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The GESTAR team has been committed to organize in the Pirineos Campus of the Universidad Internacional Menendez Pelayo (UIMP) a 3 day meeting in the subject;
Technologies and Strategies for Energy Saving in Irrigation
The seminar will take place from 18 to 20 September 2013, in the Escuela Politécnica Superior de Huesca (Spain) bringing relevant national and international speakers, addressing to irrigation engineering professionals, technological and and civil works companies, WUA, public servers, river basin managers, producers, researchers and students.
The conferences will present the latest innovations in technology and management procedures that can provide energy and cost savings in modernized irrigation systems pressurized by pumping stations with a remarkable energy consume.
The brochure with activities program is here (resgistered users).
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UIMP is a Spanish internationally renowned institution that organize seminars and meetings dealing with the most challenging issues, providing a framework for reflection and dissemination of knowledge at the highest level. Conferences are address to an multilevel audience of professionals, researchers, companies, users and stakeholders of the administration.
PROGRAM
WEDNESDAY September 18th, 2013
9:30 -11:00: Evolution of electricity prices in Spain and its impact on irrigation. Andrés del Campo, Agronomist, President of the National Federation of Water Users Associations (FENACORE)
11:00 12:30: Modernization and development of irrigation in the crossroads. Joan Corominas, Agronomist, New Water Culture Foundation.
13:00 to 14:30: Strategies for reducing energy costs for irrigation, Ricardo Aliod. Professor University of Zaragoza, Coordinator R & D team & I GESTAR.
16:00 -18:00: Roundtable: Electricity rates and other limiting factors in irrigation. Andrés del Campo, Joan Corominas, Electric Company Representative; Moderator: Ricardo Aliod,
THURSDAY September 19th, 2013
9:00 to 10:30: Irrigation in North America and their energy costs. Charles Burt, Professor California Polytechnic State University, President of the Irrigation Training and Research Center (ITRC).
10:30 to 12:00: Irrigation in the north and south of the Mediterranean and their energy costs. Nicola Lamaddalena, Director of Land and Water Resources Management Dept IAMB-CIHEAM.
12:30 to 14:00: Tools for energy optimization in the design and management of networks, Susana Garcia, Agronomist, University Researcher Zaragoza.
16:00 to 18:00: International plans of development and modernization of irrigation, common problems and specificities. Susana Garcia, Charles Burt, Nicola Lamaddalena, Moderator: Ricardo Aliod.
FRIDAY September 20 th, 2013
9:00 to 10:30: Monitoring and remote control in irrigation for energy saving. Xavier Diaz, Telecommunications Engineer, Technical Division of Automation and Control Systems, Regaber.
10:30 to 12:00: Water and energy saving techniques at plot level. Enrique Playán, ,Researcher. Director of the Agriculture and Environment department of the Aula Dei Experimental Station (CISC).
12:30 to 14:00: Energy audits and efficiency indicators. José María Tarjuelo, Professor of the Department of Agroforestry Engineering, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Director of the Regional Centre for Water Research of Castilla-La Mancha.
16:00 to 18:00: Contest of old and new and renewable energy technologies. Enrique Playán, José María Tarjuelo, Xavier Diaz, Chair: Ricardo Aliod.
