On 6th March, 2022, the president of Canary Islands, Ángel Víctor Torres Pérez<\/strong>, has visited the Canary Ocean Platform (PLOCAN) located at Telde (Gran Canaria)<\/strong>. Among other projects, he has visited the desalination pilot plant in which CIMNE is testing how obtaining high-purity fresh water from seawater using renewable energy<\/span> within the COOSW project<\/strong><\/a>. In the visit has also participated Elena Máñez<\/strong>, Regional Minister of Economy, Knowledge and Employment of the Government of the Canary Islands.<\/p>\n ???? El presidente @avtorresp<\/a>, junto a la consejera de @EcoGobCan<\/a>, @Elenamanez<\/a>, y el director de la @plocan<\/a>, @jhdez32<\/a>, presenta el proyecto que permitirá investigar la obtención de #hidrógeno<\/a> renovable a partir del agua marina<\/p>\n ???? Plataforma Oceánica de #Canarias<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/MCMJUvNQP9<\/a><\/p>\n — Presidencia GobCan (@PresiCan) May 6, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n The transnational cooperation project for the development of a solution that saves energy and water in coastal facilities through ocean energy capture devices (COOSW)<\/strong>, financed by the State Research Agency, tests the technology COOL STEAM at the Canary Ocean Platform (PLOCAN). COOL STEAM is a seawater desalination system by vacuum distillation developed by the International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE).<\/p>\n COOSW is a cooperation project between Mexico<\/strong> (UNAM<\/strong><\/a>), the Dominican Republic (PUCMM<\/a>),<\/strong> Germany<\/strong> (FRAUNHOFER<\/a>)<\/strong> and Spain (UAB<\/a>, PLOCAN<\/a>, CIMNE). <\/strong>The project is coordinated by CIMNE and PLOCAN participates as a partner. It proposes a solution that takes advantage of natural resources such as the temperature gradient of the seawater column and the energy of the waves for the desalination of seawater and the cooling of small facilities near the coast.<\/p>\n\n
COOSW project at a glance<\/h4>\n