The Canary Islands Institute of Technology (ITC) is the technology public body that advises the Regional Government of the Canary Islands. It was created in August 1992. The Institute carries out projects and services in the areas of Research, Development and Innovation, in close collaboration with universities, R&D institutions and companies of the Canary Islands and abroad. The main goals are to promote and support the technological development and to encourage and drive forward R&D, in order to foster productive development, as well as business innovation. The R&D Division is composed by the following departments: Water Technologies, Renewable Energies, Environmental Analysis, Biotechnology, Biomechanics and Software Engineering. The staff of the R&D Division (up to 124 people, 17 of them working in the Water Department) includes Ph. Doctors, engineers, technicians and maintenance operators.

ITC Water Department has developed and assessed water and energy supply technological strategies in collaboration with decision makers. During the last 25 years, ITC has implemented significant work on the renewable energy sources (RES) small desalination units coupling, to prove their technical matching, improve and optimize their operation and reliability, and to promote the technology in remote and off-grid areas.Â

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