In parallel with the 4th Sol2H2O Project Meeting, the 2nd Fast-Track School took place in Pozo Izquierdo, Gran Canaria (Spain), on the 25th and 26th of September. As a continuation of the first FTS that was focused on the State of the Art (SoA) of the different technologies, this second FTS contemplated the Beyond SoA (focusing on implementation, experimental campaigns, monitoring and data assessment).
Hosted by ITC, and with speakers from all the consortium partners, had 42 attendees (online and onsite), including young, senior and candidate young researchers.
ITC leads WP3 of Sol2H2O were up to three Fast-Track Schools (FTS) will be developed. Each edition includes Solar-driven WP&WT technologies and brine treatment processes focused lectures and brainstorming sessions. This FTS are meant to provide evolutive training on scientific, research methodology and result assessment topics to the Industry, Candidate and Young Researchers, providing support to their respective evolution towards becoming Young and Leading Researchers in these fields.
Besides the presentations, the attendees had a visit to the ITC facilities and the Telde II SWRO desalination plant and the Fast-Track School ended with a researcher’s brainstorming session for onsite attendees.
The third and last FTS will be held in the University of Évora on the first week of February 2025, and will provide Technology benchmarking and Exploitation contents to CYR and YR.
Sol2H20 project is co-financed by HE | HORIZON-CSA/HORIZON-AG, and is integrated into the DESAL+ Living Lab Platform (desalinationlab.com).
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