THE CSP ERA NET HAS RECEIVED 8 SUBMISSIONS IN RESPONSE TO THE JOINT CALL FOR PRE-PROPOSALS FOR INNOVATIVE DEMONSTRATION AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THAT ACCELERATE CSP ENERGY CLOSED 10 January 2020.
The objective of the call is to support transnational research and innovation projects that bring innovative concentrated solar power energy solutions closer to commercial deployment and encourage industrial participation to leverage public sector investment.
The pre-proposals received shows the interest in accelerating csp energy across Europe and features technological and cross-cutting innovation themes. CSP ERA NET is an important step in funding demonstration and technology development through a Member State /EU cooperative budget. The CSP consortium is looking forward to the start of the projects and to accelerate the development of CSP energy in Europe and require industrial involvement in research, innovation and demonstration activities.
The highest number of lead applicants comes from Spain-AEI with 3 pre-proposals. Second place goes to Germany-PtJ leading 2 pre-proposals. Thirdly, Greece, Spain-CDTI and Turkey leading in 1 pre-proposals each. The most frequent co-applicant comes from Germany-PtJ and Spain-CDTI with 10 pre-proposals each, Spain-AEI 5, Greece and Turkey with 4, Italy 3 applications, 2 applications for Germany-ETN, Israel and the rest of countries (Portugal,Switzerland and Spain-JuntaEx) with 1. The total value of all pre-proposals is more than €17,5 million, with a total funding requested of €12,3 million.
CSP aims to support transnational, collaborative innovation projects in csp energy with a special focus on the 8 topics described in the call guidelines. The 8 pre-proposals focused on 3 topics, namely:
Topics in the guidelines |
Nº of pre-proposals |
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2. Parabolic trough with molten salts |
2 |
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3. Parabolic trough with silicone oil |
1 |
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8. Advanced TES (Thermal Energy Storage) |
5 |
The pre-proposals eligibility check and independant evaluation by international experts was conducted during March 2020 with the objective to invite applicants to the second stage and submitting full proposals by 19 June 2020. After the evaluation, 6 proposals were recommended to be submitted as a full proposals with a total cost of 12,9M€, with a total of funding requested of 9,3M€.
The CSP ERA NET is a joint effort by the EU Member States and Associated Countries complementing Europe's research and innovation community and industry sector efforts. ist aim is to reinforce the sector´s contribution to the goals of the European Energy Union and the implementation of the SET Plan.