21 de October de 2026
Few types of infrastructure generate as much debate today as biogas plants. Numerous local residents’ groups have emerged in opposition to them, and many of their concerns are understandable. However, we believe the discussion has become polarized and is often based more on perceptions than on rigorous studies and reliable data. A constructive debate would […]
1 de October de 2026
Once again, KEPLER Ingeniería y Ecogestión has participated in the 19th International Bioenergy Congress, “Renewable Gases: Local Energy for a More Sustainable, Competitive and Resilient Economy”, held alongside the Renewable Gas Trade Fair in Valladolid. During the event, KEPLER had the opportunity to present a new specialized training initiative: the University Programme in Biogas Plant […]
1 de October de 2026
KEPLER, Ingeniería y Ecogestión, participated as a speaker in the third session of the Protermosolar Working Group, sharing its expertise as an inspection body in the investigation and assessment of environmental impacts associated with concentrated solar power (CSP) facilities. Representing KEPLER, Jesús Osma Carmona, consultant and inspector at the Inspection Entity, delivered a presentation on […]
26 de June de 2026
Last Wednesday, 24th June, our colleague Cynthia Alcántara delivered a presentation entitled “Nature-Based Materials as Key Agents for Broadening the Applicability of Bioremediation Technologies” at the 4th International Meeting on New Strategies for Bioremediation and Environmental Restoration (BioRemid 2026), held in Florence, Italy. The main take-home messages of this talk were: KEPLER team would like […]
26 de June de 2026
Last Tuesday, our colleague Justo Tenorio took part as a lecturer in the IAAP Training Course, organised by the Waste and Soil Quality Service of the Directorate-General for Environmental Sustainability and Circular Economy of the Regional Government of Andalusia, entitled “Soil Biodiversity Monitoring and Soil Health: Applications”. During his session on opportunities for environmental valorisation, […]
24 de March de 2026
Last Wednesday we had the pleasure of participating in the event organized by the Provincial Association of Service Station Business Owners of Sevilla (APES Sevilla). During the meeting, we addressed a critical issue for operators and owners: the “Management of Potentially Contaminated Soils at Service Stations.” In summary, we presented key aspects of identifying contamination […]
5 de March de 2026
KEPLER has participated in the 5th Conference on Soil Contamination organized by the Waste Agency of Catalonia on February 18–19, 2026. In this edition, which brought together more than 270 attendees, some of the topics covered included the application of sustainability in remediation techniques, the latest developments in bioremediation, and the current regulatory and technical […]
19 de December de 2025
We continue moving forward in the research of innovative soil remediation strategies. This time, within the BIOREM project, in collaboration with ICCRAM and Laboratory for Colloid Biology – Jozef Stefan Institute, focused on the treatment of recalcitrant contaminants. Secondments carried out so far have enabled valuable knowledge exchange, allowing us to share results, key learnings […]
17 de December de 2025
Kepler Ingenieria is giving an informative presentation today at the Padre Aramburu School in Burgos aimed at vocational training students, focusing on biogas as a renewable energy source. During the activity, three professionals from the company will explain what biogas is, how a production facility works and what the main environmental, energy and economic benefits […]
26 de November de 2025
Over 25% of the planet’s biodiversity lives beneath our feet, and soil fertility is directly or indirectly responsible for 95% of the food we consume. Based on this data and in response to the threats to the health of our soils, Directive (EU) 2025/2360 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 November […]
2 de October de 2025
KEPLER Ingeniería y Ecogestión, S.L. participates in this 18th International Bioenergy Congress with the presentation of our colleague Cynthia Alcántara, entitled ‘Influence of the storage conditions of grape lees and skins valorised as substrates in biogas plants’. The presentation highlighted Spain’s potential as a generator of waste from the wine industry, as it has the […]
9 de September de 2025
We are pleased to inform that, on 5 September, the Agrupación de Vendedores al Por Menor de Carburantes y Combustibles de Castilla y León (AVECAL) and KEPLER signed a Collaboration Agreement for the development and environmental work needed in the sector. We thank AVECAL for the trust placed in KEPLER by signing this agreement, which […]
9 de June de 2025
Last Thursday, KEPLER Ingeniería y Ecogestión celebrated its 30th anniversary accompanied by our Excmo. Ayuntamiento de Burgos, Universities and Technological Centres, clients, collaborators and friends. The event took place at the Casa Palacio del Cordón in Burgos, an iconic place of history and entrepreneurship in 16th century Spain, which takes over from our celebration last […]
29 de May de 2025
KEPLER Ingeniería y Ecogestión, S.L. is participating in MicrobeTech2025 in Slovenia, an international event where the latest developments in bioremediation technologies will be shared with leading experts from Europe. During 27-29 May 2025, our colleagues Cynthia Alcántara and Sara Ortega are attending the event organised by the BIOREM and BIOSYSMO projects at the Jožef Stefan […]
9 de May de 2025
We are pleased to announce that the full article summarising the LIFE MY SOIL project has now been published in the new edition of ‘The Project repository Journal’. The LIFE MySOIL project aims to advance mycoremediation, using fungi to degrade soil contaminants such as petroleum hydrocarbons. Its objectives include validating this sustainable bioremediation method through […]
21 de April de 2025
Last Thursday, 10th April, we gathered at the Nao Victoria Foundation to celebrate our 30th anniversary in Seville. Undoubtedly, an iconic place in the capital of Seville, where we were able to meet with our customers, partners and friends in the South Zone, as well as enjoy a session on the connections between innovation, technology […]
11 de February de 2025
We are pleased to share the paper recently published by our colleague Diego Patiño Sauma in the international Journal of Hymenoptera Research entitled ‘First records of Anthidium florentinum (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae) in the Canary Islands: perspectives on citizen science and alien bee species’. This work began following Diego’s discovery of an introduced bee species in the […]
22 de January de 2025
With the beginning of the new year, we have started the BIOREM project (Systems Biology, Artificial Intelligence and Advanced BiOtechnology Approaches to Improve Soil BioREMediation) in which KEPLER Ingeniería y Ecogestión, S.L. is part of the team of collaborators together with Wageningen University & Research; Jozef Stefan Institute; University of Surrey; Limnos Ltd and Universidad […]
9 de January de 2025
We are pleased to share the interview that Protermosolar has conducted with Justo Tenorio Cózar, Director of our Thermosolar Group. Thanks to Protermosolar for the trust and we hope it will be of interest. https://www.protermosolar.com/news/kepler-30-anos-liderando-la-innovacion-medioambiental-y-energetica/
15 de October de 2024
KEPLER Ingeniería y Ecogestión expands its biochemical methane potential testing equipment(hashtag#BMP), with the acquisition of the third generation of the AMPTS® III (Automatic Methane Potential Test System III), the market leading tool for batch anaerobic digestion testing from BPC Instruments AB. In the words of Dr. Jorge Diamantino Miranda, “with its acquisition, we will be […]
15 de October de 2024
KEPLER Ingeniería y Ecogestión is organizing a technical conference on “Microbiological Treatments of Soils and Associated Groundwater” in which a series of experts will talk about hashtag#bioremediation and hashtag#micoremediation and later visit the pilot hashtag#biopiles located in the La Rábida refinery in Huelva(hashtag#CEPSA).The event will have a hybrid format and will be held on May […]
15 de October de 2024
We are glad to know that the BBC has echoed MySOIL – LIFE project, an R&D project in which KEPLER Ingeniería y Ecogestión is participating together with other European companies and universities. In the article, the potential of fungi to fight against hydrocarbon pollution, as it is being demonstrated in this R&D project, is pointed […]
15 de October de 2024
KEPLER Ingeniería y Ecogestión has participated in the X Simposio Nacional sobre Control de la Degradación y Recuperación de Suelos, CONDEGRES 2024, organized by the University of Burgos. Our partner Jorge Diamantino Miranda, PhD and expert consultant in microbiology, has had the pleasure of presenting the paper “Mycoremediation by means of biopiles at real scale […]
8 de October de 2024
One more year, KEPLER INGENIERÍA Y ECOGESTIÓN, S.L.U. has received in its offices in Burgos the students of the degree in Agri-Food and Rural Environment Engineering of the UBU, as well as the Higher Degree in Chemistry and Environmental Health of the IES Enrique Flórez. During the visit, Dr. Cynthia Alcántara and Dr. Jorge Diamantino […]
4 de October de 2024
KEPLER Ingeniería y Ecogestión participated in the 17th Bioenergy Congress, held in conjunction with the SALÓN DEL GAS RENOVABLE, organized by @avebiom, where Dr. Cynthia Alcántara presented the poster “Representativeness of grams when we have tons: challenges in waste sample preparation for BMP testing”.
11 de March de 2024
Kepler Ingeniería y Ecogestión has participated, as technical advisor, in the elaboration of the “Guide of the best available techniques for soil decontamination” approved by the Department of Sustainability, Environment and Blue Economy of the Regional Government of Andalusia (the “Guide“)[1]. On the occasion of its publication, our colleagues Justo Tenorio, Cynthia Alcántara y Rosa […]
4 de October de 2023
The facility will be located in Utrera (Seville) and will produce 44 GWh of biomethane per year, equivalent to the consumption of more than 10,500 households, from the treatment of 68,000 tons of by-products. by-products agricultural and livestock by-products from the area. It is scheduled to start operations in 2025. Andalusia has been the autonomous […]
17 de February de 2023
KEPLER collaborates in the LIFE Smart Agromobility project with the University of Valladolid with the design and supply of a biogas to biomethane purification system. The system, based onCO2 consumption in microalgae cultures, has a production capacity of up to 10 m3 of biomethane per hour and is installed in a pig farm. The biogas […]
26 de January de 2023
One more step in bioremediation: mycoremediation for soil valorization The LIFE MySOIL project develops an innovative technology to demonstrate the feasibility of mycoremediation in the remediation of industrial soils contaminated with organic compounds such as petroleum derivatives. Mycoremediation is a bioremediation process that uses fungi to degrade or accumulate contaminants. It offers the same benefits […]
20 de January de 2023
Today, January 20, the annual convention of the AUNARA GROUP will be held in Burgos, where the business balance of Kelper and Conterol during this year 2022 will be presented. Aspects such as the increase in visibility, presence and sales, and its consolidation as one of the most reliable and valued companies by its customers […]
22 de December de 2022
Last Monday, November 28, our founder Norbert Nägele, Telecommunications and Electronics Engineer at the HTL Innsbruck and physicist at the University of Vienna. He has studied experimental and theoretical physics in the fields of nuclear elementary particle physics, quantum physics and relativity theory, and gave a lecture on the energy mix of the future: energy, […]
18 de October de 2022
The first week of October was held in Valladolid the II Renewable Gas Exhibition was held in parallel to the 15th International Bioenergy Congress. Kepler was present and actively participated in an event that brought together the most important firms and personalities in the sector at a time when the media, political, business and investor […]
9 de September de 2022
The Circular Economy and Environmental Management Research Group belonging to the School of Forestry, Agronomy and Bioenergy Engineering of the University of Valladolid presents its pilot plant for biogas production located in the R&D Building that is part of the Duques de Soria University Campus. Within the project, KEPLER has been in charge of the […]
5 de September de 2022
On October 5 and 6, 2022, the 2nd Renewable Gas Exhibition will be held at the Valladolid Trade Fair, parallel to the 15th International Bioenergy Congress. KEPLER will be present as part of the group of professional exhibitors related to the production of biogas, biomethane and other renewable gases. KEPLER, as an expert company in […]
27 de June de 2022
Next Wednesday, June 29th, BEQUINOR’s General Assembly will be held at NATURGY’s facilities in Madrid. The AUNARA group is committed to the Environment and Industrial Safety, through its subsidiaries KEPLER and CONTEROL associated to BEQUINOR. This association is focused on the homogenization of safety criteria in the different territorial and functional administrations in order to […]
27 de May de 2022
The new Andalusian headquarters of KEPLER, Ingeniería y Ecogestión, S.L. was inaugurated at the beginning of 2020. The new building of the company is located in one of the most important industrial parks of business services in the autonomous community, the PISA industrial park located in Mairena del Aljarafe in Seville. Since 2007 there have […]
27 de May de 2022
MONITORING OF MICROBIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY BY MEANS OF: Index 1. QUANTIFICATION OF ENZYME ACTIVITIES DEHYDROGENASE Intracellular enzyme responsible for the biological oxidation of organic compounds in soil and therefore a good indicator of the degree of biodegradation of a contaminant. URESA Extracellular enzyme responsible for the hydrolysis of urea to ammonium. It allows […]
27 de May de 2022
In the last two years, it seems that doubts about the future of biogas in Spain are beginning to be dispelled. While it is true that the pace of adoption of the necessary measures is slower than the sector would like, it must be recognized that steps are being taken to ensure this future in […]
27 de May de 2022
In June 2021, KEPLER’s experimental anaerobic digestion (AD) plant was moved to the CALIDAD PASCUAL farm in Fuentespina. At its new site, the plant will continue to perform its triple function as a demonstration, research and training unit, generating renewable electricity for self-consumption and high quality fertilizer. Index Specific aspects will be covered in each […]
26 de May de 2022
Fungi as allies in the fight against antibiotic ubiquity Spain continues to top the list of European Union countries in terms of antibiotic consumption Nearing the century since Alexander Fleming’s great invention, society today faces a serious problem: antibiotic resistance in the bacteria with which it lives daily. Despite the fact that in our country […]
29 de April de 2022
At KEPLER we strive to keep growing in order to reach all our customers by offering an efficient and quality service. Therefore, this year we are pleased to announce the inauguration of the Madrid Delegation with the opening of our office in the Madrid Science Park (PCM). The PCM is a non-profit foundation created in […]
1 de April de 2022
Next Wednesday, April 6, 2022 we will participate as a guest company in the Technical Conference on “Bioremediation of contaminated soils” organized by the University of the Basque Country and the University of Cantabria within the subject “Treatment of Industrial Waste and Contaminated Soils” taught in the Interuniversity Master in Engineering and Environmental Management. In […]
30 de March de 2022
ATP or Adenosine Triphosphate is a nucleotide that is present in all organisms, representing their main source of energy to carry out cellular processes (Figure 1). The presence of this molecule is associated with the existence of living cells, since once it is released into the extracellular medium, ATP is rapidly degraded. Therefore, ATP measurement […]
18 de March de 2022
Last February 2021, the scientific article “Mycoremediation of Soils Polluted with Trichloroethylene: First Evidence of Pleurotus Genus Effectiveness” was published in the prestigious journal “Applied Sciences”. This publication is the result of the collaboration between KEPLER and the research group of the Dept. of Agricultural Chemistry and Bromatology of the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, with […]
10 de March de 2022
By 2030 the biomethane sector will supply 20% of Russia’s current gas imports. AEBIG the Spanish biogas association shares with us the following communiqué issued on March 8 by the European Commission REPowerEU is a decisive step towards the rapid development of the biomethane sector in Europe to eliminate our dependence on fossil fuels, with […]
14 de February de 2022
On January 19, the Council of Ministers approved the new RD 47/2022, which establishes much more restrictive rules to promote the reduction of water pollution by nitrates from agricultural sources. The problem lies in the excess of nitrates, in addition to other nutrients, present in groundwater and surface water from which the populations are supplied. […]
2 de February de 2022
At KEPLER we are committed to the generation of EE.RR. For this reason, we invest heavily every year in our biotechnological laboratory as well as in our pilot plants at different scales to offer our customers a complete assessment (from preliminary tests to semi-industrial trials) of the potential applicability of anaerobic digestion as a biotechnology […]
17 de January de 2022
With this brief article I would like to follow up on the article “Global Climate Change” of our newsletter 03 WP -04/2019 by giving resonance to the recent publication of Pascal Richet of the “Institut de Physique du Globe” of Paris.1 The aforementioned article focuses on multiple observations that provide evidence of a climate change […]
3 de December de 2021
PCR and qPCR technique The polymerase chain reaction (PCR, polymerase chain reaction is a technique that was developed in the 1980s by Kary Mullis (Bartlett & Stirling, 2003). It is based on the amplification of specific DNA fragments, allowing millions of copies of these fragments to be obtained from a small sample. PCR is undoubtedly […]
