The future of renewable energy is in the Mediterranean

More than 70 people have debated throughout the day at Las Naves about the future of marine renewable energy and its impact on the Mediterranean Sea.

This day of entrepreneurship has brought together experts from various groups to discuss how "blue energies" or marine energies are positioning themselves as one of the renewable energies with the most future and the social impact that it entails; how it affects tourism, environment, fishing, etc.

Eduardo Armer, of the Imedes Group has presented the Blue Economy Study in the Valencian Community of the Ministry of Finance and Economic Model. Armer wanted to highlight the need to propose a maritime cluster that "group together and promote the Public Administration, the business sector, researchers and the education sector to develop joint projects and access European programs."

For his part, Vicente Tasso, Technical Coordinator at Oceansnell, explained the current environmental regulations and compatibility reports; needed to be able to launch marine renewable energy projects.

Prior to the networking that the attendees had with the session's speakers, Ruth Yagüe and Miguel Ángel García from CDTI, Javier Minguez from IVACE and Ramón Ferrandis from CEEI Valencia, explained the existing funding opportunities for all entrepreneurs, SMEs. or startups that are thinking about undertaking in the renewable energy sector.

After the break, Typsa's Hydrodynamic Modeling Manager, Javier Abanades, explained the steps to follow to start up Blue Energy plants using his Gravi3 device as an example.

During the round table, Enrique Ferrer, Secretary-Manager of the Fishermen's Association of Gandia, Jose Luis Fayos, Responsible for the Technical and Internationalization Area of ​​ANEN, Vicente Tasso and Javier Abanades highlighted the importance of taking into account "all actors that participate in the sea ", so that the coexistence of marine renewable energy systems with nautical recreational activities, fishing, environmental impact and tourism is compatible.

To end the morning's speeches, Ernesto Faubel, coordinator of the MatchUp project in Valencia City Council, explained within this project the wave initiative, which will allow the implementation of wave converting devices in the docks of the ports to generate energy for street lighting .

In the afternoon, Roberto Touza, has conducted an innovation workshop in business model in which innovation has worked in companies and startups, taking into account what are the most important points of a business model, how we can protect it and how you can innovate

This day is framed within the MAESTRALE project, an initiative within Interreg MED 2014-2020, co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund and whose objective is to lay the foundations of a strategy for the deployment of maritime energy in the Mediterranean area.

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