Led by FCC Aqualia
Santiago de Compostela hosted the 13
th
World Congress
on Anaerobic Digestion
The 13th World Congress on Anaerobic
Digestion, an event sponsored by the Uni-
versity of Santiago de Compostela, was
inaugurated last 26 June in Santiago de
Compostela. Nearly 1000 professionals at-
tended the event which counted with the
support of the International Water Associa-
tion (IWA) and is the world’s most important
event of biogas production.
FCC Aqualia was not merely a sponsor of
this congress; it also had many of the mem-
bers of its scientific program investigation
team participating in the event.
The opening session, “About Beauty and
Consolation”, was headed by Frank Roga-
Nearly 1,000 professionals
from 50 different countries
attended the event,
considered the most
important international
seminar on biogas
production.
lla, FCC Aqualia’s director of Innovation and
Technology. Several company researchers
participated in the following three days of
the seminar. There was one particularly
interesting conference on the anammox
process (anaerobic ammonia oxidation) in
which FC Aqualia showed the results of two
of its pilot projects at the Vigo and the Gui-
llare (Pontevedra) waste water treatment
plants which will make it possible to build
large-scale units.
Following its R+D+i strategy, FCC Aqualia
is developing, as a priority, processes that
will make it possible to recycle and reuse
water and energy. The company has seve-
ral projects in the pipeline including those
involving anaerobic digestion.
As part of its participation in this congress,
FCC Aqualia set up a stand to provide addi-
tional information on its R+D+i projects that
are being carried out by various company
departments under the coordination of its
Innovation and Technology Department.
The participants at the congress were able
to have a first-hand view of the practical
application of this research thanks to the vi-
sits organized to the wastewater treatment
plant at Guillarei and the Friscos canning
company’s facilities in Catoira.
The company’s
research team
demonstrated its potential
in the investigation of
biofuels derived from
waste water
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