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Growing in LATIN AMERICA

The Icebreaker Almirante Irízar, of the Argentinian Navy, during its last campaign.

TRIBUNE José-Esteban PérezPresident of the Spanish Association of Marine and Ocean Engineers

TECHNOLOGY Molten salt heat storage systemGaining ground in solar technology

MARINEIcebreaker Almirante IrízarReparation and modernization

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04 Article Growing in Latin America: SENER’s contribution through local offices.

08 Interview Jorge Unda, Managing Director of SENER.

10 Tribune José-Esteban Pérez, President of the Spanish Association of Marine and Ocean Engineers.

11 Up-to-date Space Aeronautics and Vehicles Defense and Security New Markets Civil Architecture Power and Process Marine Group

29 Corporate

34 Technology Molten salt heat storage system: gaining ground in solar technology.

36 In Brief

Contributors:Álvaro Bellido Ángel FernándezCarlos CompostizoCarlos YbarraFernando QuintanaFrancesc GallartFrancisco RodriguezJavier ViñalsJerónimo AnguloJosé Carlos PazosJosé Carlos RodríguezJosé PalouJosé RodríguezJuan Ignacio SantosJuan Vicente IvorraLuis GarcíaMaría Isabel Vida Miguel Ángel Fernández Miguel DomingoMiguel MéndezPablo GayáPelayo SuárezRafael Alonso-UrquijoSimón RubinSoledad GarridoVerónica Alonso and Vicente Yravedra.

Publishing team: Communication SENER.

editorial staff:Oihana Casas, Pilar García, Rosana Madroñal and Cristina Vidal.

graPhiC doCumentation: Oihana Casas, Pilar García, Lourdes Olabarria and Dorleta Uraga.

design and layout: KAIXO Taller de diseño gráfico.

Legal deposit number: BI-1804-00 Imprenta Berekintza

ARChITECTURE: the Benedicta Park

project.

The aerial picture of the cover belongs to the non official web site Rompehielos ARA ‘Almirante Irízar’.

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he interesting development outlook in this dynamic geographic area, in terms of energy and civil infrastructure as well as marine or aerospace industry

projects, led the group to open up Divisions in Argentina and in Mexico; they are fully integrated in SENER, the difference being that they are local offices, staffed by proffesionals from the country, thus enriching the corporate culture.

Nowadays, SENER is an international company, not only because of its offices in several continents, but also by dint of the volume of its projects. Nevertheless, proximity to clients is still a priority, which it achieves through local offices staffed by professionals from the area, who have experience in the way things are done in the country. These are people, in conclusion, who participate in the SENER culture and are motivated to deliver solutions in their immediate environment, through useful projects, in which all the global Know-How and background of the group is applied.

Two divisions with historySENER now has Divisions in Mexico and Argentina, two countries where it was decided to open offices due to the opportunities in Power and Process, and from which it develops projects in all business areas.

In both cases, SENER was already present in these countries due to its involvement in projects carried out in the area. Moreover, the company already had experience in Latin America: at the end of the sixties it had created a network of commercial offices abroad, in Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia; these were purely commercial initiatives

SENER’scontribution through local offices

GrowinG in Latin america

SENER’s presence in Latin America is increasing all the time thanks to work coordinated from different offices in projects in Argentina, Mexico, Venezuela, Chile, Colombia…

tMain image: general view of the Panama

Canal, where SENER worked, for the

Canal Consortium, in the presentation

of the calls for tenders project

for the third set of locks, developing the

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end not the winner, SENER’s technical proposal was the

best valued.Next page, above: NORTE combined

cycle plant, in Mexico, a turnkey

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joint venture with Cobra, and where it

carries out all the engineering services

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that had petered out somewhat in the wake of the economic crises of the eighties. With its experience in these countries, with which it had always been in contact, SENER decided to set up in Latin America again in 2001, when it opened the SENER Argentina Division.

Unlike the previous offices, which were commercial representations, the SENER Argentina Division was started up with a view to grow as a local engineering company that would be able to offer all the resources and capacity of the SENER group. This decision was driven by the perspective of different

agreements in the area of power and process, specially for Repsol YPF, that were complemented by work in civil engineering, such as underground train works for the Subterráneos de Buenos Aires and Metrovías companies in Buenos Aires, and marine aagreements. Repsol YPF and SENER had been collaborating closely in Spain for thirty years, which led the oil company to request SENER’s presence in Argentina as a reliable engineering company. In 2001, the company opened an office in Buenos Aires in the midst of one of the country’s worst economic and social crises. But SENER Argentina, was conceived as an Argentinean company, comprised of Argentinean professionals to develop projects in the country for national clients and it decided to sit out the financial crisis and wait for the domestic market to recover. SENER had come to Argentina to stay, and this decision won it the confidence of clients that are now key to its activity in Latin America, from Repsol YPF to Petrobrás, TGS, Solvay-Indupa and ASTRA-Evangelista. Led by the Argentinean Miguel Méndez, the head offices in Argentina now employ more than 220 professionals that implement projects all over the world.

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In turn, SENER’s presence in Mexico started to take on relevance from the 90s. Following a major economic crisis, Mexico initiated a general recovery and began to call for investment in infrastructure, particularly energy. In 2005, SENER decided to consolidate its position through the reborn of SENERMEX, a company that was born again as a Mexican concern, comprised of Mexican professionals capable of maintaining close relationships with national clients. At the same time, it set up a strategic alliance with an acclaimed Mexican engineering company, III S.A. de C.V., which enabled SENERMEX to be known in the country faster, while also boosting III’s capacity to take on ‘turnkey’ projects. The excellent relationship between both companies translated into joint projects in the Power and Process Sector, in refining, gas and petrochemical combined cycles. Parallel to this, SENERMEX forged ahead in the civil engineering sector and architecture, in the area of roads, airports, local trains and underground for clients such as SCT, OHL, FCC, ISOLUX, GAP (Grupo Aeroportuario

del Pacífico), FARAC (Fideicomiso de Apoyo al Rescate de Autopistas Concesionadas), and Casas Geo, among others.

In 2007, Jorge Sendagorta, SENER’s President, signed a takeover agreement for 40% of III with Eduardo Bosque, III’s General Manager, with a commitment to purchase 100% of the Mexican company in 2010, a process that was completed at the beginning of this year with the constitution of the new III Grupo SENER company. Fully integrated in the engineering group’s culture, III Grupo SENER, as well as the ITP Mexico Division, are local companies, managed from Mexico, comprising a workforce of more than 750 people, local professionals who are able to develop projects in Mexico or anywhere in the world.

Multidisciplinary presence in projectsSENER is currently participating in some of the

continent’s biggest projects in its different business areas. In the energy sector, it is engaged in the engineering work for the Termozulia III combined cycle plant, following the good results of its work in Termozulia II, both located near lake Maracaibo, in

LocaL offices with GLobaL enGineerinG capacityFrom the outset, SENER realised that its presence in Latin America depended on its capacity to create divisions that are fully integrated in the country’s culture and with sufficient Know-How to understand and maintain local character. It is not merely a question of forming close relationships with the client, a key element in being able to participate in interesting projects, but also of assets and growth for SENER. This is true both for the quality of the professionals that work for it, engineers with excellent training and experience in the field, and the technical specialisation of all the offices. This enables it to set up expert work groups in different

engineering disciplines for all SENER business areas, be it Power and Process, Civil Engineering and Architecture, Marine Engineering or Aerospace. This specialisation has given SENER internationally renowned centres of excellence. At the same time, the collaborative effort of the different offices enables it to implement projects worldwide, so that it can be offered, from all its offices, the skills and capacity from its centres of excellence to satisfy all client needs. Besides, the local nature of each one of the offices, perfectly integrated in their source country, provides proper proximity to clients, who know and trust SENER people.

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SENER now has Divisions in Mexico and Argentina which are able to develop projects in all business areas

Left page, above: construction works at Pilar combined cycle power plant, in Argentina, a turnkey project that SENER is building in joint venture with Electroingeniería, and where it carries out all the engineering services.Left page, below: outside view of SENER offices in Buenos Aires. In this page, above: project of the suburban train of Mexico City, where SENER carried out the calls for tenders for the design of lines two and three.On the left: 3D image of the Santiago de Chile metro, where SENER oversaw the basic engineering work for the extension of line five.

Venezuela. In Argentina it has developed the combined cycles of San Martín and Manuel Belgrano, located in Santa Fe and Buenos Aires respectively, as well as Pilar, in the province of Córdoba. In Mexico it executed the Norte combined cycle plant, in Durango, and it is currently working on the modernisation project for a petrochemical plant in La Cangrejera, in Veracruz.

It also enjoys an active presence through civil engineering projects, including the Bogota metro, where SENER designed the city’s first underground train line, as well as the metro in Santiago de Chile, where it oversaw the basic engineering work for the extension of line five. Besides this work in Colombia and Chile, in Mexico it also executed the extension of the national and international terminals of the airport of Guadalajara for the above mentioned GAP, and the master plan for the airport of San José del Cabo, the calls for tenders for the design of lines two and three of the suburban train of Mexico City, an emblematic project in the country, and the extension of Tijuana airport and the study of the Transport System of the city of Geópolis Zumpango, very near Mexico City, to name but some of its many projects. In Panama, SENER led a European engineering group that prepared the technical bid for the extension of the Canal for the Canal Consortium, which was a finalist in this important project, and which shows the extent of SENER’s civil engineering capacity in Latin America.

The marine sector is another company business line with increasing activity in the continent. The FORAN System, SENER’s CAD/CAM software for the design and building of ships and marine artefacts, is licensed in numerous shipyards in Brazil, such as Aker Promar, STX and Itajaí, as well as the Brazilian Navy (AMRJ), in the CPN naval design centre in Río de Janeiro, and in PROJEMAR, a reference marine engineering company in the country, the School of Naval Architects and Engineers of the Federal University of Río de Janeiro (UFRJ) and the Institute for Technological Research (IPT) in Sao Paulo. In Chile, FORAN is also licensed in the Shipyards and Dockyards of the Chilean Navy (ASMAR). In addition, SENER implements ship engineering projects and was recently awarded the contract for the engineering work and technical assistance for the repair and modernisation of the emblematic icebreaker Almirante Irízar of the Argentinean Navy, after the fire on the vessel in April 2007.

Finally, in the aerospace sector, SENER Grupo de Ingeniería has an ITP subsidiary in Mexico, ITR, in Santiago de Queretano, where it employs 455 people in the maintenance of aeronautical engines of up to 100,000 pounds of thrust for major clients such as Boeing, Airbus or General Electric. The excellent outlook in the aerospace industry in some countries in the continent, such as Brazil, did not go unnoticed by SENER, which expects to see further business openings emerging in this sector.

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Interview

Question: What key decisions taken in the Latin American area have heralded a turning point in SENER’s activity there?

Jorge Unda: The main strategic decision that we took in the both cases, in Mexico and Argentina, was actually setting up there. Other key decisions were subsequently taken which are the result of SENER’s own highly interrelated geographic development model, where each office, be it in Barcelona, Lisbon, Algiers, Seville, Buenos Aires or Mexico, has to be close to clients and be able to cater to their immediate needs. At the same time, all offices have a high degree of technical expertise so that we can offer clients, in every office, the best of SENER’s overall capabilities with suitable proximity.

Q.: SENER has Divisions in Mexico and in Argentina. Why did you opt for these countries in the American continent?

J.U.: Mexico was chosen because it is one of the big countries, in terms of size, in Latin America. Moreover, many clients in Mexico know us from our work in Spain, which gives you a proven track record. We reached Argentina before that, in 2001, when Repsol took over YPF (Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales) and asked us to go there with them, as they needed our support in projects. Moreover, Miguel Méndez, an Argentinean engineer of the company, had to return to the country where he took over as the Director of the new office. A little after opening, the crisis hit Argentina, but we decided to stay on there, faithful to the philosophy that had taken us there: we had gone to Argentina to stay there, to become an Argentinean company, with Argentinean professionals managed by Argentineans. This same philosophy has been applied in Mexico.

Q.: You have just made a full take-over of the III Mexican engineering company. Why?

J.U.: Opening a division from scratch is a slow process. It entails developing a new company within the SENER corporate culture, slowly but surely, consolidating people around a project. It is about participating in the development of the country’s infrastructure by delivering technology and Know-How that

SENER has worldwide. That is what we did in SENER Argentina. In Mexico, however, needs and opportunities called for a faster pace of development. That is why we chose to take over a company like III, with which we had an excellent relationship and it was also very well consolidated on the country. This take-over has been progressive, since the strategic alliance established in 2005 through to the 100% buy-out completed in 2010 and we have strived to promote the enthusiasm of III’s professionals in a new project with a future, III Grupo SENER. It has been a process of gradual integration, which has aimed to inform both the workers of III and its clients, including the Mexican Public Administration, of the SENER project in Mexico.

Q.: Is it difficult to integrate a company such as III, with its experience and history, into the SENER structure?

J.U.: We chose III because it was a company that we already knew and it had a culture that could fit in with the SENER culture. It is very important that the different divisions work together on a project, and that is why it is basic that the culture be shared and that the offices are somehow integrated. This integration will never be one hundred per cent, as local characteristics are different in Poland, in Argentina or Algiers, but that is also an asset that must be maintained, since it allows us to see projects from different points of view and enriches our approach to problems. But we need a central pool of shared culture. Since July last year we have tried to reinforce this shared culture and establish the relationship between the Mexican office and the other SENER divisions, so that they can work together on a project being developed in Mexico, Venezuela or Tombuctú, being the case.

Whether you are opening a new office or integrating a new company in the SENER group, you have to make people feel enthusiastic so that they will do their best and feel involved in the exciting projects they provide to the country, which are useful to society. We have been working on this aspect at III since 2007 for them to feel part of III Grupo SENER.

The future looks very exciting for us in Latin AmericaJORGE UNDA Managing Director of SENER Ingeniería y Sistemas.

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Interview

Q.: The company implements important civil and energy projects in Venezuela, Colombia, Chile and Panama. Has SENER thought about opening offices in these countries?

J.U.: Not for the moment because at the end of the day, a geographic growth process, with strong integration in the corporate culture, calls for a huge effort. It is not a question of opening offices all over the place, but rather of doing it properly, steadily and staying there for good. First and foremost, we have to be Mexicans and Argentineans. Then we will be able to apply all SENER’s Know-How to any of the business areas, to serve the clients, be it for marine projects, aerospace, power and process or civil infrastructure. Latin America presents an excellent outlook in SENER’s four areas. Brazil, for example, is a leading aeronautics power, with Embraer.

Q.: What geographic areas in the American continent might you be interested in from a market standpoint (civil, power and process...)?

J.U.: Brazil looks very interesting, but you need to be Brazilian to be there. It has very good local engineering and construction companies with international prestige, so to operate there you need to offer something different, besides being a local company. We believe we have something to offer in Brazil.

Q.: Who are SENER’s main competitors in these markets?J.U.: As a multidisciplinary company, we are something

‘from another planet’, in the sense that we are engaged in all the business areas of engineering and construction, hence our competitors are the strongest companies in each and every one of their business areas.

Once we manage to become Mexicans in Mexico and Argentineans in Argentina, or Brazilians in Brazil, we will be in a position to compete with the other companies in the sector. After that, the way to be different is through our product and service offer, which is what SENER has always done, delivering different solutions in each one of our offices, in all of our activity areas.

Q.: What outlook does SENER see for Latin America?J.U.: Growth in the Latin American countries is above the

worldwide mean. Moreover, countries such as Mexico or Argentina have withstood the international crisis very well, not to mention Chile or Brazil, demonstrating a financial solidity that has enabled them to come through the crisis much better than many European countries. This good news should put them in a position to continue to grow above the mean, and this will translate into higher growth in the development of power and civil infrastructure in many places on the continent, which in turn means many opportunities in engineering and construction projects. The future looks very exciting for us in Latin America, where we will have to do our utmost to develop as Mexicans in Mexico, as Argentineans in Argentina. It is this effort in each place that will help our engineers to detect and leverage opportunities that did not exist previously. These are opportunities that we can now access thanks to SENER’s technological Know-How, provided that we work as Mexicans and as Argentineans.

“You have to make people feel enthusiastic so that they will do their best and feel involved in the exciting projects they provide to the country, which are useful to society”

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Tribune

erhaps the mention of two statements, well-known by many of those who dedicate their working lives to maritime activities,

would be the most graphic and direct way to define what the entire maritime sector represents for our existence: “Navigare necesse est. Vivere non necesse est” (“To sail is necessary, to live is not necessary”). This first statement attributed to Plutarch and aimed at his crew when they were caught in a storm while transporting wheat to Rome - apparently the crew wanted to find shelter rather than continue the journey - perfectly reflects the longstanding view of the importance of sea transport in the existence of civilization, as it has been understood since ancient times.

And more recently, the International Maritime Organization, speaking through its Secretary-General, said: “If there were no ships, half of humanity would die of starvation and the other half of cold”; an even more direct and graphic portrayal of the indispensability of maritime transport.

In fact, most of the world’s population is found on the coastlines of continents and islands, and the obvious reasons for this have to do with survival, development and welfare. Until recently a huge volume of culture and knowledge, which has marked the evolution of civilization for many centuries, was transported across the seas, bringing together the races, cultures and ways of life of those populating the planet. We can even go as far as to say that, thanks to navigation of the seas and oceans, mankind became aware of its full extent.

All this explains why the seas have played, and continue to play, a major role in the history of civilization, thereby allowing trade between peoples,

their defense, the food supply from fishing and, more recently, marine aquaculture, exploitation of energy products, and the discovery of renewable energy sources.

Currently, 90% of world trade (energy products, food, raw materials, finished and semi-finished components, consumer goods, people on short trips or holidays, etc) is carried by sea. This figure of 90% reflects the percentage of imports in European countries, while intra-European maritime trade accounts for no less than 40% of total trade.

Transport by sea is a safe option. It is much more environmentally friendly than any other option in terms of the volumes transported, and the costs are virtually negligible in the overall trade; in many cases less than 2% of the value of the goods transported.

It is quite clear that safeguarding a stable future for mankind, and maintaining acceptable levels of welfare, or what has become known as ‘sustainable future’ (a phrase so overused that it runs the danger of ceasing to be understood for what it really represents), depends on the rational use of the seas and oceans in terms of both trade and exploitation- new foods, new energy, both renewable and of low environmental impact, leisure activities, etc.

Everything that has been achieved and has still to be achieved has been done and will be done thanks to dedication, effort, vision, research, development, and in-depth technological developments, together with their horizontal and vertical transfers; in short, thanks to the intellectual and financial investments of the players in the maritime world, from all categories and backgrounds, including the backing of public authorities for private initiatives as well as their own public investment.

As is to be entirely expected, the use of the most advanced tools which information technology has at its disposal has proved to be an indispensable vehicle for progress in the design and construction of products which are indispensable for this future.

The Institution over which I am honoured to preside is playing its part in the push in this direction, with the resources and organisation which it has at its disposal, based primarily on the publicity gained through its magazine Ingeniería Naval, its catalogue of titles and the many technical events of a maritime nature which it organises. In all these endeavours, the collaboration and participation of SENER, at the forefront of all we have to build, has been of great importance.

José-Esteban Pérez is a Marine Engineer, President of AINE and European Vice-President of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD) WP-6.

José-Esteban Pérez, President of ainE

The maritime sector and technology

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THE SPANISH ASSOCIATION

OF MARINE AND OCEAN ENGINEERS,

IS A FREE, NON PROFIT

ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSIONALS,

WHOSE MAIN OBJECTIVE IS TO

STRENGTHEN THE LINKS BETWEEN

THE MARINE ENGINEERS,

AS WELL AS TO ENCOURAGE

THIS CAREER.

The ‘sustainable future’ depends on the rational use of the seas and oceans in terms of both trade and exploitation.

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Space THE MARES PROJECT

NEW LINE OF ACTUATORS

Aeronautics and Vehicles ELECTROMECHANICAL ACTUATORS

ROLLING STOCK

Defense and Security MISSILES DESIGN

DISSOLVER FOR SUBMARINES

New Markets PHOTOVOLTAIC TECHNOLOGY

Civil BILBAO METRO’S LINE 4

GRANADA LIGHT RAIL

POLAND’S A2 MOTORWAY

THE NEW RAILWAY NETWORK’S BILBAO CONNECTION

HIGH SPEED RAILWAY TALAYUELA-CÁCERES

EXTENSION OF THE TENERIFE-NORTH AIRPORT

Architecture DEVELOPMENT PROJECT FOR BENEDICTA PARK

Power and Process PETRONOR REFINERY

TERMOZULIA III COMBINED CYCLE POWER PLANT

NORTE COMBINED CYCLE POWER PLANT

REPSOL YPF PROJECT IN LA CORUÑA

THERMOELECTRIC PLANTS IN ARGENTINA

Marine ALMIRANTE IRÍZAR ICEBREAKER

R+D IN FLOATING WIND TURBINES

PTC AND SENER AGREEMENT

FORAN IN BRAZIL: PROJEMAR

SOFTWARE INTEGRATION

Group ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT

Uptodate:


Up-to-date: Space

Investigating the effects of the absence of gravity on astronauts’ anatomy

THE MARES PROJECT

NTE-SENER is the main contractor for the Muscle Atrophy Research and Exercise System (MARES), a European Space Agency (ESA) facility for research into the effects caused by zero gravity on human muscles. This project is also part

of the NASA Human Research Facility (HRF) research centre and is integrated in the European Columbus module in the International Space Station (ISS). MARES comprises two training models and two flying models, one of them was

launched aboard the Discovery Space Shuttle and is currently being installed in the European Columbus module.

The ESA has developed the MARES system, designed to carry out studies in muscular, neuromuscular and neurological physiology, in order investigate and offset the effects of the absence of gravity on human muscles, which main consecuence is atrophy, and find messures to offset these effects, for example effective exercise protocols. Nowadays, the temporary inhabitants of the ISS do muscle exercises for two hours every day. MARES will enable the astronauts themselves to monitor the efficacy of the gym routines they do while in orbit.

In the image: test of the MARES system in NTE-SENER facilities.

MARES OPERATIONThe system makes it possible to investigate induced atrophy in muscle groups, both of the individual joints of the trunk and limbs and of whole limbs. For this purpose it applies a stimulus with programmable speed or torque/force to eleven muscle groups of the human body in order to subsequently measure the subject’s torque/force and speed response. NTE-SENER has been in charge of the project management, the global design of the system, all the control, power and supervision electronics and all the mechanical and structural parts, as well as the software. In turn, the low inertia engine was provided by the Swiss company ETEL.

SENER has performed an optimization of its existing rotary actuator (HDRA) with the implementation of angular position sensors. These sensors are potentiometers and their inclusion has implied the design of new pieces and tooling, the EGSE (Electrical Ground Support Equipment)

Rotatory Actuator with potentiometers (HDRA_P) for space applications

NEw liNE Of ACTuATORS modification to acquire the pots signals, the dedicated test campaign (functional tests, vibration and shock tests, thermal vacuum and lifetime tests) and the qualification to allow its use on spatial programs. The actuator comprises basically a stepper, a harmonic drive, an integrated bearing system and the potentiometers.

SENER will use this rotatory actuator in the deployment of the band-C Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Antenna of the Sentinel 1 satellite. SAR Antenna consists of five panels, the central one is rigidly

fixed to the top of the satellite and the other four will be deployed with respect to the fixed panel in a sequence controlled after launching. They will then be locked in the deployment configuration. These four axes, which are parallel, will be activated with the rotatory actuator developed by SENER.

MAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ROTATORY ACTUATORMinimum detent torque: 5.8 Nm; running torque: 55 Nm; accuracy <0.02 º; repeatability <0.006º; mass: 2.2 kg (without harness); axial length: 124 mm; maximum diameter: 120 mm.

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Up-to-date: Aeronautics and Vehicles

Active collaboration with CAF

The experience of SENER applied to the aeronautical industry

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ElECTROMECHANiCAl ACTuATORS

Thanks to its vast experience in actuator systems for the Defence and Space markets, SENER has dedicated in recent years considerable resources to develop similar systems for the aeronautical industry, in line with current trends for “more electric aircrafts”.

The implementation of these mechatronic systems in aeronautical applications enables considerable savings in terms of weight, since they replace existing hydraulic systems, improving efficiency and performance.

In this way, SENER has developed an ultra-compact electromechanical actuator for the aeronautical industry, called MICROEMA. It is designed to control airfoils, while also offering the possibility of becoming a platform for other applications such as UAVs, robotic arms, engine control, etc. SENER showcased this project, subsidised by the Spanish Government via the CDTI (Centre for Industrial and Technological Development), at the Paris Air Show - Le Bourget 2009. In addition to this system, SENER has developed an electromechanical actuator for controlling primary surfaces (f laps), with redundant, fail-safe systems, presented in 2007, also at the Paris Air Show. Finally, the company is developing an electromechanical actuator for the landing gear systems in helicopters. This project, currently in progress, is subsidised by the Basque Government via the INTEK-BERRI programme.

In addition to the above systems, SENER has already started working on potential improvements that add value to

the actuators, as well as on applications in other key sectors of the aeronautical industry, such as airplane engines. Two innovating projects are dealing in this field: a smart MICROEMA actuator, which includes a system for permanently monitoring its ‘health’ for predictive maintenance purposes, reducing the time invested in external maintenance tasks. This project, currently in progress, is subsidised by the CDTI and the Basque Government via the INTEK-BERRI programme; the other project in progress, also subsidised by the CDTI via the CENIT programme, is developing electromechanical actuators that can change the opening angle of the turbine blades in an engine.

The development of this range of electromechanical actuators for the aeronautical industry reinforces the existing capabilities of SENER, and extends them to integrating, testing and delivering short production series for applications in airplanes, helicopters and engines.

Above: artistic view of an electromechanical actuator designed by SENER. Below: real piece of the same actuator.

In recent years, SENER has established a close partnership with railway manufacturer CAF, under which the latter has offered SENER the opportunity to become increasingly involved with its projects, supporting its large-scale international expansion and technological development. As a result of this fruitful relationship, rolling-stock design has gained considerable relevance in SENER’s general vehicle-design activities. CAF and SENER currently carry out a number of joint projects in the areas of analysis, design, installations and systems integration and noise forecast. The two companies stand out for their quality and technical know-how and the f lexibility of their teams, made up of highly diverse groups of professionals. These teams work together on the conceptual and detail engineering of the various parts of a train, metro or tram unit. We find an example of this in the project to design the new broad-gauge units for Metro de Madrid, scheduled for upcoming delivery. This project presented a challenge for SENER due to the multi-discipline nature of the tasks and the lead time for the work.

ErrAtA The picture that accompanied the article ‘Rolling stock design and systems integration’ published in the previous issue (no. 38) of Noticias magazine, showing the interior of the new broad-gauge units for Metro de Madrid, belongs to CAF although the caption did not mention this fact.


Up-to-date: Defense and Security

SENER and the European group MBDA, a world leader in missiles and missile systems, have agreed the participation of SENER in the multinational program of the air-to-air missile Meteor as design authority and supplier to MBDA-UK of the FAS (Fin Actuation Subsystem). Meteor is a last-generation, fast and highly

manoeuvrable Beyond Visual Range (BVR) air-to-air missile that incorporates enhanced technologies in its design. Among them, its new propulsion system stands out, which gives METEOR its high speed performance and the energy to defeat fast, manoeuvring targets at long range.

The FAS is a critical subsystem that moves, in a controlled manner, the fins of the missile to obtain its desired trajectory. This sub-system includes complex engineering solutions to comply with the severe requirements imposed by the missile specification.

The agreements state that SENER will become the design authority of the sub-system and will take responsibility for completing the

SENER is developing a CO2 chamber

to dissolve in sea water the byproducts generated by the methanol reformer of an AIP (Air Independent Propulsion)

development, performing the qualification and producing all the series units.

In the image: Meteor missile. © MBDA - G.H.Lee planefocus Ltd.

submarine based on that alcohol. Since the application field is military submarines, requirements such as the generated noise or the maximum diameter of the

remaining bubbles at the dissolver output are of vital importance. SENER has analysed different alternatives for the dissolver configuration and will test their efficiency during summer 2010. This development, being an own investment, is also part of a collaboration agreement with HDW, one of the main submarine builders in the word. Besides, HDW is very interested in this development by SENER, as the company could even integrate the dissolver in its future submarines.

SENER becomes member of the Meteor Team

MiSSilES dESigN

Development of a CO2 dissolver for AIP submarines with methanol reformer

diSSolvER foR SubMaRiNES

TIGHT SCHEDULEIn order to transfer the project in an optimum way, and mitigate the risks that are inherent to the tight schedule required for the development of Meteor, a technical team from SENER has been working during several months at MBDA’s facilities at Stevenage (UK). Also, during the past months SENER has been performing, at its own risk, engineering and development activities of the FAS in close collaboration with MBDA-UK.

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Up-to-date: New markets

SENER has gained the contract for the delivery of 700 two axes drives for solar tracking (MASS, in its Spanish acronym) to the LASESA 9 MW photovoltaic plant, which is being installed in Sariñena, Huesca, and which is one of the largest photovoltaic plants in Spain. This two-axes drive for solar tracking has been designed, patented and manufactured by SENER.

Two-axes solar trackers are able to increase the output of photovoltaic plants by 40% compared to fixed installations, as these mechanisms make it possible to point the sun constantly, picking up light radiation throughout the day much more

in two-axes tracking. The solar tracker installed is a SENER’s design of the mono-post type, of 112 sqm, with capacity for 80 standard PV panels producing 14 kW. It is characterised by its high load capacity, reliability and mechanical and structural stiffness, and it is capable of withstanding high winds and gusts during operation as in stow position, as it demonstrated after successfully withstanding the cyclone that ravaged the Iberian Peninsula at the beginning of March.

The SENER MASS two-axes drive is an electromechanical actuator with unique features in the market. Its compact design contains the elevation and azimuth gears in a single sealed housing, protecting them from oxidation and dust and providing maximum stiffness. This makes it a highly reliable product, with excellent features and low maintenance, and guarantees accurate and reliable operation of the solar tracker throughout the installation’s life cycle. Its three mechanical interfaces permit easy installation, with no extra fieldwork required. SENER manufactures according to the strictest quality controls in compliance with the ISO 9001 standard; each and every mechanism is exhaustively tested to ensure that they all meet the guaranteed performances.

The LASESA plant, a large installation spanning 60 hectares with 9 MW of power, is one of the largest photovoltaic plants in Spain. It will start operating in the second quarter of 2010.

In both images: SENER solar tracker installed in the LASESA photovoltaic plant.

SENER will supply more than 700 two-axes drives for solar tracking for a 9 MW photovoltaic plant

PHOTOVOLTAIC TECHNOLOGY

EXPERIENCE IN ACTUATION MECHANISMS. This agreement for a photovoltaic application follows the agreement for delivering more than 2,600 high-accuracy two-axes drives for the Gemasolar plant, and confirms the progress made by SENER’s product line for covering the needs of the different technologies in both the thermosolar and photovoltaic markets. SENER’s experience in actuation mechanisms for highly demanding markets such as aerospace has placed the company in an unbeatable

position to develop and manufacture a premier-quality product for the solar market, where operating conditions are very demanding. SENER currently has a specific Integration and Test Centre for the mass-production of large-format actuation and control mechanisms, mainly targeting the solar market.

efficiently and, consequently, maximising the electricity production. The configuration of the SENER-designed solar tracker is the result of maximising the solar tracker’s surface, which means that fewer trackers need to be installed, as well as substantial savings in civil work and maintenance. At the same time, its high reliability guarantees production throughout the plant’s 25 years of operation, thus leveraging the investment


Up-to-date: Civil

SENER has been commissioned by the Basque Railway Network (ETS) to draw up the informative study for the Bilbao metro’s new line 4. The work was awarded in 2009 with an estimated duration of 10 months.

Bilbao’s line 4 will run entirely through a tunnel between the district of Rekalde and Bilbao’s city centre (Plaza de Moyua) and will have four stations: Rekalde, Irala, Zabalburu and Moyua. The line will have a total length of around 2,800 m, including shunting areas in the Rekalde and Moyua stations.

In order to optimise the integration of the rail network within Bilbao, the ETS has requested that SENER’s informative study include the extension of this section of line 4 from the Moyua station until its connection in the Matiko area with the future line 3 and with the new Artxanda tunnel, which will provide a connection to the Loiu airport.

This extension of track will have an approximate length of 2,600 m, with two connections at the most eastern end. It will also have two new stations; one in the new Plaza de Euskadi and the other in Deusto, where the university is located.

This work, apart from the normal difficulties involved in any informative study for a metro line, presents the following singular challenges: the stretch which will cross under the river (complications are due to the geological and geotechnical conditions at this point and the effects caused by the gradient between the adjacent stations) and the design of the Moyua station, located in the middle of the city centre, which must serve as an interchange between the current metro lines 1 and 2.

In the image: line 4 design.

Bilbao metro’s line 4

INfoRmatIvE Study

SENER is supervising the construction of a section of line 1 of Granada Light Rail, more specifically the strecht between the stations of Méndez Nuñez and Recogidas,

Site supervision of line 1 between the stations of Méndez Núñez and Recogidas

Master Plan and Construction Project

GRaNada LIGht RaIL

PoLaNd’S a2 motoRway

which is in the underground part of the line and has a total length of 1,260 m.

The client is Ferrocarriles de la Junta de Andalucía (Public Railway Authority for the region of Andalusia). During the construction, SENER is responsible for the site supervision and control of the works undertaken, as well as Health and Safety, previously SENER was in charge of the design. The construction is being carried out by the joint venture of Dragados, Garasa and Otero.

The construction will take 36 months. At the moment, the services and utilities affected by the project, such as energy, water supply, sewage and optic fibre, are being adapted to the new situation. Also, screens made of concrete pyles are currently being built.

Line 1 of Granada Light Rail runs from Albolote, through Maracena and Granada, finishing at Armilla. It has a total length of 15,923 m running over a reserved right of way, with a double track along more than 95% of the corridor. This important infrastructure will provide a new public transport link for both the city of Granada and its metropolitan area, which has more than 30 villages nearby and a population of half a million people. This first line of Granada Light Rail is expected to be in operation by November 2011.

In the image: construction works at Granada Light Rail’s line 1.

SENER has signed a contract with the company Budimex, a Polish subsidiary of Ferrovial Agromán, to carry out the master plan and construction project for a 7 km stretch of Poland’s A2 motorway. The A2 will cross Poland from West to East, passing by Warsaw. The stretch in the present contract is located on the western outskirts of Warsaw. As in previous motorway projects carried out in Poland, SENER will be working in collaboration with the Polish company Trakt.

The new 7 km stretch of the A2 will include two links with other routes and a new service station area, as well as eight bridges.

Works will be carried out strictly within the proposed deadlines, as the

motorway must reach completion before the summer of 2012 when the European Football Championship is due to take place in Poland and Ukraine.

This new contract will add to the list of civil engineering and architecture projects which SENER, through its offices in Warsaw, has successfully completed in Poland. Some of the more notable of these projects include the extension to Warsaw’s Frederic Chopin international airport, Poland’s new Central Airport, Lublin airport, the viability study for Warsaw metro’s new line 3, the A1 motorway, which is one of the country’s main arteries, and Cracow Football Stadium’s remodelling project, in consortium with Estudio Lamela.

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Up-to-date: Civil

The New Basque Railway Network’s Bilbao connection

Assistance services in the works on the Talayuela–Cáceres section

INfoRmatIvE Study

hIGh-SPEEd RaILway

The Ministry of Public Works has commissioned SENER with the informative study for the project ‘The New Basque Railway Network’s Bilbao connection’. The work was awarded in December 2006 with a project deadline of 24 months.

The project has two main elements: drawing up the final section of the access corridor from the municipality of Basauri to Bilbao, which has around 6 km of tunnel; and drafting the new intermodal station between Bilbao and Abando. The access tunnel presents a series of difficulties due to its length and the conditions along the section, especially the depths which it reaches along a large part of its layout. These features require the construction of a double-twin tunnel, both due to safety

considerations as well as the need to resolve the connection between this tunnel, which will provide access to Bilbao, and the future railway line which will run along the Cantabrian coast towards Santander.

In Abando, the proposal is for a new intermodal station with a total of 16 platforms distributed in two underground levels: an upper level with five Renfe gauge tracks and three metric gauge (Feve) tracks; and a lower level with eight international gauge tracks, for high speed. At the front of the station on the ground level there will be a station building

which will provide the main access. The work also includes a proposed redistribution of the surroundings and of the track layout.

This solution will permit maximum intermodality between the different train lines as well as between train and the rest of the metropolitan transport systems - metro, tram, etc. -, making it possible the development of an ambitious urban development plan which will finish with the current rail barrier, giving the city centre new facilities and open spaces.

Above: 3D image of the general planning proposed by SENER.

The Ministry for Public Works and Transport, through the Railway Infrastructure Administrator (Administrador de Infraestructuras Ferroviarias, ADIF), has awarded SENER, in a joint venture with TYPSA, the contract to carry out the assistance services for the work on the Talayuela-Cáceres section of the high-speed railway. This stretch, suitable for mixed traffic (passengers and goods), is part of the high-speed rail connection between

Madrid and Extremadura, extended to the Portuguese border, which is also part of the 2005-2020 Strategic Infrastructure and Transport Plan (Plan Estratégico de Infraestructuras y Transportes, PEIT).

ADIF has divided the railway corridor, which totals almost 494 km, into the following sections: the Pantoja-Oropesa section in the Autonomous Community of Castilla-La Mancha, with 136 km; the Talayuela-Cáceres section in the Community of Extremadura, with 142 km; and the

Cáceres-Mérida-Badajoz section, with 126 km. The 268 km of layout which will run through Extremadura are scheduled to have a maximum speed of 350 km/h on a UIC (international) double-gauge track.

The advisory and assistance service contract awarded to the SENER-TYPSA temporary joint venture is for work on the Talayuela-Cáceres section, and includes all the coordination and support services by specialised consultants until the scheduled completion of the work, in December 2013, in order to ensure consistency in the basic characteristics of design, technical issues, functionality, etc., and compliance with all the applicable regulations, instructions, recommendations and official specifications, as well as with the relevant technical regulations, particularly the instructions and recommendations established by ADIF. In this section of the line, a decision has yet to be taken on the integration of the new rail layout in the city of Cáceres, including the new station, currently in the design phase.

Besides the aforementioned work, SENER, in a temporary joint venture with Prointec, also drafted the advisory study for the new rail line between Talayuela and Cáceres in 2006.

In the image: area where one of the arch viaducts of the high speed line will be located.


Up-to-date: Civil

Traffic through Tenerife-North airport, which was completed in the year 2000, has increased considerably in recent years. For this reason, AENA (Spanish Airports and Air Navigation) issued a call for tenders for the project to extend the terminal and remodel the current one, as well as to build a car park, with its corresponding accesses. The temporary joint venture (UTE) comprised of SENER and the companies Corona, P. Amaral Arquitectos, Inocsa Ingeniería and Trazas Ingeniería made the successful bid. In this temporary joint

venture, SENER will carry out the general coordination of work.

The extension of the terminal building is regarded as a necessary finishing touch to an incomplete architectural work, whose original design harmonizes with the addition of the new elements. The architectural typology of the ensemble is based on the annexation of built-up volumes, with formal characteristics defined according to use, containing a large dome-hill with characteristics similar to those surrounding the plain of Los Rodeos,

overlooking the site. Thus, the building, instead of being a solid single-volume container, is conceived as a set of separate elements that are integrated naturally in the special morphology of the setting, with rounded forms as built-up hills. This is a fundamental characteristic, in view of the scale of the intervention, which will make the terminal building particularly visible as the largest architectural element on the plain of La Laguna.

To minimise its impact on the environment, the project planners analyzed the landscape of the physical setting: the vegetal treatment of the car park’s rooftops involves the use of light roofs in the form of strips that support different-coloured crops so that they resemble an aerial picture of the surrounding fields and are able to recreate the topography that envelopes the building.

The work will take some 15 months, in which time the consortium will draft the basic and building projects for the extension of the terminal, its access roads and car parks.

In both images: model of the terminal building with the extension.

Extension of the Tenerife-North terminal aIRPoRt

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Up-to-date: Architecture

SENER has been judged the winner in the ideas competition for the preparation of the development project for Benedicta Park in Portugalete, a landscaping scheme which has been tackled successfully by the Architecture Department. The contract was awarded by SURPOSA (Sociedad Urbanística de Rehabilitación de Portugalete, S.A.) in January 2010, the preliminary design was completed in April and the company is currently working on the execution project, which it is thought to be finished over the summer.

The park covers the area demarcated by Calle Sotera de la Mier and the bank of the Ria, running from the municipal limits of Portugalete with the neighbouring municipality of Sestao up to the current RENFE railway station. It has a total area of 47,600 sqm, with an elevation difference of 32 metres. This pronounced incline is a determining factor in the park’s structural design, and the Architecture Team at

SENER has developed a number of slope treatment techniques aimed at minimising its visual impact on the setting. The proposed solutions combine two slopes with extensive open spaces and footbridges that join the park with the Paseo de la Canilla, which runs along the bank of the Ria.

The SENER Architecture Team proposes a comprehensive intervention for the regeneration and environmental recovery of this slope. As a result, the project is creating a sustainable park, with vegetation that is either native or adapted to the region, which does not require excessive maintenance, and the layout of which is in keeping with the physiographic features of the landscape, contributing to its conservation: the species have been selected carefully on the basis of their water requirements, as well as on the location’s rainfall and evapotranspiration levels, ensuring the maintenance of the green structure by means of limited irrigation and favouring the use of permeable

Development project for Benedicta Park in Portugalete

A gREEN chANNEl towARdS thE RiA surfaces which permit the filtering of rainwater and the runoff thereof from the slopes to the subsoil. The entire park is structured around a main roadway, running from one end to the other, parallel to the Ria. This main roadway connects Calle Sotera de la Mier with the square planned for the current site of Canilla Station, and is crossed by a number of side roads. This roadway provides access to the sports facilities (climbing wall, petanque, chess and table tennis tables) and children’s playgrounds. A square, flanked by landscaped lawned terracing, is being created in the central area. There is also a secondary roadway which runs up to the entrance of the building and car park which are to be designed for La Canilla area on the site of the current RENFE railway station.

The Paseo de la Canilla, which runs alongside the river, is linked with the park by a number of ramps that cross the railway lines through false tunnels and physically connect the park with the promenade. The northernmost ramp has a pedestrian footbridge, while the one to the south has a bridge adapted for pedestrians with a bicycle lane, as well as stairs. A third, central bridge has stairs which communicate with the central section of the park.

The Paseo de Sotera de la Mier is communicated with the park via the main roadway, both for pedestrians and vehicles, with stairways, pedestrian walkways and with a bridge fitted with a lift, which is boarded from the square located between Calle Sotera de la Mier and Calle Azeta. The end result is an accessible park, with a number of leisure and recreation areas for the town’s inhabitants, conceived as a green structure linking Portugalete’s upper districts with the Ria.

Above: artistic view of the future Benedicta Park. On the left: the project draft.

an efficient use of waterAt the Benedicta Park there will also be a place for new technologies, aimed at the efficient use of water, and the saving, reuse and recycling thereof; educational

children’s games will help raise public awareness of this problem. The Park will be a green space which will foster a culture of integration and the enjoyment of nature in the urban setting.


Up-to-date: Power and Process

SENER is participating in a project to modify part of the facilities of the Somorrostro Refinery (located in Muskiz, Viscay), belonging to Petróleos del Norte, S.A. (PETRONOR). This project was awarded in January 2006 by means of two contracts for engineering work and services, one to the consortium formed by FW-Intecsa, and the other to SENER, with a scheduled duration of 26 months as of the beginning of the work, which got under way in April 2009. The project has two different blocks, the coking block, executed by FW-Intecsa, and the BOP block (acronym in Spanish for Other Plants Block), assigned to SENER.

The purpose of the modifications is to adapt the Refinery’s production structure to medium and long-term market expectations, characterised by a significant reduction in fuel oil consumption, so as to maintain the Refinery’s crude processing capacity. In this way, the project will reduce heavy products through their conversion into lighter ones, which are in greater demand, while fulfilling fuel specifications in force in 2009. At the same time it will also allow the basket of crudes currently being processed to evolve towards denser

and heavier crudes. Thus, the capacity to produce gas-oil, a fuel that enjoys greater demand and is in constant growth, will increase. The raw material used will be the heavy fraction obtained in the distillation of crude (the main ingredient of fuel oil to date), and the full variety of usual fuels will be obtained: propane, butane, coking flammable gas, naphtha and gas-oil, as well as solid sulphur and coke.

Production will also be adapted to current environmental specifications, with a reduction in sulphur content to 1% in weight in commercial fuel oil, in fulfilment

of the applicable legislation in Spain, and to 0.001% in weight (10 ppm) in the level of sulphur in gasoline and gas-oil produced.

The last stages in the revamping of HD3, S3 and H4 are currently underway. Subsequently, in the course of 2010, work on the cogeneration and sulphur units will be completed. The project will be completed by mid-2011.

On the left: rack of piping in interconnections.Image above: heat recovery boiler of the cogeneration unit.

Fuel oil reduction project at the Somorrostro Refinery

PETRONOR REfiNERy

in the consortium with Fw-intecsa, SENER is taking care of the PMC (Project Manager Contractor) activities, where it is providing project management services for the coking block, and BOP activities, where it is engaged in engineering work and services. SENER will also be responsible for the building of a new sulphur recovery unit (SR6), a new cogeneration unit (CG6), the modification of the viscosity reduction unit (VB3), the hydrogen production unit (H4), the hydrodesulphurisation unit (HD3) and the amines unit (S3). Similarly, and as part of the new systems to be installed, SENER will

be building three new tanks (coking naphtha, intermediate naphtha and desulphurised gas-oil A), as well as modifying several existing tanks. It will also be in charge of the new demineralisation chain, the new cooling tower and the new sulphur storage facility. Finally, it will be responsible for all the building work on all the interconnection lines, as well as their support structure, and two new electricity substations: number 7, which will power the sulphur recovery unit and the cogeneration unit; and a satellite electrical substation to power the new compressor of the HD3 unit.

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SENER, in a consortium with Electroingeniería, S.A. and Inelectra, S.A.C.A., was awarded the engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning contract for the Termozulia III combined cycle power plant in Venezuela. This 500 MW power plant will be located in the empty plot south of the Termozulia II plant, in the municipal area of La Cañada de Urdaneta, between lake Maracaibo and the old road to La Cañada de Urdaneta.

The contract consists of an EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction) or ‘turnkey’ project, meaning that it includes all related work for developing the engineering, supplying all the materials, parts, tools and equipment, as well as all the construction and the supply of any other equipment or work that may be required for correct installation and commissioning of the power plant. Within the EPC consortium, SENER will be performing all the basic and detail engineering services required for the construction of the plant.

The power station configuration comprises two gas turbogenerators, two Heat Recovery

Steam Generators (HRSG) and one steam turbogenerator. The main fuel used will be liquid, with gas being used as secondary fuel.

Construction work on the plant will be split into two batches: a first batch, called

‘batch A’, with a completion deadline of 23 months, and a second batch, ‘batch B’, with a completion deadline of 39 months.

Batch A will bring into service a single cycle which will generate net power of around 325 MW. This batch includes the following work: supply, installation and commissioning of two gas turbogenerators with a net installed power of 150-180 MW each, with their main output transformers, generator shutdown switches, Motor Control Centre (MCC), busways, and diverter damper, as well as the supply, installation and commissioning of all other plant equipment required for the operation of each turbogenerator unit, which includes the water demineralisation plant, the water and fuel tanks and civil works (construction of the auxiliary control room, administrative building and warehouse extension). Batch A also includes all the associated civil engineering, electrical, instrumentation and mechanical work, as well as the facilities required for the interconnection with the equipment to be installed in the next batch, ‘batch B’, and with existing Termozulia I and II power plants.

Batch B will bring into service the combined cycle, with a power of 490 MW. The work for this second batch includes: supply, installation and commissioning of a steam turbogenerator, bringing the capacity of the combined cycle up to a net installed power of 460-500 MW, with its output transformer, Motor Control Centre (MCC) and busways, as well as the supply and installation of all auxiliary equipment and other plant equipment required for its operation, including a Distributed Control System (DCS), two Heat Recovery Steam Generators (HRSG), two surface condensers, feed water pumps, condensate pumps, circulating water pumps, intake and outlet channels from lake Maracaibo, effluent and sewage treatment plant and other auxiliary equipment. The scope of this second batch includes all the associated civil engineering, electrical, instrumentation and mechanical work, as well as interconnection with the equipment of batch A.

This contract strengthens the position of SENER in Venezuela, a country where it previously collaborated, with the company III (now III Grupo SENER), in the Termozulia II 500 MW combined cycle power plant.

On the left: virtual model of the Termozulia II power plant. Images above: construction works in Termozulia I, the first combined cycle power plant in Venezuela, with the same characteristics as Termozulia II and III.

SENER is part of the EPC consortium for this second power station, after the Termozulia II project

TERmOzulia iii cOmbiNEd cyclE POwER PlaNT



Since July 2008, SENER has been working for Repsol YPF to provide the basic engineering, purchase management and construction supervision services for ‘Project G42. FCC Naphtha Sulphur Reduction Unit’ at the La Coruña complex. Repsol is undertaking this project in order to comply with new European regulations

that require the sulphur content of petrol to be reduced to a maximum level of 10 ppm, in force since January 2009.

The work of SENER includes two clearly defined physical areas: on the one hand, the modification of existing facilities to include a new naphtha hydrodesulphurisation unit (SHU) based on the Fluidised Catalytic Cracking Unit (FCC) using Prime G+ technology from Axens. The SHU unit will process a total amount of 100 t/hr of naphtha from the FCC unit; on the other hand, a completely new HydroDeSulphurisation Unit (HDS) which will receive the average cut from the SHU plant, around 27.5 t/h, to reduce its sulphur content. Added to this is the interconnection work between the two, as well as the services they require.

The space available for the SHU is very small, meaning that the designs have been as accurate as possible to

include all the required services, as any changes had implications on all areas. Besides, the HDS unit is installed on a new plot of land, but is also subject to considerable space limitations due to its proximity to public land.

Currently the works progress at a satisfactory rate in both units.

In the image below: virtual model of the naphta sulphur reduction unit.

Work is progressing on the FCC naphtha sulphur reduction unit

NORTE power station

REPSOl yPf iN la cORuÑa

cOmbiNEd cyclE iN mExicO

The NORTE combined cycle plant, a project being developed by SENER in Durango (Mexico), is nearing completion. The plant, on which work began in 2007, is now in the final stage of commissioning and is already exporting energy to the grid, with the gas turbines operating at full capacity. This EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction), or turnkey project, which SENER developed

in collaboration with Cobra, has served to consolidate the engineering company on the Mexican market.

The contract for the building of NORTE 460 MW Combined Cycle Power Plant was awarded in 2007 by the Federal Commission of Electricity (CFE) to the Union Fenosa Internacional (UFI) company, fulfilling the function of External Power Producer (EPP) for 25 years.

UFI signed an EPC agreement for the construction of the whole plant with the UTE CC NORTE consortium, comprised of Cobra and SENER. In turn, the UTE CC NORTE consortium subcontracted all the Plant Engineering Services to SENER and III, the Mexican engineering company that has been taken over in its entirety by the Spanish company. It should be mentioned that through the duration of this project, III has become fully integrated into SENER, forming the new III Grupo SENER company.

The new plant is comprised of two gas turbines, two Heat Recovery Steam Generators, one steam turbine, one air cooled condenser and all the ancillary equipment needed for proper operation. Work included the construction of a 38 km aqueduct to deliver water to the site.

The plant will start commercial operation in the course of 2010.

In both images: general shot of the NORTE combined cycle plant.

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San Martín and Manuel Belgrano, two projects at full capacity

ThERmOElEcTRic PlaNTS iN aRgENTiNa

In 2009, two 800 MW combined cycle plants were started up in Argentina, the Thermoelectric Plant San Martín (TSM) and the Thermoelectric Plant Manuel Belgrano (TMB), both with a configuration of 2x2x1 according to the Siemens SCC5-4000F standard. The two plants made the deadlines scheduled for commissioning and entered

the open cycle within less than 15 months following the launch of the projects. In fact, on March 18, 2008, the first TMB turbine was started up in the term of 11 months, which was highlighted by the President of the Argentinean Republic, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, during the official opening event. The cycles were subsequently

closed with the commissioning of the recovery boilers and the vapour turbine, whereupon the plant is already operating in combined cycle at full capacity.

In these two important projects, SENER took charge of the full development of the basic and detailed Balance of Plant (BOP) engineering. The plants were a turnkey/EPC project by two consortia, Siemens and Cotersa, in the case of TSM and Siemens, Duro Felguera and Seasa in the case of TMB. In the latter, SENER also performed all the purchasing, activation and monitoring activities of the BOP equipment for local and foreign supplies.

Both cycles can be fed with natural gas from the grid or with gasoil (distilled type 2) stored in the plant. This design requires the development of specific systems to reduce emissions of NOx in the exhaust gases and the definition of suitable fuel storage facilities. TSM designed a complex quay on the Paraná river for unloading liquid fuels from boats to complement the lorry wharf.

Thanks to the high standard of work carried out in these important plants, SENER has been awarded other projects in South America, either as a partner in turnkey agreements, or EPC, with some of the aforementioned clients as building partners.

Above: San Martin power plant general view. On the left: pumps of the water collection system in this same plant.

two very similar plantsBasically, the layout of the plant is similar, since the power islands, comprised of the gas and vapour turbines and the recovery boilers, are twin elements in both projects, although their layout and definition vary greatly in terms of BOP. The main difference lies in the circulation water system for cooling the condenser. In Manuel Belgrano it consists of cooling towers that use water obtained through an 8-km-long aqueduct, which was also designed by SENER. On the other hand, the San Martín plant is cooled by an open system with water collected directly from the Paraná river. Here water is pumped to a height of more than 40 m through a 3200 mm-diameter plastic pipe, and if the collection structure is stunning,

then the return discharge to the river, staggered with energy breakers, is spectacular. The different divisions of SENER combined their experience in the design of the water collection system in TSM. In order to control seasonal variations in the river level, which are more than 6 m, the engineers had to build a physical model more than 25 m long that simulated all the system’s operating possibilities.


Up-to-date: Marine

SENER is awarded the engineering contract to repair and modernise the Argentinian Navy’s icebreaker

IcEbREakER almIRaNtE IRízaR

SENER and Iberdrola Renovables have signed an agreement for the active participation of SENER in the R&D project concerning floating wind turbine supports, moored over deep waters, of more than 50m depth. The project, named in Spanish as ‘Proyecto Emerge’, has been promoted from the Offshore

SENER takes part in the Iberdrola Renovables project for the development of floating wind turbine supports

R&D IN floatINg wIND tuRbINES

Wind Projects Department at the company Iberdrola Renovables.

The scope of the researching project includes two different phases. From the first one, consisting on the execution of all the engineering works for the development of the floating wind turbine supports, SENER has assumed those

regarding the marine engineering. This phase, in its turn, is divided into two steps, being the first one devoted to the viability aspects, both technical and commercial. This is particularly complex due to the absence of commercial off-shore floating wind turbines nowadays.

During the end of 2009 and the beginning of 2010, SENER has developed some alternative answers, from which a short list has been selected to be fully developed, for classification and detailed design. This would be the second step of the first phase.

The second phase of the project consists in the execution of real scale prototypes, and its development will depend on the results obtained at the end of phase one.

SENER has won the contract to carry out the engineering work and provide technical assistance in repairing and modernising the icebreaker Almirante

Irízar (RHAI) following the fire it suffered in April 2007. The scope of the contract includes the engineering for the stripping down of the equipment and damaged

structure, the basic and development engineering for all the areas, equipment and systems affected by the repairs / modernisation, and technical support throughout the process, including ocean and ice trials.

The ship’s last campaign was between December 2006 and April 2007. On the return journey, when 140 miles to the east of Puerto Madryn, a fire broke out in the electric generator room which spread quickly throughout the ship’s engine room. It was evacuated and, once the fire had been put out, it was towed to the Puerto Belgrano Naval Base. After assessing the various options, the Argentinian Navy chose to go ahead with the vital repairs and modernisation which are now underway.

These works have been entrusted to the Tandanor Sacyn Shipyard, in Buenos Aires, whose main shareholder is the Argentine State via the Ministry of Defense. The ship is now there. In turn, Tandanor Sacyn has relied on SENER’s capacities to undertake the complex engineering and technical support activities, a project that the engineering company will coordinate from its Buenos Aires Division, with the Madrid and Valencia Divisions support.

The work is due to end with ice trials in October 2011, and it is believed that, having been completely renovated and made operational, the ship will be ready for its 2012 Antarctic campaign.

In the image: the Icebraker Almirante Irízar during its last campaign, in winter 2007, before suffering the fire.

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PROJEMAR, the reference ship and offshore design consultancy in Brazil, has entered a license contract with SENER for the use of the FORAN System for ship and offshore structures design and production.

After the implementation of FORAN in its headquarters in Rio de Janeiro, PROJEMAR has carried out a training course of the FORAN System that includes the current detail design of a mineral carrier for a Brazilian shipyard, covering the complete structure and outfitting 3D model and the manufacturing outputs.

This new agreement reinforces SENER’s active presence in Brazil’s marine sector,

with users that include, among others, the Brazilian Navy Shipyard (AMRJ) and Ship Design Center (CPN) in Rio de Janeiro, the STX shipyard in Niteroi, the Itajaí shipyard and the School of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). Besides, the engineering company collaborates actively in the professional training of marine engineers with the granting of FORAN System licenses for academic use, specifically for the two Brazilian federal universities that count

PROJEMAR will use SENER’s CAD/CAM System

An integrated shipbuilding solution for marine design and construction

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Ptc aND SENER agREEmENt

PTC (Nasdaq: PMTC), the Product Development Company®, and SENER have announced plans to strengthen their alliance to deliver an integration between SENER’s FORAN system and PTC’s Windchill® PLM software.

The integration will enable SENER’s shipbuilding customers to leverage Windchill’s enterprise PLM capabilities while managing FORAN CAD data within the same PLM platform, ideally suited for complex, distributed, and large-scale product developments. SENER’s FORAN CAD/CAM/CAE integrated system is a

technology solution for the complete design of commercial and naval ships and offshore units, including forms definition, naval architecture calculations, hull structure, machinery, outfitting, electrical and accommodation design and manufacturing.

“With the integration to PTC’s Windchill, we are satisfying a repeated market demand and reinforcing the position of FORAN as a major player in the field of ship design and production software,” said Luis García, General Manager of SENER’s Marine Strategic Business Unit. “We look forward to

continue our work with PTC convinced as we are that the FORAN-Windchill integration is an important asset for the Shipbuilding Market.”

Shipbuilders today face a multitude of challenges including the globalization of product development and product support, increasing product complexity and product development processes, and heightened requirements for information security in accordance with the ITAR and the Export Control requirements.

“In addition to the continued development of our own CADDS 5 solution, we are providing more options for shipbuilders through this integration to SENER’s FORAN,” said Will Kohler, Senior VicePresident Product Management, PTC. “The integration between Windchill and SENER’s FORAN supports PTC’s commitment to deliver optimal PLM solutions to shipbuilding customers.”

with Marine and Oceanic Engineering qualifications: the UFRJ School of Marine and Oceanic Engineering, in Rio de Janeiro, offers the post graduate students an optional FORAN System course. In Sao Paulo, the Technologic Research Institute (IPT) has just received the forms definition modules in the same granting regime for academic uses.

Above: a design with SENER’s CAD/CAM FORAN System. On the left: PROJEMAR design with the FORAN System.


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Shipbuilders are increasingly implementing PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) software tools which enable the integrated management of content and processes, and which help to improve the development of the end product, making it vital that data and information is shared with CAD platforms. In this context, Spanish company SENER is currently finalising a solution that will enable the major product lifecycle management software applications in the marketplace to be connected to the FORAN marine CAD system.

A number of the PLM tools on the market, such as Windchill (PTC), TeamCenter (UGS), Enovia (Dassault Systems), Sap PLM (SAP) and ThinkPLM (THINK3), have been installed in many companies in different industrial sectors. The tool being developed by SENER, and which will be available in the next version of FORAN, is called FPLM (FORAN

Product Lifecycle Management), and is designed with a neutral architecture that enables the FORAN system to be linked to different PLM systems using specific plug-ins. Once FORAN is connected to the PLM system, the objects and properties generated in the former will be transferable to the latter, where they can be managed. It is important to stress that the FPLM solution is built using standards such as XML, Web Services and CORBA (Common Object Request Broker Architecture). Another interesting new feature is the ability to simultaneously connect the CAD system to different PLM systems.

The different modules in the FORAN System share one key characteristic, a common user interface. In FORAN, all the documents and data created by the different modules, such as plans and lists of materials, can be managed, meaning that each action is reflected in the PLM. Amongst the functionalities are commands that enable FORAN tree models to be shared and published in the PLM system’s product structures.

SOlUtION ARChItECtUREThe solution that enables FORAN to be connected to different PLMs consists of the following components:

A main Java process called FPLM Server, which is the basic connection point between the PLM processes and the FORAN functionalities. It is a Java process

that is responsible for managing the FORAN objects and mapping them with the PLM objects. It uses a series of configuration files in the .XML format.

A component called FPLM Plug-In integrated within the FPLM Server which comprises a group of Java classes and methods that are specific to the PLM to be connected. The FPLM Plug-In manages the business logic and communicates with the PLM Server using Web Services. This plug-in is also made up of another component called PLM Adapter, a set of Web Services and PLM templates that are integrated and working within PLM Server.

Another component called FPLM Client, which is a group of utilities available in the interface of the FORAN modules that trigger operations with the PLM and in which the CORBA IDLs mentioned above are implemented. This component has the same look as other FORAN interfaces, so there is total integration of PLM functionalities in FORAN.

A group of CORBA IDLs that define the connection interface between FORAN and the FPLM server (IDL: Corba Interface Description Language). This interface enables the communication between the utilities in the FPLM Client and the FPLM Server processes.

This strategy has enabled the FORAN System to be provided with a connection platform that is fully independent of the PLM system that it is being used.

DAtA AND FIlES MANAgED by FORAN

Like any other CAD system, FORAN can create a wide range of files. In order to provide PLM users with the document management tasks and avoid errors when selecting the correct files that are to be published in the PLM, the different file types that have to be managed vary depending on the design discipline (structure, outfitting, electrical or naval architecture) and the FORAN module being used.

When the documents are loaded in the PLM, attributes and properties with different information, including an indicator to inform about in which FORAN module the document was created, are automatically transferred.

The application manages three types of file: data files (CNC files, libraries, geometric standards…), drawing files (plans and functional diagrams) and lists (weights and centres of gravity, materials, calculations…).

Integrating product lifecycle management (PLM) tools with the FORAN System: FPlM solution

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hOw thE APPlICAtION wORkSIn the various modules in the FORAN

system there will be a command (FPLM Local Document Manager) that initiates the connection with the PLM and, depending on the parameters configured previously, opens the window that can be used to release the different documents generated with FORAN (data files, drawings, lists...) in the PLM. Using this application, the user goes to the list of all the files that the user has locally, filtered based on different conditions, and provides information on their status with respect to the PLM. If a PLM file needs to be retrieved for querying or editing, there is a search tool to find it and options to make a local copy or check it out in order to make the necessary modifications.

The process of creating a new FORAN document goes from generating the file with the relevant module, opening the FPLM Local Document Manager, selecting the file and the option of checking the document into the PLM. During the process of checking in or updating a document in the PLM, all the attributes associated with it are transferred to this object so that they are available to the PLM users.

thE DOCUMENt EDItINg PROCESS

As stated above, the different documents can be loaded to the PLM using the check-in option, and they can be retrieved for editing using the check-out option. The documents to be modified open in the modules where they were created. The documents are edited in plans and functional diagrams.

Each time a document is opened to be edited in the PLM, if the user has the appropriate rights, a new version is automatically created and details of the engineer working on it are added. This enables monitoring of the history of changes made.

MANAgINg CAD tREE MODElSFORAN’s FBUILDS module, where the product structure trees are created, provides the command that enables these trees to be transferred, released and managed in the PLM. With this action, it is not just the objects and their hierarchical relationship that are transferred, but also the associated attributes, links to documents and a file that enables them to be displayed in 3D in the PLM viewer. All the logic that manages the changes in the CAD model and that enables them to be applied to the PLM is implemented in the system.

In the previous page: above: a design with the FORAN System. Below: screenshot of the FORAN System.

FPLM, AN INTEGRATED SOLUTION FOR ALL PROCESSES All the FORAN System information that is transferred to the PLM can be subjected to all the processes that are typical of that kind of tools, such as access controls, change management, configuration management, version and life cycle management, and

workflow management. With the new FPLM solution, the data generated with the FORAN System can be shared and used by all the departments and organisations involved in designing, building, operating and maintaining the ship, thus guaranteeing reduced costs and contributing to the success of those companies.


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Several new industrial business initiatives, based on innovative technologies, have been developed by Sener in the last 10 years by the Area of energy and environment.

Re-Refining of MineRal Used oilsIn 2000, ecolube S.A. (60% owned by Sener Grupo de Ingeniería, S.A.) started up a plant in Fuenlabrada (Madrid) for re-refining 27.000 tons per year of used oil into lubricating bases. The project was designed, engineered and built by Sener Ingeniería y Sistemas S.A. The plant, owned at present by the Urbaser Group, works under a Sener technological license, patented in more than 20 countries.

The unit, that runs at full capacity, showing high yields and excellent availability, is reputed to be an international reference in used oil re-refining.

TReaTMenT of aniMal ManUReA plant for processing 100.000 tons per year of pig manure was started up in 2001 by TrAcjUSA (25 % owned by Sener) in juneda (Lérida). The unit recovers 5.000 tons per year of a solid fertilizer

and exports cogeneration electricity (16 MWe) to the grid. The technology, known as Valpuren®, was jointly developed by Abantia and Sener, which promoted, engineered and built the plant.

The Valpuren® technology is also employed in other four units of similar processing capacity and electric generation. Two of these units, Valpuren Bañuelo S.L. (93% owned by Sener) and Valpuren comatur S.L. (95% owned by Sener), were promoted and built by Sener Ingeniería y Sistemas S.A. in the province of Toledo. They started production in the spring of 2009 and currently run at full capacity.

WasTe To eneRgyZabalgarbi S.A. started a waste to energy plant in 2004 for converting 240.000 tons of municipal waste into nearly 100 MWe of electricity in the province of Vizcaya (Spain). In this case, the technology is a steam thermal cycle

Business development through technological innovation

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(working at high pressure and moderate temperature) patented by Sener, which provides high efficiencies close to those typical of gas combined cycles. Sener promoted and designed the unit, participating in its construction. In 2009, Zabalgarbi, currently 30% owned by Sener, processed 230.000 tons of waste, exporting 611 GWh to the electricity grid.

Sener has also patented three other high efficient thermal cycles, which may be used in waste to energy units or biomass plants. These high efficient technologies are raising much interest, since waste management is a matter of great concern in highly populated areas.

ConCenTRaTed solaR PoWeR (CsP)concentrated solar power has been the subject of intensive innovative work of Sener and has led to several important technological developments and patents. As a consequence, Sener is considered today one of the technological world leaders in this emerging business area. Torresol energy S.A., owned 60% by Sener and 40% by Masdar, is building two 50 MWe parabolic through units (Valle 1 and Valle 2) and a third 17 MWe central tower plant (Gemasolar), incorporating the technologies developed by Sener. The fact that Gemasolar is to be the first world commercial unit incorporating a central tower receiver and an energy storage system based on molten salt technology, is being followed with great interest and expectation.

On the left, above: ecolube plant for re-refining mineral used oil. Below: Polan plant for processing pig manure.

MAIN BUSINESS TURNOVERThe technologies developed by the Area of Energy and Environment of SENER have already led to several industrial plants, implying capital investment of about 240 M€, and a turnover of around 110 M€ yearly. The three solar thermal units under construction will increase the capital investment up to 1.180 M€ and the turnover to about 230 M€.

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PRESENCE IN MASDAR CITY

SENER BEcomES fiRSt SpaNiSh compaNy aNd fiRSt ENgiNEERiNg compaNy LicENSEd to opERatE iN thiS city

SENER has become one of the first companies to register a local subsidiary in Masdar City, the emerging clean-technology cluster in Abu Dhabi, which aims to be one of the most sustainable cities in the world.

The move to Masdar City confirms SENER’s commitment to the development of renewable energy projects and sustainable architecture in the Middle East. SENER has been the tenth of all the companies that are currently registered, the first engineering company and the first Spanish company. The first buildings within Masdar City are set for delivery in the third quarter of 2010 and are part of the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology campus. Phase 1 of the city’s development is set for completion by 2013, with the first commercial buildings, in which SENER’s offices will be located, is due for completion earlier. Until then, SENER is operating from temporary modern offices near Masdar City.

SENER has also a subsidiary in Abu Dhabi since last 2009, when it opened local headquarters in order to pursue engineering opportunities in Abu Dhabi, the rest of the United Arab Emirates and the wider region.

In the image: artistic view of the future Masdar City. © Masdar.

III GRuPo SENER

takEovER of thE 100% of thE mExicaN ENgiNEERiNg fiRm iii

In 2007, SENER’s President, Jorge Sendagorta, signed with III General Manager, Eduardo Bosque, the purchase agreement of the 40% of III, with the compromise of acquiring 100% of the Mexican engineering company in 2010. Since then, SENER and III have been consolidating their relationship until they have culminated this operation with the constitution of the new company III Grupo SENER.

The purchase of the 100% of III by the Spanish engineering company SENER closes a process that began in March 2005, when both companies signed a strategic alliance. By virtue of this alliance, SENER entered the Mexican market with one of the country’s main engineering companies, while also promoting III’s capacity to contract turnkey projects.

Since then, major joint projects have been implemented in the power and process sector, such as the development of the engineering work for combined

cycle plants, turnkey projects, as well as Refinery, Gas and Petrochemical projects. The activities developed by III also encompass projects in the mining-metallurgy field, with important work carried out for AUSENCO and MITTAL.

In addition to activities in the area of power and process, SENER has participated in important projects in Mexico in the civil engineering and architecture sector, in roads, airports, suburban railways and metros, being some of its main clients: SCT, OHL, FCC, ISOLUX, Grupo Aeroportuario Pacífico (GAP), Fideicomiso de Apoyo al Rescate de Autopistas Concesionadas (FARAC), and Casas Geo, among others. Likewise, it has taken part in transport planification and architecture projects.

From the outset, SENER realised that its presence in Mexico required a collaboration effort with III, a company with which it shares the same entrepreneurial spirit, and it also had to understand its corporate culture. In the words of José Belmonte, SENER Director in Mexico: “we want to be a leading player in the engineering sector, maintaining the Mexican essence”. With the happening of this 100% takeover operation, SENER and III provide continuity to the previous era and initiate a new phase with excellent business prospects as a Mexican company, made up of Mexican professionals, and in the development of projects in Mexico.

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SENER aNd RoLLS-RoycE, SoLE ShaREhoLdERS of itp

SENER has acquired the shares that Trilantic and Socade (a risk capital company which is majority owned by the Basque Government) held in SENER Aeronáutica, the company owning 53.125% of ITP. Thus, the shareholding in ITP has been restructured so that, from now on, the Rolls-Royce group, with 46.875%, and SENER, with the remaining 53.125%, are the sole shareholders.

After signing the agreement, SENER’s President, Jorge Sendagorta, stated: “with this operation, SENER strengthens its position as reference partner in ITP, a company which it founded. This is also the third occasion on which SENER increases its effective stake in ITP, once again clearly showing its strategic support for this engine company which it developed in the ‘80s and which it has promoted since then”.

As part of the same restructuring operation, SENER has also paid the last instalment for the purchase in 2004 of SEPI’s shares in ITP (Turbo 2000) ahead of schedule. This instalment was due in 2012, but the company has decided to carry it out in 2010.


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Gemasolar, the flagship project of Torresol Energy, received at the end of 2009 two awards due to its innovative technology. The plant was distinguished with the CSP Today award in the category of ‘Thermosolar Innovation’ in the first edition of the CSP Today awards that were hold in Seville during the 3rd Concentrated Solar Power Summit CSP Today. Later, the University of Almería (UAL) awarded to Gemasolar the Premio Consejo Social de la Universidad de Almería al Fomento de la Investigación Sociedad – Universidad [The Award of the Social Council of the University of Almería for the Promotion of Company - University Research], in the ‘Honorary Award Category to Companies and Institutions for outstanding research activity conducted with the University of Almería’.

This innovative CSP plant, located in the province of Seville, will deliver clean and safe energy to 25,000 homes and will cut emissions of CO

2 by more than 30,000 tonnes.

Below: construction works at Gemasolar, dated March 2010.

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awaRdS iN REcogNitioN of itS iNNovatioN

The Aerospace Cluster of Catalonia, Barcelona Aeronàutica i de l’Espai (BAIE), recently set up a Space Committee and an Aeronautical Committee. SENER has been selected as the company that will chair the Aeronautical Committee for the next two years. This task is entrusted to the Head of the Barcelona Mechanical Section, Íñigo Gurrea. On the other hand, the company GTD will chair the Space Committee.

ACTIvE PRESENCE IN BAIE

SENER haS BEEN SELEctEd to chaiR thE aERoNauticaL committEE of thE aERoSpacE cLuStER of cataLoNia

CoRPoRATE SoCIAl RESPoNSIBIlITY

EfR cERtificatE foR REcoNciLiatioN aNd EquaLity

SENER has received the EFR Certificate for reconciliation and equality which the Fundación MásFamilia awards to companies committed to improving the work-family balance, as well as to equality of opportunity and, with these measures, enhancing the quality of life of its workers.

To obtain this certificate, SENER has undergone an external audit which has analyzed both measures implemented by the company to improve the work-family balance and the perception which its employees have of it.

In the fifth edition of awarding these certificates, the Fundación MásFamilia has honored 31 large companies throughout Spain, including SENER, for their commitment to families.

In the image above: group of companies awarded with the EFR Certificate along with SENER.

CoMPolAB INAuGuRATIoN

compoSitE matERiaLS LaBoRatoRy foR aERoNauticS

SENER has promoted the creation of COMPOLAB, a laboratory dedicated to the research in composite materials that has been inaugurated at Intexter, the textiles laboratory at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC) campus in Terrassa. COMPOLAB is the result

of the collaboration between SENER, company that plays an active role in the development of manufacturing technology of this material, primarily carbon fiber, the UPC Department of Materials, the UPC School of Industrial and Aeronautical Engineering (ETSEIAT) and the CTAE Aerospace Research and Technology Centre. The laboratory will be used for student hands-on training, research on advanced composite materials and manufacturing processes, especially for aeronautic applications. COMPOLAB starts with two large machines specifically developed for the laboratory, fully assembled and ready for use, together with the general support equipment of a materials and textiles laboratory.

In the image: SENER engineer Víctor Morell explains the guests the functioning of one of the machines during the inauguration.

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ThE SAN RoQuE EQuIPMENT CENTER

vAllE 1 AND vAllE 2 ThERMoSolAR PlANTS

2010 coavN aRchitEctuRE awaRd

pRojEct fiNaNcE dEaL of thE yEaR awaRd 2009

The Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos Vasco-Navarro (Official Basque-Navarre Architects Association) has awarded the 2010 COAVN Architecture Award, in the ‘Urban Design and Landscape Architecture’ category, to the San Roque Equipment Center project, developed by the SENER Architecture team. Located in Portugalete (Vizcaya), the San Roque multi-purpose building comprises a senior citizens’ center, a youth center and an underground car park.

According to the jury, this award recog-nises the “clarity of vision in dealing with a complex urban problem, such as a sloping square, by organising the space according to

uses and pathways through the arrangement of platforms that strengthen the activity”. The award follows previous recognitions, such as inclusion in the X Spanish Biennial Exhibition of Architecture and Urban Deve-lopment 2009 (BEAU) and the nomination for the 2009 Spanish Architecture Prize. In the words of the project creators, the SENER architects Juan Francisco Paz and Gloria Para, “the COAVN award repre-sents a major recognition for the SENER Architecture team, as it sees the design of this work being honoured by an institution composed exclusively of architects”.

The financing obtained by Torresol Energy, joint venture between Masdar and SENER, for the construction of the Valle 1 and Valle 2 Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plants (in Cadiz, Andalusia) has received the Deal of the Year 2009 award in the ‘Clean Technology’ category, as part of the Project Finance Deal of the Year awards given by the Euromoney agency, which publishes the sector’s reference journal, Project Finance. This is one of the most important prizes in the field of structured financing in Europe.

The award is in recognition of the work of Torresol Energy, as the project sponsor, and of the senior lenders, Banco Santander, La Caixa, BBVA, Instituto de Crédito Oficial (ICO), Caja Madrid, Banco Español de Crédito and Banco Popular Español, as well as the law firm Latham & Watkins, which acted as legal advisor to Torresol on the transaction. The financing obtained totalled 540 million euros over 20 years and guarantees the construction of the twin Valle 1 and Valle 2 plants — the total investment for which reaches 700 million euros — and which will be completed by 2011.

Once operational, the plants will have a thermal storage system with a capacity of over 7.5 hours, they will supply safe, clean energy to 80,000 households, and will reduce CO

2 emissions by 90,000 tonnes per year.

The Project Finance awards are the first in the industry, and began 11 years ago. On average, 300-350 of the best deals for a given year are entered for the awards, selecting the best in different industrial sectors. Torresol Energy has won the award in the ‘Clean Technology’ category, where the innovative technology of the Valle 1 and Valle 2 solar plants has been recognised.

In the image above: Torresol Energy team with the Project Finance Deal of the Year 2009 Award.

Sol SuBuRBAN RAIl STATIoN PRojECT

BESt puBLic woRk awaRd fRom thE SpaNiSh aSSociatioN of Road, caNaL aNd poRt ENgiNEERS

The Madrid Branch of the Colegio de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos (the Association of Road, Canal and Port Engineers) has honoured SENER with the Best Public Work of the Year Award for the Renfe suburban rail station at Puerta del

Sol in Madrid. On this project, carried out in temporary consortium with Eurocontrol, SENER was responsible for the key disciplines and did the functional, architectural and structural design for the station. The project, promoted by the Ministry of Public Works and Transport, was judged to have been a success by all the administrative bodies involved (national, regional and municipal), and it raised enormous public expectation from the moment it was announced. Given that the Puerta del Sol in Madrid represents a highly complex environment, SENER’s design enabled a station to be built which is extremely well-lit, very bright and comfortable for users.

The award was accepted on Thursday, November 26th by Guillermo Dierssen, the SENER engineer behind the project, from the Secretary of State for Planning and Infrastructure, Víctor Morlán, at an event held at Florida Park venue in Madrid and organised by the Association of Road, Canal and Port Engineers.

In the image: Award ceremony with all the winners, among them SENER’s engineer Guillermo Dierssen, author of the project.


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The turnkey project to carry out GATE Terminal, a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminal, which SENER is developing out in Rotterdam (the Netherlands) as part of the TSEV consortium, has reached two million hours of construction work without any lost time incidents. The improvement of existing safety systems, thanks also to the introduction of a recent method, called ‘(A)live on Site’, has yielded one of the best safety records achieved

gatE tERmiNaL: two miLLioN houRS of coNStRuctioN woRk without aNy LoSt timE iNcidENtS

to date for work performed on the Rotterdam Europoort. GATE Terminal, which will be ready for operation in the

second half of 2011, is one of the leading energy projects in the Netherlands and a technological showcase on European scale.

Within the TSEV consortium, made up of the joint venture TSLNG, in turn made up of SENER and Techint, and the sub-consortium EV (made up of the companies Entrepose and Vinci), SENER is responsible for managing the implementation and commissioning of the plant, as well as for basic engineering and most of the detail engineering of the project.

In the image above and on the left: construction works at GATE Terminal, dated April 2010.

SENER Grupo de Ingeniería has appointed SANTiAGo UGAlDEA as General Manager of the Energy and Environment Business Area, replacing Jerónimo Angulo, who ran this Area for 15 years and will continue to work with the Group as

a Consultant. Up until now, Santiago Ugaldea has worked as Director of the Bilbao Division of SENER, a position he has held for the last 16 years.

iTziAR URRUTiA has become the new Director of the Bilbao Division of SENER,

after holding the position of Director of the Valencia Division of SENER for 12 years. Itziar Urrutia will now manage the engineering firm’s second largest office, which has a workforce of more than 600, in addition to housing the corporate head offices.

After a 20-month hiatus JoSé MANUEl MERCADo has returned to SENER as the new Director of the Valencia Division.

Before this stage, José Manuel Mercado pursued his professional career at SENER for 18 years, last holding the position of Head of the Construction Section in Valencia.

SENER Ingeniería y Sistemas has appointed ElENA oRTUoNDo as

the new Director of the Information Systems Department. This department coordinates all the IT and communication systems as well as all the corporate

applications necessary for the smooth running of the company. Elena Ortuondo

has developed her professional career in SENER, holding various positions within the department which she will now be leading, including Head of the IT Infrastructure Department for the Bilbao, Barcelona and Lisbon offices.

JESúS CADENAS has become the new Deputy General Manager of the Power and Process Strategic Business Unit, a newly created position for supporting the work of this unit,

In 2009 SENER made donations for a total amount of more than 350,000 euros, that were destinated to support projects of very different kinds. Among the favored institutions by the company’s donations there are some worth mentioning, such as SENER’s own foundation, Fundación

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SENER doNatioNS to SociaL pRojEctS

SENER, as well as the foundations Fundación Empresa y Humanismo, Fundación Bizkaialde, Fundación Gaztelueta, Fundación Asistencial Fuerzas Armadas y Guardia Civil, Fundación Desarrollo y Asistencia, Fundación Pablo Horstmann, and the association Ayúdale a Caminar, the Spanish Royal Engineeering Academy, the University of Navarra, the Business School IESE, the Coral Society of Bilbao, and the Spanish Association Against Cancer, among others. For the year 2010, SENER has already

approved a similar amount of donations and, as a novalty regarding the past year, a batch destinated to projects of international development cooperation from the Fundación CODESPA, the support to the construction of the school San Francisco Javier, as well as the fostering house for pregnant women promoted by the Golfín Foundation, and the support to the free summer holiday camps for children with cancer, of ages between 7 and 15 years, that will take part in July 2010 in the Pyrenees, in the Catalonian city of Lérida.

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under the General Management of Francisco Jiménez. His main responsibilities include business management of the refining and petrochemical areas. Before joining SENER, Jesús Cadenas held the position of Managing Director

of Operations at Foster Wheeler Energy Ltd. for the UK, South Africa and India.

SENER Ingeniería y Sistemas has appointed GoNzAlo URCAREGUi as Head of the Process and Mechanical Section of the Industrial and Marine Division. This new section combines the disciplines of Process, Safety, Mechanical Equipment, Vessels and Documentation

Control. Gonzalo Urcaregui has a long history at SENER, where he

has developed his professional career throughout 20 years, mainly in the Process Section. For the last seven years, he has worked as Project Manager at

the Industrial and Marine Division in Madrid.

JoRGE CoNTRERAS, until now Head of the SENER Ingeniería y Sistemas Process Section, will now perform the tasks of Technical Manager, also responsible for

Process Training in the SENER Ingeniería y Sistemas Industrial and Marine Division, in the petrochemical, refining, power and gas areas, with the specific task of supporting the Mexico Division of SENER.

SENER Argentina has appointed JoRGE MARTíN, engineer at the Argentina Division of SENER, as Head of the Project Control and Programming Section (AL), which

aims to reinforce and guarantee the uniformity of work in the technical sections, in technical and

management aspects. Jorge Martín will also continue to hold the position of Engineering Director at SENER Argentina.

SENER has won the 2009 Miguel Pardo award granted by the Clúster Marítimo Español (Spanish Maritime Cluster) in the ‘Technology and Innovation’ category. The jury, whose members included the Chairman of the Spanish Maritime Cluster, Federico Esteve, the Chairman of Fundación Innovamar, José Manuel Manzanedo, the CEO of Repsol-Gas Natural, Alberto Toca, and the Deputy Director of the economic daily Expansión, Manuel del Pozo, rewarded SENER for its proven career in multi-discipline projects “that combine various technologies; international presence in the marine sector, boosted by its outstanding activities in research, development and innovation in information technology for all fields, especially in the maritime sector”.

In the image: the Managing Director of SENER, Jorge Unda, collected the award during the General Meeting of the Cluster, in a ceremony that was closed by the Mayor of Madrid, Alberto Ruiz Gallardón.

SENER IN ThE MARINE SECToR

Eduardo Serrano, Doctor of Civil Engineering and General Director of SENER’s Procurement and Construction Division, has received the Medal for Professional Merit awarded by the Spanish Association of Civil Engineers (CICCP). The medal acknowledges his forty-seven-year career. Of this time, Eduardo Serrano devoted fourteen years to civil engineering and marine engineering and thirty-three years to management positions within SENER Grupo de Ingeniería,

including four years as member of the Board of Directors. Eduardo Serrano has developed most of his career at SENER, after a four-year stint at the Bilbao Port Authority, from 1963 to 1967, first as an engineer in the Projects and Construction Department and later as Head of Operations of the Bilbao Port. In 1967 he joined SENER Técnica Industrial y Naval, S.A., where

he held several positions, first as Head of the Civil Department and later as Manager of the Maritime Works and Shipyards Department, followed by a period as Director of the Industrial and Nuclear Division and ultimately as General Director. After the creation of SENER Ingeniería y Sistemas, S.A. in 1988, he went on to work as Director of the Bilbao Division, a position he held until 1994, when he was appointed Operations Director, position which he held until 2006. He has worked as General Director of the SENER Ingeniería y Sistemas Procurement and Construction Division since 2007 for all projects and offices worldwide. Throughout his professional career, he has maintained consulting skills in his original field –planning, engineering and operation of ports and maritime works–, making major contributions to projects of this type carried out by SENER.

PRESTIGIouS AwARD fRoM ThE CICCP

EduaRdo SERRaNo, mEdaL foR pRofESSioNaL mERit

2009 miguEL paRdo awaRd iN thE tEchNoLogy aNd iNNovatioN catEgoRy


Technology

ENER has positioned itself as a leader in the solar power industry thanks to its continuous progress with innovating

technology. Its efforts have focussed in particular on the development of numerous solutions, from components to control software and complete systems, for concentrated solar power plants, with several dozen megawatts of installed power and the capacity to supply entire towns.

Of all the engineering developments, the main difference in the thermosolar plants built by SENER stems from the molten salt heat storage system, used in Cylindrical-Parabolic Plants (CPP) and central tower receiver plants with a heliostat array. Thanks to their storage capacity, these plants can continue producing power throughout the night using the same heat from the sun. These are, without a doubt, the plants of the future.

Operation of the systemConcentrated solar power uses direct solar radiation, with a system of mirrors to concentrate sun rays on a point which contains a flowing fluid that heats up. This heat is then used to generate

steam, which drives a turbine. In central tower plants, the heliostats (flat mirrors) reflect solar radiation onto a receiver located at the top of a tower in which the fluid is flowing.

On the other hand, in cylindrical-parabolic collector plants, cylindrical mirrors concentrate the radiation on a central tube in which the fluid is flowing.

At SENER plants, in addition to generating steam, these hot fluids are also used to store excess heat in tanks of molten nitrate salts. In the tower plants, the salts are used directly as a heat absorption fluid: they flow from the cold tank, by means of a pump, to the receiver at the top of the tower, where they are heated to a temperature of 565 °C, after which they descend to the heat exchanger where they generate steam. When excess energy is received, i.e. when the received heat radiation is more than enough to cover the demand of the turbine, a part of these salts is stored in a hot tank, allowing it to be used at times with low solar radiation, when the plant does not receive enough heat to generate steam directly. The stored

The engineering company has become a reference in the sector due to its innovations in thermosolar plants.

Gaining ground in solar technology

Molten salt heat storage systeM

tWelVe ProJeCts In ProgressSENER is building twelve thermosolar plants with molten salt heat storage systems across Spain. Three of these plants are already in operation, and the engineering firm is responsible for all the technology they use. Some of these plants are true international milestones: Andasol 1, using cylindrical-parabolic collectors, in Granada, was the first thermosolar plant in the world to use a molten salt heat storage system in commercial

operation. Connected to the grid at the end of 2008, the fulfilling experience of its construction, commissioning and

commercial operation has enabled SENER to undertake ten other similar projects using the same technology. Also notable is Gemasolar, the first commercial plant in the world to use central tower receiver technology with a heat storage system. Promoted by Torresol Energy, it will enter operation in 2011 and SENER is hoping it will become an international reference, a starting point in the strategy to reduce costs in the thermosolar power sector.

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salts can then supply this heat and continue generating steam.

A similar system is used in CPP plants, with the difference that oil is used as the fluid for absorbing heat radiation. Once heated, this oil is transferred to a heat exchanger, either to generate the steam required to drive the turbines directly, or to heat molten salts at times with excess energy, and to store the heat in a hot tank that allows the plant to continue generating electricity even when the sun is not shining. At these plants, the molten salts are stored at a lower temperature than in central tower plants, since the absorption fluid, in this case the oil, reaches lower temperatures than the salts when they are heated directly in the central tower receiver. For this reason, their capacity to get advantage of the thermal storage system is also lower.

Benefits of heat storageA common feature of all solar power plants is their dependence on solar radiation for the generation of electricity, which is subject to considerable fluctuations according to the position of the sun in the sky throughout the day and throughout the year, as well as cloud cover. These fluctuations are

sometimes directly responsible for sudden load variations in the turbine, which is the element that transforms the heat energy from the solar array into electric power. Generally speaking, in a CPP plant, the turbine receives double the input power in the summer compared with the winter and, on days with considerable cloud cover, the turbine is subjected to sudden bursts that shorten its useful life.

The use of a heat storage system, which makes it possible to continue producing electricity with no sunshine, considerably reduces these load variations. This also guarantees a continuous supply of electricity, overcoming intermittences, and flexibly adapts the supply to the demand, one of the main weaknesses of certain renewable technologies. Furthermore, due to this system the turbine efficiency increases.

The engineering firm, which has innovation as one of its founding values, is continuing to improve its technology with every single project. Its goal is to turn solar power into a true alternative that can compete with conventional power sources. As a result of this, these solar power plants, which can uninterruptedly produce clean, inexhaustible power, may define the medium-term outlook for solar power worldwide.

Above, on the left: molten salts tank in the cylindrical-parabolic plant Andasol 1. Above, on the right: molten salts tank in the central tower plant Gemasolar, that is being built in Seville.Below, on the left: SENERtrough system, patented by the company, that SENER currently installs in all its CPP projects.Below, on the rigth: Extresol 1 aerial view, located in Badajoz (Spain), a project where SENER has carried out the 100% of the engineering works.Left page: Andasol 1 solar plant, in Granada (Spain), a turnkey project developed by SENER in joint venture with ACS-Cobra.


In Brief

SENER took part in UNVEX 2010, a show focused in the Spanish market of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) that was held in Madrid between March 2nd and 4th. The company showed its projects in the UAV sector, as well as its own developments in ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance) systems, where SENER carries out the development, integration and supply of sensors and applications. The CAMCOPTER® S-100 VTOL from Schiebel, where SENER is industrial partner in Spain, was the main project showed in SENER’s booth, that was visited by the Spanish Secretary of Defense, Constantino Méndez (in the picture, accompanied by SENER’s representatives).

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Show UNVEX 2010

On March 8th, SENER offices in Madrid were visited by the Air Force General José Jiménez Ruiz, Chief of Staff of the Air Force (JEMA), who commands the three sections of the Air Force: General Headquarters, Forces, and Support to Forces. He and the Lieutenant General Juan Antonio del Castillo, Head of Logistic Support Command, visited SENER’s facilities in Madrid. They were accompanied by the General Chief of Staff of the JEMA, Pablo Gómez Rojo, and Commander Antonio Bermejo, Aide de Camp of the JEMA. They were all received by Andrés Sendagorta, VicePresident of SENER, and by Rafael Quintana, General Manager of the Aerospace Strategic Business Unit. In the course of the day, the JEMA gained first-hand and detailed knowledge of the company’s activities.

Chief of Staff of the Spanish Air Force visits SENER

Between November 30th and December 3rd SENER took part in the second edition of BcnRail, the International Railway Industry Show, in Barcelona. Held every two years, it is considered the largest Railway Trade Fair event in Spain, with more than 113 exhibiting companies and 1,500 professional visitors from all the segments related to the railway industry.

In this edition SENER showed integrated engineering projects such as the international high-speed line from Figueras to Perpignan and line 9 of the Barcelona metro, international projects such as the Algiers metro, the new network of the Bogotá

metro, the Oran tram and high-speed projects in Portugal, as well as numerous R&D projects.

Engineers of both the Civil and Architecture Strategic Business Unit and the Aerospace Strategic Business Unit attended the show to present SENER’s works in the areas of railway engineering, rolling stock and transport infrastructure architecture.

Participation in BCN RAIL

As part of its collaboration with universities and technical schools, SENER has enjoyed an active presence at different employment forums for engineering students from different disciplines. Thus, the company had a stand in the School of Engineers of San Sebastian TECNUN, which belongs to the University of Navarre, during the 16th ‘Employment Day’ Conference which took place between February 3rd and 4th. SENER also participated with a talk given by the Head of Human Resources Management of SENER Bilbao, Iratxe Angulo, and the Head of SENER’s Structures and Mechanisms Division, Fernando Artigas. Between February 24th and 25th, the company was also present in the Employment FORUM organised by the School of Civil Engineering of the University of Cantabria, in Santander, where it had a stand. The Head of the Civil Engineering and Architecture Section of the Bilbao Division, Jaime Borrego, introduced the company to the students. From March 9 to 11, SENER participated in the FORUM 2010, the Employment Trade Fair of the School of Engineering of Barcelona, which was held in its faculty in the Polytechnic University of Catalonia. At the stand, the SENER Barcelona engineers Carles Vilà, from the Construction Section,

Nuria Díaz and Francesc Massabé, from the Mechanics Section, and Martín Ríos, from the Electromechanics Section, explained the corporate activity to the students, and the engineer Rosa Sacristán, Head of the Structures Group of the Mechanics Section, participated in a coffee-chat. SENER was also represented at the Employment and Business Presentation Conference (JEPE 2010) which took place on March 22nd in the School of Engineering of Bilbao. The Head of Human Resources Management at SENER Bilbao, Iratxe Angulo, and the Head of the Electricity and Instrumentation Section of SENER Bilbao, Carlos Ibarra, introduced the company and detailed the most sought-after profiles and the outlook for professional development in SENER to students from the final years. Finally, on March 24th, SENER and Torresol Energy participated with a joint stand at the 8th Engineering and Employment Meeting, ESIEM 2010, organised by the School of Engineering of Seville (image above). The SENER engineer Soledad Garrido, from the Aerospace Division, gave a speech on both SENER Ingeniería y Sistemas and SENER Grupo de Ingeniería, including Torresol Energy.

SENER at employment forum and trade fairs

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In the last few months, the SENER Marine Strategic Business Unit has participated in the main events of the international maritime sector. Between April 21st and 23rd, it exhibited at Sea Japan 2010, the country’s most important trade fair in the marine industry, which was held in Tokyo.

It also took part in the fifth edition of the Vietship 2010 meeting, a biennial trade fair held in Hanoi, between March 17th and 19th. In December, the Marine SBU was also present at the Marintec 2009 trade fair in Shanghai, and WorkBoat Show 2009, the largest marine sector trade fair held in North America, in New Orleans. Moreover, that same month SENER offered a FORAN seminar for clients and companies in Singapore, as a response to the growing activity in the off-shore industry in this area.

The meeting of the FGROUP, acronym for FORAN Reference Group, was held in November at the SENER offices in Madrid.

Over a two-day period, the participants, a representative group of clients that use the SENER’s CAD/CAM FORAN System, had the opportunity to conduct an exchange of impressions on this marine design software. SENER

also presented the most relevant System upgrades and organised a series of demos.

Fully realising the importance of the contribution of FORAN users in improving the system, as well as in future developments, the SENER representatives asked each participating company to give a presentation during the meeting, outlining their requirements for the System.

Last April 6th the company NTE-SENER, along with the Aerospace Cluster of Catalonia, Barcelona Aeronàutica i de l’Espai (BAIE), gave a press conference in the Cosmo Caixa Museum, in Barcelona, to present the MARES system due to its Space launching.

The BAIE Director, Gloria García – Cuadrado, the Director of SENER Barcelona, Gabriel Alarcón, who is also the General Manager of NTE-SENER, and the Commercial Director

of NTE-SENER, Francesc Gallart (image above) took part in this event. During the press conference, that was attended by the main national and regional media, it was presented the Muscle Atrophy Research and Exercise System (MARES), a European Space Agency (ESA) facility for research into the effects caused by zero gravity on human muscles, that is also part of the NASA Human Research Facility (HRF) research centre.

During the last carnival holidays at Fuentes de Andalucía (Seville) one of the groups chosed Torresol Energy’s Gemasolar thermosolar plant, that is being built at that town, as costume theme. The group was formed by one person dressed as the Sun, another one as the central tower receiver and others dressed as heliostats. The Torresol Energy team, surprised by this initiative, gave some corporative presents to a delegation of the group several days later. Between January 18th and 21st,

SENER and Torresol Energy took part, once more, in the World Future Energy Summit, in Abu Dhabi (EAU). This event has been consolidated as the reference summit in the Middle East region in the sector of renewable energies.

The shared booth of SENER and Torresol Energy received several official visits, among them standed out the visit of the Prince and Princess of Asturias, the Sovereign Prince of Monaco and the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi.

On January 18th, Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Asturias discovered, helped by the Presidents of SENER and Torresol Energy, Jorge Sendagorta and Enrique Sendagorta respectively, some of the innovative solar projects in which the two companies are involved (image above). On January 19th SENER and Torresol Energy also received the visit of the Crown Prince

of Abu Dhabi, H.H. General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

To these it was added the visit, on Thursday January 21st, of the Sovereign Prince of Monaco, Albert II, who showed interest in the three solar projects being promoted by Torresol Energy, Gemasolar, Valle 1 and Valle 2. The Chief Infraestructures Officer of To-rresol Energy, Santiago Arias, was in charge of answering the Prince’s questions regar-ding electricity generation at concentrated solar power plants (image below).

Gemasolar costumes at the Fuentes de Andalucía carnival

Sixth meeting of the FGROUP

MARES presentation to the media

SENER and Torresol Energy at WFES 2010

Active participation in shipbuilding trade fairs

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