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ESTELA joins over 500 signatories in a joint statement confirming the Green Deal as Europe's growth and security engine, providing much needed clarity and stability to industries and citizens. Joint statementThe Green Deal has set the EU on a path to sustainable growth, and has proven...
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 K.EY - the Energy Transition Expo, to be held in Rimini from 22 to 24 March 2023, offers comprehensive showcase of technology, integrated solutions and services that can drive the energy transition towards a carbon neutral economy, connecting and bringing together stakeholders, players and...
The heat sector is often referred to as the “elephant in the room”. However - a broad range of technologies is already available on the market to tackle this problem. Thermal technologies like concentrated solar power and thermal energy storage are key for decarbonizing energy...
ESTELA and all of ASPIRE members welcome the European Commission’s proposal on the Electricity Market Design and its focus on creating favourable market conditions to boost investment in our essential technologies which provide stable and predictable supplies of renewable electricity to accelerate the replacement of...
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...