Presentation hold during EIP Water Conference in Porto, as part of the Porto Water Innovation Week in Session 5 “Water and the circular economy, part 2 - agriculture”

1. WATER INNOVATION: BRIDGING GAPS,
CREATING OPPORTUNITIES
27 AND 28 SEPTEMBER 2017
ALFÂNDEGA PORTO CONGRESS CENTRE
WATER AND THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY, PART 2 –
AGRICULTURE
PRECISION IRRIGATION THAT REDUCES ENERGY
CONSUMPTION
LUIS NARVARTE
POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF MADRID
VALENTIN OPFERMANN
COPA-COGECA
ADRIANO BATTILANI
CANALE EMILIANO ROMAGNOLO

2. A. Battilani and V. Opfermann
AG112 - Water & Irrigated agriculture Resilient Europe
Precision irrigation that reduces
energy consumption

3. Coupling Drip Irrigation, Sensors and effective
Irrigation Scheduling and Strategies is regarded
as the best precision irrigation.
Precision Irrigation: a new idea, indeed !!
Precision Irrigation is deemed the
best solution to minimize adverse
environmental impacts.
Precision Irrigation is able to significantly
reduce agricultural water and energy uses.
A. Battilani and V. Opfermann, Porto 28 September 2017

4. EXPECTATIONS
WATER SAVINGS OF ABOUT 20%;
HIGHER WATER PRODUCTIVITY
HIGHER ECONOMIC WATER PRODUCTIVITY;
HIGHER YIELD (quantity and/or quality).
MINIMIZE ADVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACTS
IMPROVE WATER GOVERNANCE THROUGH
BETTER MANAGEMENT OF THE RESOURCE
BASE;
LOWER CARBON AND WATER FOOTPRINT
ENERGY SAVINGS OF ABOUT 20%
ENERGY PEAK-LOAD AND COSTS
REDUCTION (Automated PI with Time-of-Use
(TOU) Rate Control and Automated Demand
Response (AutoDR)

5. IRRIGATION WATER DELIVERY OPTIMAL ENERGY
MANAGEMENT
Energy comes to about 40% of the total water costs in agriculture
Precision Irrigation: direct energy savings
Optimizing Irrigation scheduling, shifting and pressure make
possible to save up to 50% of energy

6. EMBODIED ENERGY
Applying precision irrigation on 1.5 - 2.0 ha can save the energy
used by Italian or Spanish Householder in one year
Precision Irrigation: indirect energy savings
Water 1000 kWh
Fertilizers 1120 kWh Farming Oper.1 kWh
Agrochemicals 1 kWh

7. PRECISION (FERT)IRRIGATION

8. PRECISION IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT: AN
EXCESSIVE BURDEN FOR FARMERS?

9. PRECISION IRRIGATION PLATFORMS FOR
WATER AND ENERGY SAVINGS

10. ISRAEL
56 Partners
Grouping 54 Demosites
Water & Irrigated agriculture Resilient Europe
WATER/ENERGY
NEXUS
WEAM4i (ES,PT,DE)
CIHEAM-IAMB (IT)
IIAMA (ES)
UCLM (ES)
ANBI (IT)

11. Precision Irrigation: the future
NEW REMOTE AND PROXIMITY SENSORS
OPERATION OPTIMIZATION TOOLS
INTEGRATION IN ROBOTIC PLATFORMS
BIG DATA BASED WATER GOVERNANCE
NEARLY «PER PLANT» MANAGEMENT
WATER REUSE
FURTHER POTENTIAL ENERGY SAVINGS ??
CHANGE FROM FOSSIL TO RENEWABLE
ENERGY SOURCES: WIRE and PVAIZEC Action
Groups and the MASLOWATEN project

12. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No640771
Luis Narvarte
Coordinator
(Universidad Politécnica de Madrid)
PHOTOVOLTAIC IRRIGATION SYSTEMS
PVAIZEC ACTION GROUP and MASLOWATEN PROJECT
PVAIZEC – Large Photovoltaic Pumping
Systems for Zero Energy Irrigation

13. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No640771
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14. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No640771
THE PROBLEM:
THE CHALLENGE:
IRRIGATION
MODERNIZATION
↑ELECTRICITY USE
↑PRODUCTIVITY
↑ELECTRICITY COST
↓FEASIBILITY
↑CO2
LACK OF WATER
MASLOWATEN
100% RENEWABLE
30% LESS WATER
75% LESS COST

15. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No640771
OUR SOLUTION

16. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No640771
METHODOLOGY
SEE and TOUCH
COMMUNICATION between EQUALS
DEMONSTRATORS
In END-USER FACILITIES
Farmers Agro-industries
Irrigator Communities

17. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No640771
DEMONSTRATORS
100% PHOTOVOLTAICS
360 kWp – Water Pool
Irrigator Community
Spain
160 kWp – Pivot
Cooperative
Spain
40 kWp – Sprinklers
Farmer
Italy

18. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No640771
DEMONSTRATORS
Hybrid PV – Grid/diesel
140 kWp – PV/Diesel - Drip
Agro-industry
Portugal
120 kWp – PV/Grid - Drip
Agro-industry
Morocco

19. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No640771
PRELIMINARY EVALUATION
100% PV to Water pool in Spain
Actual data from 1st January 2017 to 31st August 2017
Total pumped water 399,694 m3
Total generated energy 467,751 kWh
Actual grid energy cost 10.5 c€/kWh
Actual Savings in 8 months 49,114€
Expected Savings in 12 months 70,468€
Investment costs 432,000€

20. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No640771
MARKET UPTAKE
SEE and TOUCH
From End-user
to Potential -user
TECHNOLOGY
TRANSFER
To 20 SMEs
REMOVE BARRIERS
Financing Schemes

21. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under
grant agreement No640771
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Luis Narvarte, Project Coordinator, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid
navarte@ies-def.upm.es
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