Raising the Lifetime of Functional Materials for Concentrated Solar Power Technology

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RAISELIFE focuses on extending the in-service lifetime of five key materials for concentrated solar power technologies: 1) protective and anti-soiling coatings of primary reflectors, 2) high-reflective surfaces for heliostats, 3) high-temperature secondary reflectors, 4) receiver coatings for solar towers and line-focus collectors, 5) corrosion resistant high-temperature metals and coatings for steam and molten salts.
The project brings together a broad consortium formed of industry partners, SMEs and research institutes of the concentrating solar thermal and material science sector. The scope has been significantly shaped by the leading EPC of solar tower technology, BrightSource, who constructed Ivanpah, the world’s largest solar tower plant. This unique constellation permits a direct transfer of the obtained results in RAISELIFE into new commercial solar thermal power plant projects within less than 5 years and helps to solve urgent matters of current commercial power plants (e.g. the high temperature oxidation of absorber coatings on metallic tower receivers). For this purpose several TRL6 functional materials are being tested in accelerated climate chamber tests, field-tests under elevated solar flux and in-service in BSIIs power plants, with the final goal of increasing durability and performance and in consequence reducing CAPEX and OPEX. We project that commercial implementation of the subject technologies could account for as much as 2.5-3 euro-cent Levelized Cost of Electricity (LCOE) reduction per kWh of electricity produced for solar tower technology between 2015 and 2020.

Programme(s)

H2020-EU.2.1.3. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies - Advanced materials

Topic(s)

NMP-16-2015 - Extended in-service service of advanced functional materials in energy technologies (capture, conversion, storage and/or transmission of energy)

Call for proposal

H2020-NMP-2015-two-stage

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Funding Scheme

IA - Innovation action

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DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FUER LUFT - UND RAUMFAHRT EV

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Linder Hoehe
51147 Koeln

Germany

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EU Contribution

€ 1 581 086,84

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BRIGHTSOURCE INDUSTRIES ISRAEL LTD

Israel

EU Contribution

€ 1 460 375

FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.

Germany

EU Contribution

€ 1 547 253,75

CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES ENERGETICAS, MEDIOAMBIENTALES Y TECNOLOGICAS-CIEMAT

Spain

EU Contribution

€ 1 073 816,25

FLABEG FE GMBH

Germany

EU Contribution

€ 50 415,18

MOROCCAN FOUNDATION FOR ADVANCED SCIENCE INNOVATION AND RESEARCHFONDATION MASCIR

Morocco

EU Contribution

€ 204 750

DECHEMA-FORSCHUNGSINSTITUT STIFTUNG

Germany

EU Contribution

€ 524 312,50

CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS

France

EU Contribution

€ 320 731,25

UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID

Spain

EU Contribution

€ 828 321,25

INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNICA AEROESPACIAL ESTEBAN TERRADAS

Spain

EU Contribution

€ 498 000

CORNING SAS

France

EU Contribution

€ 103 977,73

LATERIZI GAMBETTOLA SRL

Italy

EU Contribution

€ 403 900

VALLOUREC TUBES FRANCE

France

EU Contribution

€ 236 249,65

THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM

Israel

EU Contribution

€ 200 408,35

AGC GLASS EUROPE SA

Belgium

EU Contribution

€ 258 125

Project information

RAISELIFE

Grant agreement ID: 686008

Project website

Status

Ongoing project

Start date

1 April 2016
End date

31 March 2020

Funded under:

H2020-EU.2.1.3.

Overall budget:

€ 10 368 740,98
EU contribution

€ 9 291 722,75

Coordinated by:

DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FUER LUFT - UND RAUMFAHRT EV

Germany

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - RAISELIFE (Raising the Lifetime of Functional Materials for Concentrated Solar Power Technology)

Reporting period: 2016-04-01 to 2017-09-30

Summary of the context and overall objectives of the project

The European Renewable Energy Roadmap for 2020 establishes that 20% of final energy will be produced from renewable sources. With an increasing share of fluctuating wind and photovoltaic power generation, Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) technologies with thermal storage become more important due to the flexibility in dispatching power to the grid. In the Technology Roadmap published in 2014 by the International Energy Agency, the global electricity share of CSP systems is envisioned to reach 11% by 2050. The RAISELIFE project will enhance the lifetime and performance of key materials used in CSP technologies and will contribute to the compliance of these targets.
The following five key materials are investigated in RAISELIFE: 1) protective and anti-soiling coatings of primary reflectors, 2) high-reflective surfaces for heliostats, 3) high-temperature secondary reflectors, 4) receiver coatings for solar towers and line-focus collectors, 5) corrosion resistant high-temperature metals and coatings for steam and molten salts.
The project brings together a broad consortium formed of industry partners, SMEs and research institutes of the CSP and material science sector with the final goal of increasing durability and performance of materials and in consequence reducing electricity generation costs.

Work performed from the beginning of the project to the end of the period covered by the report and main results achieved so far

Progress beyond the state of the art and expected potential impact (including the socio-economic impact and the wider societal implications of the project so far)

Overview of the materials tested in RAISELIFE

Project information

RAISELIFE

Grant agreement ID: 686008

Project website

Status

Ongoing project

Start date

1 April 2016
End date

31 March 2020

Funded under:

H2020-EU.2.1.3.

Overall budget:

€ 10 368 740,98
EU contribution

€ 9 291 722,75

Coordinated by:

DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FUER LUFT - UND RAUMFAHRT EV

Project information

RAISELIFE

Grant agreement ID: 686008

Project website

Status

Ongoing project

Start date

1 April 2016
End date

31 March 2020

Funded under:

H2020-EU.2.1.3.

Overall budget:

€ 10 368 740,98
EU contribution

€ 9 291 722,75

Coordinated by:

DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FUER LUFT - UND RAUMFAHRT EV

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