Objective
In order to meet the rising water demand required by an expanding population, which has already crossed the 7 billion mark
and is expected to reach 8,5 billion by 2030, and 9,7 billion in 2050 , desalination of seawater is envisaged as a solution to
provide a portion of the shortfall to fill the gap between supply and demand. Desalination becomes in many parts of the
world, and also in Europe, a promising option to combat water stress. Nonetheless, desalination plants generate huge
volumes of concentrates, also known as brines, which represent a potential hazard for marine ecosystems. Brines form a
very dense hypersaline plume (heavier than normal seawater) that spreads over large areas affecting marine ecosystems,
especially to seagrass meadows which are one of the most ecologically important ecosystems in coastal areas. ECOS has
developed VENTURI+ a diffuser solution, with a capacity of minimizing in a 99% the environmental impact associated to
brines discharges due to a potential dilution capacity 131% higher than conventional diffusers. Thus, VENTURI+ represents
a technological leap towards tackling one of the most robust environmental barriers that are holding the full deployment of
desalination plants.
ECOS requests funding to elaborate a feasibility study to define market uptake at National, European and International level.
The most important markets identified are the Mediterranean region (EU and non-EU countries), the Middle East, the US
and other countries such as India and China.
Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)
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CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: The European Science Vocabulary.
- natural sciences biological sciences marine biology
- engineering and technology environmental engineering energy and fuels renewable energy
- engineering and technology chemical engineering separation technologies desalination reverse osmosis
- natural sciences biological sciences ecology ecosystems
- natural sciences earth and related environmental sciences atmospheric sciences climatology climatic changes
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Programme(s)
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Multi-annual funding programmes that define the EU’s priorities for research and innovation.
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H2020-EU.3.2. - SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine, maritime and inland water research, and the bioeconomy
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H2020-EU.3.2.5. - Cross-cutting marine and maritime research
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H2020-EU.3.2.3. - Unlocking the potential of aquatic living resources
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H2020-EU.2.3.1. - Mainstreaming SME support, especially through a dedicated instrument
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Calls for proposals are divided into topics. A topic defines a specific subject or area for which applicants can submit proposals. The description of a topic comprises its specific scope and the expected impact of the funded project.
Funding Scheme
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Funding scheme (or “Type of Action”) inside a programme with common features. It specifies: the scope of what is funded; the reimbursement rate; specific evaluation criteria to qualify for funding; and the use of simplified forms of costs like lump sums.
SME-1 - SME instrument phase 1
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Call for proposal
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Procedure for inviting applicants to submit project proposals, with the aim of receiving EU funding.
(opens in new window) H2020-SMEInst-2016-2017
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Net EU financial contribution. The sum of money that the participant receives, deducted by the EU contribution to its linked third party. It considers the distribution of the EU financial contribution between direct beneficiaries of the project and other types of participants, like third-party participants.
35013 LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA
Spain
The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
The total costs incurred by this organisation to participate in the project, including direct and indirect costs. This amount is a subset of the overall project budget.