Who are We?

The teachers of the course are part of the staff of the Water Department.

The Water Department is one of the R&D departments of the Research and Technological division of the Canary Islands Institute of Technology (ITC). The activities in desalination powered by renewable energies started in 1996, focused on design, installation, testing, operation and monitoring of autonomous desalination systems. During this period 11 different combinations of desalination plants and renewable energy systems have been installed and operated. Concerning the actions in Africa, five photovoltaic driven reverse osmosis units are in operation: one in Tunisia (2006) and four in Morocco (2009).

Vicente Subiela	Head of Section of the Water Department. He has been working directly in several RE driven desalination projects (solar distillation, Wind powered desalination systems, PVRO). He has been researcher and Projects coordinator of European projects on desalination, and manager of several pilot seawater desalination projects tested in the ITC facilities since 1998. Eight publications
Baltasar Peñate	Head of Water Department (ITC) - Manager and Coordinator of regional and European projects on desalination driven by renewable energies, non-conventional wastewater treatment, water quality and water management and sustainability (Programs: MEDA, INTERREG, FP, INCOMED, DGTREN, Spanish Cooperation in Africa…)
Juan A. de la Fuente	Researcher in the ITC Water Department, working on desalination projects dedicated to the evaluation of different desalination systems powered by renewable energy sources (mainly solar photovoltaic and wind energy); as well as testing of different energy recovery systems for small production capacity SWRO desalination plants.