Un poblado para pescadores en Cartagena (España) de Carlos de Miguel (1947-1955)

The architect Carlos de Miguel González was the author of the fishing village in Cartagena (Spain). The project promoted by the Instituto Social de la Marina in 1947 consisted of the construction of a housing complex and a Fisherman's House completed in 1955. The work was part of the Plan Nacional de Mejoramiento de la Vivienda en los Poblados de Pescadores which intended to address one of the main concerns of the Spanish state after the Civil War: the problem of poor housing. Thus, numerous actions were carried out along the entire Spanish coast, some published in Revista Nacional de Arquitectura. Therefore, the main objective of this paper is to publicize the Cartagena project and the vicissitudes of its construction, as the built work is quite different from the original project. It also aims to highlight its most outstanding features through a comparative analysis with the other projects published in the journal and by studying possible links with the vernacular architecture of the Region of Murcia.

PROBABILISTIC ASSESSMENT OF OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY POTENTIAL ALONG THE SPANISH COAST FOR 10-MW WIND TURBINES

Wind energy is among the renewables that have grown the fastest in recent times. Since it can be considered as a notably clean and sustainable alternative, this trend is likely to continue in the years to come. In particular, offshore wind energy has received an increasing amount of attention for two main reasons: i) its high energy potential and ii) the difficulty certain countries experience in finding suitable terrain for new onshore wind farms. For this reason, the Spanish Coast is seen as a promising area in terms of its offshore wind energy potential. The first step in planning offshore wind farms is to carry out a thorough characterisation of the wind resource. For the first time, this paper addresses how the Spanish Coast potential- both the Atlantic and the Mediterranean- can be assessed through seven probability distributions (the Weibull, Rayleigh, Nakagami, Gamma, Normal, Lognormal and Inverse Gaussian). These distributions are then compared in terms of six different metrics. The results show that the Weibull, Rayleigh and Nakagami are usually the best options. A 10-MW wind turbine was used to estimate the yearly average production. The Galician coast obtained the highest-performing results, although certain Mediterranean areas also achieved acceptable values. Keywords: Offshore wind energy; Sustainable energy systems; Spanish Coast; Wind speed; Probability distribution; 10-MW turbine

Sea Level Determination in the Spanish Coast Using GNSS-R

GNSS reflectometry (GNSS-R) a technique for the study of variations in the height of sea level and inland waters, and for the study of soil moisture, based on the comparison of the direct and reflected noise signal. The main advantage of this method is that allows the connection between sea level measurements and the global reference frame. The purpose of this contribution is to present the GNSS-R analysis service at the Geodesy department of the National Geographic Institute of Spain and to compare the sea level time series determined by means of GNSS-R with tide gauge measurements. Two different GNSS-R methods using multi-constellation and multi-frequency data are compared: Lomb-Scargle Periodogram and Inverse Modelling. This analysis is performed for 3 GNSS antennas collocated to tide gauges along the Spanish coast. Eventually, advantages and disadvantages of this method are discussed.