After 7th Meeting

Final project partners' coordination meeting took place at Central Mining Institute in Katowice on 31st of May 2017. The main aspect of the meeting was concerning finalization of project deliverables and schedule for good preparation of final report.


In the afternoon we visited The Guido Mine and Coal Mining Museum at Zabrze (http://www.muzeumgornictwa.pl/), which was a great possibility to discuss differences in mining experiences and possibilities of post-closure activities.


Some photos can be seen below.

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Final Conference in Katowice

The closing conference of the LoCAL project took place on 1st of June 2017 at Central Mining Institute in Katowice. Almost 70 people participated in the conference, including representatives of all partners' institutions (from UK, Spain and Poland), representatives of mining sector from Silesia region, representatives of companies dealing with water technologies from Silesia Region and Czech Republic and other interested stakeholders.
An international group of experts – LoCAL project partners – presented their experiences concerning use of different technologies for extracting heat from mine waters with recommendations for their application and perspectives supported by examples of implementations. Additionally, interactive tools developed within the project were presented. Short training courses were also conducted on their use. The tools are shown and explained in the "toolbox".

Presentation from the conference can be downloaded here.

Some photos from the conference can be seen below.

Grzegorz Gzyl kierownik projektu

Konferencję otworzył dyrektor Zbigniew Lubosik

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Last Project Partners Meeting

The 7th semi-annual meeting of LoCAL Project will take place on 31st of May 2017, the day before of official final conference of the project. (Agenda of the meeting)

The day after official conference, all partners and guests are welcome to site visit to Armada Development S.A. – on pilot action site in Bytom.

 

 

LoCAL Final Conference

On behalf of the Central Mining Institute, we would like to invite all people interested in the topic of mine water heat recovery, to the closing conference of the LoCAL project. The conference will present technologies for extracting heat from mine waters with recommendations for their application, conclusions, experiences and perspectives supported by examples of implementations, as well as interactive tools developed within the project. The lectures will be delivered by an international group of experts – LoCAL project partners.

The conference will be held at the premise of Central Mining Institute in Katowice, Poland. The conference will be conducted in Polish and English (with simultaneous translation). Participation in the conference is free of charge.

Below you can find the conference program. You can register by sending an e-mail to Beata Krawczyk (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ) with information or with filled in registration form (in Polish).

Agenda

 

Invitation to the workshop

Open workshop to investigate challenges and opportunities of using energy from flooded coal mines for heating and cooling applications will be held on Tuesday 23 May 2017 between 12:30 and 16:00 at Nottingham Trent University (Nottingham Conference Centre)

The detailed information and schedule of the workshop can be find below.

Agenda

 

 

 

After 6th meeting

The 6th semi-annual meeting of LoCAL Project took place on 7th – 8th of March 2017 in University of Oviedo (Escuela de Ingeniería de Minas, Energía y Materiales, Universidad de Oviedo). During the two-day meeting the project partners discussed the progress of completed and ongoing actions carried out under various Taks. Moreover, the WP Leaders summarized the work undertaken within all work packages (WP's) and the project coordinators discussed the key issues related to progress reporting within annual report for 2016. The meeting was ended with preliminary findings on the shape and content of the final conference.
Presentations as well as photos from social events organized by the Spanish partners are presented below.

Presentations 6th meeting

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UOVE meeting 1

UOVE meeting 2