39 months (from 10-1-2018 to 12-31-2021) Fundable Budget: 865,385.00 € Grant: 217,128.99 € FEDER Refundable advance: 210,277.25 € Loan: 0.00 € Own contribution: 270,031.86 € Financing: Call for proposals Challenges-Collaboration 2017. State Programme for Research, Development and Innovation Oriented to the Challenges of Society. State Plan for Scientific-Technical Research and Innovation 2013-2016. Project Overviw The GRIDER project has been designed with two research objectives…

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DESIGN AND EXPERIMENTAL DEVELOPMENT OF PROTOTYPES FOR THE GENERATION OF ELECTRICITY BY THERMOELECTRIC EFFECT IN SUPERFICIAL GEOTHERMAL ANOMALIES OF VOLCANIC ORIGIN: APPLICATION IN THE VOLCANIC SYSTEMS OF TIMANFAYA (LANZAROTE) AND TEIDE (TENERIFE). Data Acronym: ELECTROVOLCAN Reference: RTC-2017-6628-3 Partners: Instituto Tecnológico y de Energías Renovables S.A. (ITER) – Project Coordinator Instituto Volcanológico de Canarias (INVOLCAN) Agencia Insular de Energía de Tenerife (AIET) Universidad Pública de Navarra (UPNA) Instituto Geológico y Minero de España (IGME) Duration: 01/09/2018 – 31/08/2021 Fundable budget: 1,254,649.36€ Grant: 620,232.41€. FEDER reimbursable advance: 151,625.10€. Loan: 0.00€ Own contribution: €482,791.85 Financing: Call for proposals Challenges-Collaboration 2017. State Programme for…

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Multiomics for the identification of genetic predictors of survival in patients with sepsis. Data Acronym: {omics} m-SEP Partners: Research Unit of the University Hospital Ntra. Sra. de Candelaria Instituto Tecnológico y de Energías Renovables (ITER) – Project coordinator Duration: 2018-2020 (3 years) Budget: 99,200.00 € Financing: Strategic Action in Health 2013-2016 State Programme for Research oriented to the Challenges of Society State Plan for Scientific and Technical Research and Innovation 2013-2016 Carlos III Health Institute Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness (MINECO) Project Overviw This project, led by the Nuestra Señora de Candelaria University Hospital attached to the Centre for…

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