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6/18/2025
We deep dive into the NPower Project through the words of Miguel Ángel Suárez, project coordinator at CETENMA. Across four episodes, we explore the significance of NPower for the Region of Murcia, its integrated vision for nutrient management, the innovative technologies it employs, and its approach to regional collaboration at the European level. Each post highlights a key episode from this interview, offering a deeper insight into NPower’s goals and impact.
In this first episode, Suárez introduces the core problem NPower aims to solve: the disruption of natural Nitrogen and Phosphorus cycles by human activity. “The NPower project consists of developing a series of solutions to better manage and control the flows of Nitrogen and Phosphorus nutrients,” he explains. The project seeks “to find measures of different natures: technological measures, governance measures, best management practices to rebalance these flows”.
The choice of Murcia, Spain, as a key pilot region is no coincidence. Murcia faces a eutrophication problem with the Mar Menor, Spain’s largest coastal lagoon. This makes the region particularly sensitive to nutrient imbalance and an ideal setting for developing and testing diverse solutions across various sectors, fostering “cohesion and co-creation among the different actors within the region of Murcia”. Indeed, the Mar Menor is “practically the origin of this project” and the reason why CETENMA is strongly committed to and leads NPower.
