Replicating the Natural Rain Process for a Sustainable Distributed Water Production: More Water with Less Consumed Energy

Project Information

GENAQ

Grant agreement ID: 808402

DOI

10.3030/808402

Project closed

EC signature date 20 January 2018

Start date 1 February 2018

End date 31 May 2018

Funded under

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Climate action, Environment, Resource Efficiency and Raw Materials

Total cost

€ 71 429,00

EU contribution

€ 50 000,00

Coordinated by

GENAQ TECHNOLOGIES SL
Spain

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - GENAQ (Replicating the Natural Rain Process for a Sustainable Distributed Water Production: More Water with Less Consumed Energy)

Reporting period: 2018-02-01 to 2018-05-31

Summary of the context and overall objectives of the project

Water scarcity is a major global issue. The efforts to try to meet the growing water needs are generating multiple impacts associated to water production, transportation and packaging.
Atmospheric Water Generators (AWGs) reproduce the water cycle by condensing ambient humidity. AWGs are widely used to supply water to remote facilities where drinking water is not available. However, their penetration into commercial and residential premises with lack of access to drinking water or with insufficient water quality is still low.
GENAQ, a Spanish company focused on the development and production of advanced AWGs has created GENAQ STRATUS to supply the commercial and residential markets with disruptive, efficient and functional AWGs able to produce top quality drinking water with the lowest energy consumption in the market.
GENAQ STRATUS has reached TRL7 through the successful implementation of larger models (NIMBUS and CUMULUS) for remote locations and emergency response purposes and the development and testing of GENAQ STRATUS models with 50 and 200 l capacity. The last development steps will be achieved through GENAQ project by further developing, validating and bringing into the market our GENAQ STRATUS series

Work performed from the beginning of the project to the end of the period covered by the report and main results achieved so far

1. We have further assessed GENAQ STRATUS development stage (TRL7), defined the required technology developments and prepared a Work Plan to take GENAQ STRATUS to TRL9. Additionally, we identified GENAQ project technical risks and proposed mitigation and contingency measures.
2. We have conducted an analysis on the AWGs market, completed an assessment on GENAQ IP strategy and confirmed our Freedom-To-Operate in GENAQ target markets. Additionally, we have updated our dissemination plan and assessed the regulatory requirements with an impact on the project.
3. We have further defined our commercialisation strategy, identified our funding needs and forecasted GENAQ STRATUS financial projections up to 2025. We have also identified GENAQ project commercial, administrative and financial risks.

Progress beyond the state of the art and expected potential impact (including the socio-economic impact and the wider societal implications of the project so far)

GENAQ STRATUS will provide end users in commercial and residential premises with lack of access to sufficient quality water with top quality drinking water through an affordable, efficient, functional and environmentally friendly alternative to bottled water and other drinking water sources (filtration systems, water tanks). By implementing GENAQ STRATUS our end users will eliminate their use of plastic bottles, resulting in savings of 20 g of plastic per litre of water.

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