Objective
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 Integrated Research Programme (IRP) 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 IRP 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 IRP 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.
Field of science
- /engineering and technology/environmental engineering/energy and fuels/renewable energy/solar energy
Topic(s)
Call for proposal
FP7-ENERGY-2013-IRP
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Funding Scheme
CP-CSA - Combined Collaborative Project and Coordination and Support ActionCoordinator
28040 Madrid
Spain
Participants (42)
51147 Koln
5232 Villigen Psi
75794 Paris
80686 Munchen
000196 Roma
8092 Zuerich
75015 Paris 15
2121 Nicosia
4466-901 S.mamede De Infesta
Participation ended
04200 Tabernas Almeria
00185 Roma
31621 Sarriguren
20009 Donostia/san Sebastian (Gipuzkoa)
7000 803 Evora
28935 Mostoles Madrid
MK43 0AL Cranfield - Bedfordshire
20600 Eibar Guipuzcoa
90133 Palermo
09050 Pula Cagliari
1000 029 Lisboa
1049 001 Lisboa
48930 Getxo
Participation ended
34357 Istanbul
31621 Sarriguren
55122 Mainz
06056 Massa Martana
1000 Bruxelles
41014 Sevilla
11451 Riyadh
04510 Mexico Distrito Federal
7600 Stellenbosch
Tajura
2601 Acton Act
05507 000 Sao Paulo
100190 Beijing
10 Santiago
40 000 Marrakech
38122 Trento
Participation ended
75008 Paris
28016 Madrid
83507 La Seyne Sur Mer
41004 Sevilla