HORIZON-STE Project: Policy recommendations for relaunching CSP/STE in Europe

Delivering green growth for Europe: an EU industrial strategy for renewables   According to the European Commission’s scenarios, sustained exponential growth of renewable energy capacity is needed in all sectors of the economy – power, transport, industry and buildings – to stand a chance of reaching a...

With SFERA-III, benefit from free access to top research infrastructures in Concentrated Solar Thermal power across Europe! The 2nd SFERA-III access campaign was open on 12 November 2019. This call for projects provides free access to 13 state-of-art research infrastructures and 47 installations in Concentrated Solar Thermal power in 8 countries: Cyprus (Cyprus Institute) France...

We would like to invite you to take part in the CSP stakeholders mapping survey launched by the HORIZON-STE project to support the creation of consortia that will fulfil the SET-Plan goals by participating in R&I projects and/or First-of-a-Kind plants.   HORIZON-STE is a Horizon2020 funded project...

After the success of the SFERA-3 training course in France (CNRS), we are pleased to present the 2nd Training for Industries course with the topic optimization of CST plant output by optical and thermal characterization and target-oriented O&M. This course is organized by DLR and CIEMAT...

SOLARPACES 2019  Welcome text by José Luis Martínez Dalmau - President of ESTELA   Dear SolarPACES participants, Looking at the global situation of our CSP sector in 2019, we face a massive shift in causes and effects that bears in itself a new chance for our sector to...

CSP Services received the CSPPLAZA Technology Innovation Award 2019 for the international market application of the QFly drone collector qualification system. Representing also the German Aerospace Center (DLR), which was honored for the system development, CSP Services’ managing director Klaus Pottler received the price from...

Rome, 4-7-2019. A meeting has taken place at the Ministry of Economic Development between Undersecretary Davide Crippa and a delegation of 6 representatives of companies in the energy sector. The meeting was arranged by EUREC, the Association of European Renewable Energy Research Centres. Besides the Undersecretary and his chief of...

Brussels, 13th May 2019. Following the announcement of Dr. Luis Crespo to retire, the General Assembly of the European Solar Thermal Electricity Association (ESTELA), elected Mr. Jose Luis Martinez Dalmau as new President of ESTELA for a 2-year term. Together with the President election, the...

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After the success of the SFERA 2 training courses program, we are pleased to present the continuation of the program starting with the topic of solar towers with focus on optics and power measurement. This course takes place at CNRS – PROMES test facilities in Odeillo,...