The activity entitled "How do we experiment with Energy?” was taught by staff from the Chemical and Environmental Engineering Group of the Higher School of Experimental Sciences and Technology of the URJC, and consisted of a workshop in which some of the experimental installations in which different forms of energy use based on fossil and renewable sources were studied were shown. To this end, different laboratories were opened to the public at the Technological Support Center, where the operation of thermal machines and engines was explained, as well as the need for a good energy integration of industrial processes.

Subsequently, the audience was directed to the renewable energy plant, in which different types of photovoltaic panels were shown, as well as the installation that allows solar thermal use to produce domestic hot water. Likewise, during this workshop the results of the research being carried out in projects led by two of the teachers who organized the activity were presented: María Linares and Inés Moreno. Said projects, SOLTOCOMB and LIGNOBIOFEN, are being financed by the “Stimulus to research for young doctors” Program of the Community of Madrid. The first of them aims to develop shaped materials that allow hydrogen to be obtained using solar energy. The second focuses on the preparation of sustainable catalysts, obtained from lignocellulosic precursors, for the production of chemical compounds of industrial interest from biomass residues.

This activity was mainly attended by high school students, who were very participative and interested in the role of the university in the development of new forms of energy that contribute to reducing the environmental impact of conventional sources, replacing them, at least partially. , for innovative energy technologies, directly influencing goal 7 of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development approved by the UN in 2015: guarantee access to affordable, safe, sustainable and modern energy.