Objective
Despite process heat is recognized as the application with highest potential among solar heating and cooling applications, Solar Heat for Industrial Processes (SHIP) still presents a modest share of about 0.3% of total installed solar thermal capacity. As of today’s technology development stage – economic competitiveness restricted to low temperature applications; technology implementation requiring interference with existing heat production systems, heat distribution networks or even heat consuming processes - Solar thermal potential is mainly identified for new industrial capacity in outside Americas and Europe. In this context, INSHIP aims at the definition of a ECRIA engaging major European research institutes with recognized activities on SHIP, into an integrated structure that could successfully achieve the coordination objectives of: more effective and intense cooperation between EU research institutions; alignment of different SHIP related national research and funding programs, avoiding overlaps and duplications and identifying gaps; acceleration of knowledge transfer to the European industry, to be the reference organization to promote and coordinate the international cooperation in SHIP research from and to Europe, while developing coordinated R&D TRLs 2-5 activities with the ambition of progressing SHIP beyond the state-of-the-art through: an easier integration of low and medium temperature technologies suiting the operation, durability and reliability requirements of industrial end users; expanding the range of SHIP applications to the EI sector through the development of suitable process embedded solar concentrating technologies, overcoming the present barrier of applications only in the low and medium temperature ranges; increasing the synergies within industrial parks, through centralized heat distribution networks and exploiting the potential synergies of these networks with district heating and with the electricity grid.
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Programme(s)
- H2020-EU.3.3. - SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Secure, clean and efficient energy Main Programme
- H2020-EU.3.3.5. - New knowledge and technologies
- H2020-EU.3.3.2. - Low-cost, low-carbon energy supply
- H2020-EU.3.3.3. - Alternative fuels and mobile energy sources
- H2020-EU.3.3.4. - A single, smart European electricity grid
Funding Scheme
RIA - Research and Innovation actionCoordinator
80686 Munchen
Germany
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Participants (28)
28040 Madrid
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8200 Gleisdorf
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38122 Trento
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7000 803 Evora
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2121 Nicosia
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19009 Pikermi
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8092 Zuerich
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75015 Paris 15
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06800 Ankara
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1000 Bruxelles
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75794 Paris
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51147 Koln
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00196 Roma
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00185 Roma
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90133 Palermo
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80138 Napoli
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50121 Florence
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4466-901 S.mamede De Infesta
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1000-043 Sao Jorge De Arroios
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31621 Sarriguren
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
28935 Mostoles Madrid
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04200 Tabernas Almeria
48160 Derio (Bizkaia)
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20600 Eibar Guipuzcoa
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41004 Sevilla
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01510 Minano Alava
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MK43 0AL Cranfield - Bedfordshire
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08034 Barcelona
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