News and events

22 Dec 2021

After 36 months of work, the main result of SOCRATCES has been the development of a Concentrated Solar Power prototype reducing the core risks of scaling up this technology and solving challenges with the longer-term goal of enabling highly competitive and sustainable CSP plants. In this amazing video an overview of what these 36 months of work have been, as well as a short interview with the project coordinator Ricardo Chacartegui are presented. 

20 Dec 2021

CSP ERA NET has just published the second newsletter of 2021. 

It contains information on the following topics:

13 Dec 2021

CSP ERANET Additional Call 2021, launched on 1st of October 2021, counted with the participation of 7 funding organizations from 6 countries/regions with a total budget of €6.05 million. The pre-proposal submission has recently closed on 3rd December 2021.

Some preliminary statistics are the following:

Thursday, 11 November, 2021 - 10:00 to 12:30
ONLINE

An online information meeting was held on 11st November 2021 (10.00 – 12.30) about the calls made within the scope of CSP, ENPED and SOLAR COFUND 2 Era-Net projects supported under Horizon 2020, organized by TUBITAK. The scope of the relevant calls is given below. More than 60 participants attended the meeting.

Friday, 29 October, 2021 - 10:00 to 11:30
ONLINE

This Infoday for Spanish applicants of the CSP ERANET Additional Call, taking place next 29th October 2021 (10:00-11:30 CET), will detail the general conditions for participation in the call, as well as the specific requirements of each of the participating Spanish funding organizations.

Monday, 25 October, 2021 - 09:00 to Friday, 29 October, 2021 - 18:00
ONLINE

The EU Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW) will take place on 25-29 October 2021 under the theme: ‘Towards 2030: Reshaping the European Energy System’.

Thursday, 21 October, 2021 - 09:00 to 13:30
ONLINE

CSP ERANET and H2020-SOCRATCES join forces in the CSP TECHNOLOGY DAY (21 October, 9:00-13:30 CEST), as part of the EUSEW 2021 Sustainable Energy Days, to present the achievements and further challenges of CSP, and present upcoming funding opportunities on the sector to keep feeding the development of this promising sustainable technology.

01 Oct 2021

The CSP ERANET Additional Call is OPEN from 1st October 2021 (12:00 CET). Updated information and Guidelines for Applicants will be available from 1st October 2021 at https://csp-eranet.eu/calls/additional. For further information, please contact the Joint Secretariat (csperanet@agenex.net) and check the following call announcement.