EU Projects

The European Solar Thermal Electricity Association (ESTELA) is a non-profit industry organization to promote the deployment of all Concentrating Solar Thermal (CST) technologies in Europe, the European countries and other member countries of the Union for the Mediterranean. ESTELA gathers members from the CST industry...

The Strategic Energy Technology Plan (SET Plan) is taking a major step forward in accelerating the transition to a clean energy future.The dedicated implementation working group on concentrated solar thermal technologies (IWG CST) has brought together stakeholders, the European Commission and SET Plan countries to...

On Friday, 21 April 2023, PROTERMOSOLAR, a Spanish Association for CSP Industry and ESTELA Member, joined Solar Impulse Foundation and three other renewable associations (EuroACE, Energy Efficiency Capital Advisors and Vertex Bioenergy) to discuss the upcoming National Energy and Climate Plan (NECP) update. With more...

Last fall ESTELA and other RES associations joined Solar Impulse Foundation, an environmental non-profit project that aims to address sustainability challenges while enabling economic growth. Since then the group has jointly prepared 146 recommendations to help Member States reach their goals to deploy renewable energies and...

Within SolarEx Istanbul 2023, Turkey's first and only solar energy-themed expo, our colleagues from ODTU-GUNAM and METU are organizing a mini-conference targeting market opportunities for CST with a focus on Solar Heat for Industrial Processes (SHIP) to decarbonize industry. We are pleased to announce that Bérénice Crabs,...

The European Commission has published a Consultation on the Electricity Market Design. The Commission is particularly concerned about high electricity prices and has the objective to ensure consumers – both households and companies– can access affordable and secure energy from sustainable and renewable sources both...

ESTELA is pleased to invite you to the third ETN Global online webinar within the series “R&D Activities on sCO2 in Europe”, this time focusing on components challenge - heat exchangers. Webinar will take place online on 6 March 2023 from 16.00 till 17.00 CET. Don't forget to register here. ...

Following the successful execution of HORIZON_STE project, ESTELA and project partners CIEMAT, ENEA, DLR and METU are happy to share the final deliverables of the project: Final Country Reports, that include the research, key findings, conclusions and recommendations for 11 reviewed countries Report on Options...

ESTELA is pleased to invite you to the second ETN Global online webinar within the series “R&D Activities on sCO2 in Europe”, this time focusing on components challenge - compressors. Webinar will take place online on 5 December 2022 from 14.00 till 15.00 CET. Don't forget to register here and see the...