Scientific and Technological Alliance for Guaranteeing the European Excellence in Concentrating Solar Thermal Energy

STAGE-STE

Funded by: European Commission  
Calls: FP7-ENERGY-2013-IRP
Start date: 2014-02-01  End date: 2018-01-31
Total Budget: EUR 19.697.440,00  INO share of the total budget: EUR 74.409,30
Scientific manager: Julian Blanco   and for INO is: Fontani Daniela

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Organization/Institution/Company main assignee: CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES ENERGETICAS, MEDIOAMBIENTALES Y TECNOLOGICAS- CIEMAT

other Organization/Institution/Company involved:
ABENGOA SOLAR NEW TECHNOLOGIES SA
ACCIONA ENERGIA S.A
ARCHIMEDE SOLAR ENERGY SRL
ASSOCIACAO DO INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TECNICO PARA A INVESTIGACAO E DESENVOLVIME
CENTRE FOR SOLAR ENERGY RESEARCH AND STUDIE
CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS)
CENTRO DI RICERCA, SVILUPPO E STUDI SUPERIORI IN SARDEGNA
COMMISSARIAT A L‘ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION
CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY
DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FUER LUFT – UND RAUMFAHRT EV (DLR).
EIDGENOESSISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE ZURICH
EUROPEAN SOLAR THERMAL ELECTRICITY ASSOCIATION EUROPEAN SOLAR THERMALELECTR
FONDAZIONE BRUNO KESSLER
FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
FUNDACAO DE APOIO A UNIVERSIDADE DE SAO PAULO
FUNDACION CENER
FUNDACION CENTRO TECNOLOGICO AVANZADO DE ENERGIAS RENOVABLES DE ANDALUCIA
FUNDACION TECNALIA RESEARCH & INNOVATION,
FUNDACION TEKNIKER
Fundacion IMDEA
HSE HITIT SOLAR ENERJI
INESC ID – INSTITUTO DE ENGENHARIA DE SISTEMAS E COMPUTADORES, INVESTIGACAO
INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
KING SAUD UNIVERSITY
Laboratorio Nacional de Energia e Geologia
PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUT (PSI)
SCHOTT SOLAR CSP GMBH
SENER INGENIERIA Y SYSTEMAS S.A
STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY
THE CYPRUS INSTITUTE LIMITED
UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE
UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTONOMA DE MEXICO
UNIVERSIDADE DE EVORA
UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PALERMO
UNIVERSITE CADI AYYAD

other INO’s people involved:



Abstract: Concentrating Solar Thermal Energy encompasses Solar Thermal Electricity (STE), Solar Fuels, Solar Process Heat and Solar Desalination that are called to play a major role in attaining energy sustainability in our modern societies due to their unique features: 1) Solar energy offers the highest renewable energy potential to our planet; 2) STE can provide dispatchable power in a technically and economically viable way, by means of thermal energy storage and/or hybridization, e.g. with biomass. However, significant research efforts are needed to achieve this goal. This proposal engages all major European research institutes, with relevant and recognized activities on STE and related technologies, in an integrated research structure to successfully accomplish the following general objectives: a) Convert the consortium into a reference institution for concentrating solar energy research in Europe, creating a new entity with effective governance structure; b)Enhance the cooperation between EU research institutions participating in the proposal to create EU added value; c)Synchronize the different national research programs to avoid duplication and to achieve better and faster results; d)Accelerate the transfer of knowledge to industry in order to maintain and strengthen the existing European industrial leadership in STE; e) Expand joint activities among research centres by offering researchers and industry a comprehensive portfolio of research capabilities, bringing added value to innovation and industry-driven technology; f) Establish the European reference association for promoting and coordinating international cooperation in concentrating solar energy research. To that end, this proposal promotes Coordination and Support Actions (CSA) and, in parallel, performs Coordinated Projects (CP) covering the full spectrum of current concentrating solar energy research topics, selected to provide the highest EU added value and filling the gaps among national programs.

INO’s Experiments/Theoretical Study correlated:
Solar Collectors Laboratory