CONFERENCE
Energy Self-Sufficiency
in the Context of Climate Change
29 APRIL. ISAAC PERAL ROOM.
TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA.
This conference addresses the pressing issues the European continent faces regarding structural water scarcity and the urgent need for a shift in the energy model. It aims to highlight innovation and solutions designed to minimise the energy consumption of water treatment and its carbon footprint.
SPEAKERS
Enrique Baquerizo
Production Division Manager
Emasesa
Irene Morante
Head of the Sanitation and Purification Area within the Subdirectorate General for Hydrological Planning
Ministry for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge
Jairo Gómez
R&D&I Manager and Operations
Technician
Navarra de Infraestructuras Locales S. A.
Mario Ruiz
Responsible for Climate and
Environmental Action
Aigües de Barcelona
Francisco Javier Arrieta
Head of the R&D&I Department
Cadagua
Benigno López
Head of the Department of Environment
Emasesa
Carlos Espinar del Barrio
Head of Sales
Ness
Gari Villa-Landa Sokolova
Senior Water Policy Advisor
EUREAU
Pedro Simón
Technical Director, pe,
ESAMUR
Juan García
Head of the Higher Technical School of
Civil Engineering and Mining Engineering
UPCT
Xabier Sevillano
Responsable de Innovación en el Departamento de Integración, Almacenamiento Eléctrico e Hidrógeno
CENER
Pere Aguiló
Director de Operaciones
Consorci Besós-Tordera
Andrés Carnero
Responsable de Empresas de Smart Solar
IBERDROLA
Samira Khodayar Pardo
Coordinadora del Área de Meteorología y Climatología
CEAM
SCHEDULE APRIL 29
MORNING ENERGY SELF-SUFFICIENCY
9:00 h
Credential Pick-up
9:30 h
Opening ceremony.
– Sara Rubira, Regional Minister for Water, Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries.
– Noelia Arroyo, Mayor of Cartagena.
Presenting the ESAMUR 2026 Congress.
10:00 h
Keynote address.
Climate change in the Mediterranean region: Challenges towards future sustainability.
– Samira Khodayar Pardo, Head of the Meteorology and Climatology Area at CEAM.
10:30 h
Lecture.
The new Directive 2024/3019 on urban wastewater treatment. Towards self-sufficiency in the sector.– Irene Morante, Head of the Hydrological Planning Department, DGA-MITERD.
11:00 h
Coffee break.
11:30 h
Lecture.
Measures taken for energy self-sufficiency and climate change in the Region of Murcia.
– Pedro Simón, Technical Director of Esamur.
12:00 h
Expert panel.
Using biogas like biomethane, available technologies and the current state of feasibility at WWTPs.
– Pere Aguiló, Operations Director, Consorci Besos-Tordera.
The path to carbon neutrality. Disruptive technologies in digestion and biogenic CO₂ capture.
– Javier Arrieta Head of the R&D&I Department, CADAGUA. Co-digestion at WWTPs: The key to
energy self-sufficiency and compliance with the new Waste Water Directive.
– Benigno López, Head of the Environment Division, EMASESA. Working towards energy neutrality in Navarre’s sanitation sector.
– Jairo Gómez, R&D&I Manager and Operations Technician, NILSA.
14:00 h
Lunch break.
AFTERNOON. ENERGY SELF-SUFFICIENCY AND CARBON FOOTPRINT
16:00 h
Expert panel.
Key players involved in energy self-sufficiency.
– Gari Villa-Landa, representative of EUREAU.
– Enrique Baquerizo,chair of Commission V at DAQUAS.
– Xabier Sevillano, director of the Department of Integration, Electricity Storage and Hydrogen at CENER.
– Andrés Carnero, head of Smart Solar Business at IBERDROLA.
17:00 h
Lecture.
Energy management, PPAs and sustainability.
– Carlos Espinar, Head of the Sales Department at NESS.
17:30 h
Lecture.
Proposals for the operation of biological reactors based on nitrous oxide emissions. An experimental study at the Alcantarilla wastewater treatment plant.
– Juan García, UPCT Professor and Head of the Hidrom R&D&I Group.
18:00 h
Lecture.
Management of nitrous oxide emissions at Aigües de Barcelona.
– Mario Ruiz, Responsible for Climate and Environmental Action at Aigües of Barcelona.
18:30 h
End of the conference.
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