Spread over ten halls and with tens of thousands of delegates visiting during the course of the week, the IFAT fair is a worldwide reference point for the water and environment sectors. The 2024 edition will take place in Munich on 13-17 May 2024.
This year, Easy Hydro’s turbines will be on show at the booths of our partners SAER Elettropompe (B1.447/546) and Tecnidro (C2.509). For more information: https://ifat.de/en/trade-fair
Located in dry Southern Spain, this hydropower scheme was built in the 1960s and features a 650 kW Francis turbine. Even if the design capacity was adequate to the amount of water flow available at the time, the effects of climate change have caused a drastic reduction in water availability. As a result of this, the turbine has only been operated sporadically over the last decade since on most days there wasn’t a sufficient water flow to start the unit.
After diagnosing the situation and assessing the historical flow records, the Easy Hydro team recommended adding a low-cost Pump As Turbine (PAT) in parallel to the existing 650 kW unit. The new equipment was recently installed and will soon be commissioned, thus providing a stable 90-100 kW power generation and utilizing the water that otherwise bypasses the main turbine.
A water utility in Northern Spain is set to reduce its electricity bill thanks to an Easy Hydro energy recovery solution. A 50 kW turbine now sits at the inlet of a treatment plant, supplied by a gravity-fed water source.
For this project, Easy Hydro provided the design expertise and the equipment (turbine, valves, electrical and control panels) required to complete the project.
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Alongside its industrial energy recovery projects, Easy Hydro also provides services to “traditional” hydro sites.
This estate in Ireland had a small hydro system which had fallen into dis-use. The Easy Hydro team conducted a full audit and tested each part of the system (intake, storage pond, penstock, turbine house) which allowed our engineers to identify the key steps needed to bring the site back into full operation.
With the first of those steps already completed, the site is well on its way back to generating almost 20 kW of green energy from the water flowing through it!
#easyhydro #hydropower #sustainability #energyrecovery #energyefficiency #pumpsasturbines #
The two turbines are installed in parallel and are located 50 m below the ground level on the discharge line from the mine water treatment plant. After passing through the turbines, the water is then released into a nearby watercourse.
The energy recovery system was designed and installed as an integral part of the water management infrastructure of the mine, with the aim of minimizing the environmental impact of the mineral extraction operations. Since last November, Easy Hydro’s innovative low-cost hydro solution is helping our customer to self-generate over 20% of the energy needed to run its water treatment plant!
#easyhydro #mining #pumpsasturbines #innovation #energyefficiency #lowcost #selfgenerate #energyrecovery
Easy Hydro’s Engineers offer world-class prefeasibility studies to help you make the most cost effective and energy efficient decision for your business.
A pre-feasibility study is an early-stage analysis of a potential project. It typically gives an overview of a project’s logistics, benefits, capital requirements, key challenges and other information deemed important to the decision-making process. Saving you time and money in the long run.
Easy Hydro’s roots are in over twelve years of small hydropower research. Building on that wealth of knowledge and culture of innovation, our engineers can offer innovative and low-cost ways of implementing hydro energy recovery within existing water infrastructures. Whether down a mine, in water/wastewater treatment plant or on an industrial cooling system, we can provide a solution to customers willing to reduce their energy bills and cut down on CO2 emissions.
Below are charts taken from a pre-feasibility done for one of our customers.
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To mark the occasion, we enjoyed a team building day around Dublin for some historical sightseeing at Trinity College’s Book of Kells exhibition followed by a Dublin City walking tour.
iAMP-Hydro is an innovation project funded by the European Commission under the Horizon Europe framework that will improve the operations of existing hydropower plants through a set of digital solutions under the form of a novel Asset Management Platform. The main aim of the project is to foster the digital transition of the hydropower sector and to improve its competitiveness. The full package of digital solutions will be validated at five real-world existing hydropower plants producing evidence for policy makers to support the green and digital transition of hydro.
In the beginning of November, the members of the consortium came together at Trinity College in Dublin to commemorate the launch of the project and share some updates and insights.
Stay tuned for more updates as we embark on this exciting journey. We are eager to share more about the features, benefits and impact of iAMP in the coming weeks!
At the beginning of October Easy Hydro welcomed two new colleagues to our growing team: Bhavya Maheshwari and Nadia Larsen. For the occasion, we all met in Dublin for an onboarding in-person session.
Stay tuned for more Easy Hydro news!
The biennial ACCADUEO H2O exhibition has been the reference event for the Italian water sector for the past 30 years. Its 16th edition was held in Bologna in October 11th-13th and featured a busy schedule of events and conferences alongside two halls hosting hundreds of international exhibitors. Among them was Easy Hydro, who shared a stand with our partner Tecnidro.
This was the perfect opportunity to present a full-scale prototype of our hydro energy recovery solution for pressurized water networks. Instead of just dissipating the excess available pressure via throttling valves or tank inflow valves, the adoption of an Easy Hydro system allows the network operator to generate some valuable green electricity as a byproduct.
A big thank you to Tecnidro, SAER Elettropompe, to the organizers of the event and above all to the many who stopped by our stand during the three days! Stay tuned for the upcoming Easy Hydro events.
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