Descrizione del progetto DEENESFRITPL Una nuova tecnologia per determinare le risorse idriche La carenza idrica dovuta ai cambiamenti ambientali sta iniziando a gravare su numerosi settori, in particolare quello energetico. L’assenza di metodi efficaci per prevedere le quantità di acqua prodotta da neve e fiumi rappresenta un importante problema per le società idroelettriche. Il progetto Waterjade, finanziato dall’UE, sta sviluppando una nuova tecnologia che sfrutta una vasta gamma di fonti di dati sulla prevedibilità delle condizioni atmosferiche e sulle informazioni satellitari. Esso intende contribuire a pronosticare la quantità di acqua prevista annualmente con una precisione affidabile. Sebbene i clienti iniziali di Waterjade fossero le centrali idroelettriche, il progetto sta ora iniziando a lavorare con entità pubbliche e private al fine di prevedere condizioni meteorologiche quali siccità o valanghe. Mostra l’obiettivo del progetto Nascondi l’obiettivo del progetto Obiettivo "Water is called the new gold of the 21st century, yet, due to climate change, water resources are becoming ever more discontinuous, creating hazardous sitations and big uncertainties in numerous sectors, like energy, where water is the primary ingredient for daily operations.One of the most recurrent question raised by professionals is: ""how much water is there and when will it become available""? We have developed a new technology, called Waterjade, capable of predicting water resources at high resolution, both in terms of snow and river discharge. Differently from other competitive technologies, it adopts a physically based modeling approach that integrates multiple sources of data, like in-situ stations, numerical weather predictions and satellite data. The advantages are increased accuracy and scalability to ungauged basins. Our customers are hydropower companies, whom we deliver a service of snow monitoring upstream the production plants, so they can quantify the energy that is likely to be produced in the long run, and a service of short-term inflow predictions to the plants, useful for safety reason and to optimize the energy production. We are extending the service of snow monitoring also to the public sector, that use it for safety reasons (avalanches) and as an index to anticipate drought.Working with public and private sectors is giving positive feedback, both in terms of credibility and accuracy as we can benefit from the capillary distribution of in-situ stations from public agencies.The business model is a ""subscription-based Service"" to the Waterjade portal and the market potential is estimated in about 500 M€/y worldwide, with great potential in particular for hydropower, Europe's and world’s largest renewable energy resource." Campo scientifico natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesmeteorologynatural sciencesearth and related environmental scienceshydrologyengineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringaerospace engineeringsatellite technologyengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsrenewable energyhydroelectricitynatural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesclimatologyclimatic changes Programma(i) H2020-EU.2.3. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Innovation In SMEs Main Programme H2020-EU.3. - PRIORITY 'Societal challenges H2020-EU.2.1. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies Argomento(i) EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020 - SME instrument Invito a presentare proposte H2020-EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020 Vedi altri progetti per questo bando Bando secondario H2020-SMEInst-2018-2020-1 Meccanismo di finanziamento SME-1 - SME instrument phase 1 Coordinatore WATERJADE SRL Contribution nette de l'UE € 50 000,00 Indirizzo VIA GUARDINI 24 38121 Trento Italia Mostra sulla mappa PMI L’organizzazione si è definita una PMI (piccola e media impresa) al momento della firma dell’accordo di sovvenzione. Sì Regione Nord-Est Provincia Autonoma di Trento Trento Tipo di attività Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Partecipazione a programmi di R&I dell'UE Opens in new window Rete di collaborazione HORIZON Opens in new window Costo totale € 71 429,00
