Events

SHIP2FAIR Webinar 2: Innovative Software to Optimise Business, that will take place online 1 June 2021 from 15:00 to 16:30 h, will present innovative software to evaluate the techno-economic potential and optimal operating strategy of SHIP.

Joint he online roundtable on 16 April 2pm - 4pm CET where the rapid green energy transformation in Africa and how they will contribute to bridging the energy gap in the continent will be discussed. Also join the exhibition Digital Marketplace for Green Energy Transition that will take place online from 20 to 21 April focused on achieving a net-zero future propelled by Green Energy to power Africa's development.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) supports funding opportunities on photovoltaics, concentrating solar-thermal power, systems integration, technology to market, and soft costs projects.  To learn more join the Funding Opportunity Announcement: FY 2021 Photovoltaics and Concentrating Solar-Thermal Power Funding Program, with a Funding Amount: $39.5 million–Informational webinar on April 12, 2021, 2:00 p.m. ET

This seminar, that will take place online on 30 March 2021 from 10:00 to 12:00 (CET), discusses the opportunities and challenges for the newly revised Energy and Environmental State Aid framework

Join the upcoming Final Conference of the “Market Uptake of Solar Thermal Electricity through Cooperation” MUSTEC project, financed under Horizon 2020 programme and coordinated by CIEMAT next 22 March 2021 from 9:00 to 12:00 h CET.

In preparation of the Clean Energy Transition Partnership, ERA-Nets and national RDI programmes in the field of energy innovation share their (joint) programming experiences, good practices, successful activities and formats.

EU Industry Days is Europe's flagship annual event on industry. The next edition will take place in the week of 23-26 February 2021. It happens in a very special moment, when our industry is embarking upon green and digital transformation, opening up new opportunities for EU businesses and citizens.

This webinar, organized by the International Solar Energy Society (ISES), seeks to introduce a new edition

In this webinar, taking place on 3 Febreuary 2021 08-14:00 (CET), experts from the World Bank and IRENA will draw upon the findings of their brand-new report “Concentrating Solar Power: Clean Power on Demand 24/7” to analyze the role of CSP in energy systems. Comments on prospects for future development of CSP will be heard from Tunisia’s Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mines and from the Madrid-based Protermosolar industry association.

The Launch of Horizon Europe under the Portuguese Presidency is LIVE! The event brings together speakers from all over Europe and includes interventions by researchers, business leaders and political and governmental officials with the aim of mobilizing the whole Europe for the “Horizon Europe, 2021-27” programme and its articulation with national programmes of recovery and resilience, in preparation under the “Next Generation EU, 2021-27” programme.

On January 22, 2021 (10:00 - 12:00) the CSP ERANET – 1st Cofund Joint Call Coordination Webinar took place.

As one of its core activities to support technical progress and awareness building in this area, the SolarPACES conference, initiated in 1980, is the foremost symposium for the who's who in concentrating solar power and chemical energy systems, offering a forum for research, industry, politics and financing stakeholders within the framework of a scientific conference program with leading world experts.

The 2nd workshop within the RAISELIFE project takes place on Thursday, 28 November in Düsseldorf, Germany.

2018 demonstrated a decline in CSP costs (26% reduction) and a rise in capacity factors (up to 45%).