09 Sep ESTELA hosts CST4ALL final project event
As a CST4ALL partner, ESTELA hosted the project’s final event in Brussels on 9 September 2025.
The event opened with a welcome address by Peter Heller (DLR), CST4ALL Project Coordinator, who introduced the project’s objectives and activities.
Marina Montero Carrero (European Commission) followed with an overview of the EU policy landscape, highlighting the growing momentum for clean tech R&I and its relevance to the solar thermal sector.
Cristina Trueba, Chair of the Concentrated Solar Thermal Technologies Implementation Working Group (CST IWG), outlined the IWG’s evolution, the updated Implementation Plan targets, CST4ALL’s contributions and support to the IWG’s activities, and the expected roles under the new SET Plan governance.
CST4ALL partners presented the project results:
- Ricardo Sánchez Moreno (CIEMAT-PSA) on progress towards CST Implementation Plan targets
- Peter Heller (DLR) on findings from the R&I perspective
- Konstantinos Genikomsakis (ESTELA) on findings from the industry perspective
- Hande Eryilmaz (ODTÜ-GÜNAM) on social sciences and humanities (SSH) and gender aspects
A key highlight of the event was a roundtable discussion on EU cross-technology cooperation perspective, moderated by Simona De Iuliis of ENEA, featuring high-level experts:
- Beatrice Coda – DG Research and Innovation, European Commission
- Joachim Krueger – President of ESTELA
- Thomas Garabetian – SolarPower Europe / Secretariat of ETIP PV
- Greg Arrowsmith – Secretary-General of EUREC / Secretariat of RHC-ETIP
- Leonie Kuhlmann – European Geothermal Energy Council / Secretariat of ETIP-Geothermal
In his intervention, Joachim Krueger emphasized the unique capabilities of CST as key strengths for Europe’s clean energy future.
The CST4ALL project received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101075408.