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Os membros Tesla estão hoje reunidos em Bruxelas para reporte da situação actual do projecto e preparação para a sua conclusão.
O PROJECTO
O TESLA (acrónimo em inglês para Transferindo a Poupança Energética para a Agro-indústria) pretende reduzir custos energéticos nas cooperativas agro-industriais europeias, através da promoção de boas práticas de eficiência energética. A parceria inclui 110 Cooperativas portuguesas, espanholas, francesas e italianas com Universidades, Centros Tecnológicos e de Investigação.
In Portugal, we have been disseminating TESLA project through different communication channels. Below some of the examples of TESLA in other websites.
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A CONFAGRI promoveu a disseminação dos principais resultados do evento TESLA em mais dois eventos este mês, um realizado em Ovar, na Ovarural, a 13 de agosto e outro em Penafiel, na Agrivale, a 24 de agosto. Em ambos, houve uma assistência participada e interessada nestas questões da eficiência energética, não só para a agro-indústria, como também para as explorações agrícolas e habitações próprias. Um tema que a CONFAGRI dissemina, elogiada pela Vereadora de Penafiel, Dra. Susana, como parte da sua visão de futuro.
Entre os oradores, estiveram fornecedores de equipamentos da iluminação (AuraLight), dos sistemas de gestão de energia, variadores de velocidades e baterias de condensadores (Schneider Electric) e de oportunidades em energia solar (BoaEnergia), que estabeleceram contacto com...
A CONFAGRI está a organizar um evento com vista à poupança de energia na agro-indústria, a realizar na Universidade de Évora, no pólo da Mitra, no dia 25 de Junho, às 14:15 horas.
Venha conhecer os casos de sucesso, bem como possíveis soluções tecnológicas e apoios em eficiência energética para a agro-indústria.
O próximo evento regional TESLA irá realizar-se no dia 25 de Junho, em Évora, organizado pela CONFAGRI e com o apoio da Universidade de Évora, também parceira do projecto.
Neste evento irá proporcionar-se o encontro entre cooperativas agro-industriais, participantes no projecto TESLA, bem como de outras cooperativas, com os parceiros portugueses do projecto, fornecedores de equipamentos, tecnologias e mediadores de apoios a medidas de eficiência energética para a agro-indústria.
Questo evento seminariale, organizzato assieme alla Legacoop Toscana e alla Coop.va DREAm, nostra partner nel progetto, ha avuto lo scopo di presentare alla platea innanzitutto il Progetto e alcuni dei risultati degli audit energetici, con un focus particolare proprio sulle realtà toscane, nonché le possibilità di investimento che si potranno aprire per le aziende agricole con l'approvazione del nuovo PSR Toscana 2014-2020. Si auspica quindi che le imprese presenti durante la giornata seminariale possano aver tratto ottimi spunti per il prossimo futuro, e che possano avvalersi degli strumenti messi a disposizione per migliorare la loro efficienza energetica.
This meeting, organized together with Legacoop Toscana and Coop Dream, our partner in the project, was aimed to present to the audience first of all the Project and some of the results of energy audits, with a particular focus on the realities of Tuscany, just as well the investment opportunities that may be open for farms with the approval of the new Tuscany RDP 2014-2020.
The interventions, in addition to those more technical of Eng. Chiara Chiostrini and dr. Agronomist Andrea Triossi, which showed more closely TESLA project, also included the participation of several key actor related to financial and insurance sector with presentations by representatives of the Unipol bank and Insurance Assicoop.
“Reasons of Future” is the slogan of the 7th Congress of Agro-food Cooperatives of Spain. Last 26 and 27 of February, this Congress gathered in Valencia more than one thousand of cooperatives’ representatives from all over Spain and also from other European countries. In every Congress, one of the main objectives is to be the meeting point where cooperatives can analyze their common problems, can define their interests and can establish strategies and synergies that benefit the collective of cooperatives by presenting their situations and specific experiences.
In this sense, the Congress included four Workshops during the first day afternoon. These workshops dealt with four items that nowadays awaken a great interest within the cooperatives: energy efficiency, competitiveness and market...
Last 4th of February, representatives from TESLA project were visiting the European Commission to speak about the project and the importance of energy issues in the rural and food sector. Severalmaterials from the project were delivered in these meetings, mainly the handbooks on energy efficiency in the different sectors.
Espaço Rural Magazine has now a new section on innovation. What a better way to start it, referring to TESLA project as one of the European projects on agro-energy that CONFAGRI has been working on.
If you live or work in Spain and are interested in energy efficiency for the agro-industry, you must participate in one of the Spanish TESLA brokerage events. Below some more detailed information.
If you live or work in France and are interested in energy efficiency for the agro-industry, you must participate in one of the French TESLA brokerage events. Below some more detailed information.
TESLA audits’ reports are being finished and its main results will be disseminated through brokerage events, taking place in 2015, at the different regions where audits were promoted. Many companies and organizations, including cooperatives and technology providers, will attend the meeting.
Apofruit: streamlining the irrigation brings results
Aprofruit Italia, in its plant in Aprilia, presented to FreshPlaza the results related to a trial on irrigation systems, aimed to streamline the use of water. A trial that, in the last 8 years, involved several farmers specialized in kiwi production, members of Apofruit Aprilia.
On 5th December 2014 was inaugurated, at the presence of Environmental Assessor of Florence Ms. Alessia Bettini, in Agricola Cammelli company, the innovative intervention aimed at energy efficiency and environment safeguard, realized by Innovatec, company of Kinexia Group leader in smart energy services design and creation: the installation of a biomass boiler that could considerably reduce the polluting emission and energy consumption.
Cammelli, historic vegetable agri-business of Tuscany, consumed around 150.000 lt/year of fuel oil, corresponding to gas emission of about 400 t CO2/year. Innovatec intervention will lead to a saving of around 1993 TOE/year. Biomass boiler can in effect used wood production scraps to produced thermal energy, reducing the reliance on fossil fuel, as oil.
On the 25th september, Cooperativas Agro-alimentarias organize in Jaén a Seminar for the presentation of TESLA Project and where will be analysed the main energy efficiency measures for olive oil mills.
In Andaluzia, through TESLA Project, were audited 6 olive oil mills, from the districts of Jaén, Málaga and Granada: Cooperativa San Isidro de Loja (Granada), S.C.A. San Francisco de Asís de Montefrío (Granada), S.C.A. San Isidro de Castillo de Locubín (Jaén), S.C.A. la Bética Aceitera de Quesada (Jaén), S.C.A. San Juan de La Cruz de Beas de Segura (Jaén) and S.C.A. Olivarera del Trabuco, de Villanueva del Trabuco (Málaga).
CONFAGRI’s pavillion at Agriculture’s National Fair promoted the first TESLA event in Portugal, on the 12th of June.
From 30th april to 4th may, CONFAGRI disseminated the TESLA diptics at the annual farming fair Ovibeja.
Some people and organizations asked for more information and were interested in this project.
How to save energy in the agro-industry will be presented in the University at Vila Real