Objective The Coordination Action ADU-RES will achieve two main objectives: 1) Further development of integrated plant designs for mature and cost efficient autonomous desalination units (ADUs) which are based on renewable energy sources (RES) 2) Formulation of poli tical strategies for boosting ADU-RES implementation within the existing political and legislative frameworks in the Mediterranean 1) R&D units of autonomous desalination units with a capacity below 50 m3 per day which are based on RES are operating su ccessfully under the supervision of water and research institutes. Still, commercial applications remain rare. Now is the time to strengthen and unite research work for the design of robust and cost-effective desalination plants that operate autonomously on RES. Remaining S&T challenges are: Radical cost reduction Advanced management and control system Improved long-term reliability Environmentally sound set-ups 2) Large scale implementation of RES based ADUs require favourable legislative and institut ional framework conditions. The action will examine the relevant legislation in EU, AS and MPC, and elaborate a policy initiative for boosting RES based ADUs. Concrete suggestions for how to improve existing EU legislation, such as the EU Water Framework D irective, will be formulated. ADU-RES will make extensive use of the knowledge from previous and on-going R&D actions and bases its dissemination and exploitation plan on the existing networks and communication platforms. The ADU-RES consortium unites the main research players from EU and selected partners from seven MPC. This will mobilise the critical mass necessary to finally bridge the gap between the successful R&D work of the last decade and concrete installations for RES based desalination pl ants in arid Mediterranean regions. This ambitious task is supported by a well designed exploitation and dissemination plan which is based on a comprehensive demand analysis of water consumers. Fields of science engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringcontrol systemsengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsrenewable energyengineering and technologychemical engineeringseparation technologiesdesalinationengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringnatural resources managementwater managementnatural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftwaresoftware applicationssimulation software Keywords Autonomous desalination units renewable energy rural arid Mediterranean developmentco-operation Programme(s) FP6-INCO - Specific measures in support of international cooperation: Specific activities covering wider field of research under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006. Topic(s) INCO-B.1 - Environment Call for proposal FP6-2002-INCO-MPC-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CA - Coordination action Coordinator WIRTSCHAFT UND INFRASTRUKTUR & CO PLANUNG KG EU contribution No data Address Sylvesteinstrasse, 2 MUNICH Germany See on map Total cost No data Participants (15) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all EARTH LINK AND ADVANCED RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT Lebanon EU contribution No data Address Msaibeh Habib Abi Chlala St Saad and Seoud Bldg BEIRUT See on map Total cost No data AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS. Greece EU contribution No data Address Iera Odos 75 ATHENS See on map Total cost No data CENTRE DE DEVELOPPEMENT DES ENERGIES RENOUVELABLES Algeria EU contribution No data Address Route de l'Observatoire. Bouzareah ALGIERS See on map Total cost No data CENTRE FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES Greece EU contribution No data Address Marathonos Avenue 19th Km PIKERMI/ATHENS See on map Total cost No data LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Ashby Road LOUGHBOROUGH See on map Total cost No data ETA - ENERGIA, TRASPORTI, AGRICOLTURA Italy EU contribution No data Address Piazza Savonarola 10 FIRENZE See on map Total cost No data EGYPTIAN ASSOCIATION FOR WATER AND ENERGY Egypt EU contribution No data Address Awllyaa El-Rahman St. El-Saa Square, Vectoria ALEXANDRIA See on map Total cost No data FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. Germany EU contribution No data Address Hansastrasse 27C MUNCHEN See on map Total cost No data INSTITUT AGRONOMIQUE ET VETERINAIRE HASSAN II CHA AGADIR Morocco EU contribution No data Address Route de Taroudant Km 3, Ait Melloule AGADIR See on map Total cost No data INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES EN GENIE RURAL, EAUX ET FORETS Tunisia EU contribution No data Address Rue Hedi Karray ARIANA See on map Total cost No data INSTITUTO TECNOLOGICO DE CANARIAS, S.A. Spain EU contribution No data Address Pozo Izquierdo s/n SANTA LUCIA (LAS PALMAS) See on map Total cost No data COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES - DIRECTORATE GENERAL JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE Belgium EU contribution No data Address Rue de la Loi 200 BRUXELLES See on map Total cost No data PALESTINIAN HYDROLOGY GROUP FOR WATER AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT Palestine EU contribution No data Address Al-Ma'ahed St. 4 RAMALLAH See on map Total cost No data ROYAL SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY. Jordan EU contribution No data Address Ahmad Al-Tarawneh AL-JUBIEHA/AMMAN See on map Total cost No data FONDATION MARRAKECH 21 Morocco EU contribution No data Address Faculte des Sciences, Ave Prince My Abdellah MARRKECH See on map Total cost No data
