Webinar: Concentrating solar-thermal power (CSP) technologies

The webinar, scheduled on the 31st of May, 2021, want to introduce the audience to CSP technologies and their characteristics. The main objective of Energy Union strategies is to bring the European community towards a global transition to a climate-neutral circular economy, through the use of renewable energy sources (Paris...

The European Commission’s Innovation Radar has recognised the excellence of the project, which aims to promote the energy transition The thermal storage technology in solar salts that the Fertiberia Group has developed was selected by the Innovation Radar of the European Union as “European Radar Technology”. This is a recognition...

During the month of October, new vacuum tube receivers were installed in two demonstration facilities of the IN POWER project for testing and validation. These 4 meters long tubes are equipped with a new absorber coating made by Tekniker’s Unit for Physics of Surfaces and Materials. The first demonstration plant...

On the 27th of October, IN POWER project organized an online workshop about Materials and Processes for Thermal Solar Systems. The aim of this event was to give an overview of the current technological developments in the field of materials and processes for thermal solar systems. Speakers from major European...

When: 27th of October, 09:00-13:00 Where: Online This workshop will provide an overview of the current technological developments in the field of materials and processes for thermal solar systems. Speakers from major European research institutes and companies will present recent disclosures and their applications in the production of renewable energy...

The IN POWER project aims at developing highly efficient concentrated solar power architectures such as innovative material solutions to increase the efficiency while simultaneously decreasing the energy production cost. Concretely, the project develops glass free mirrors, lighter mirror structures using composite materials, new absorber materials to convert light into heat as well...

Following the the workshop entitled Sustainable Places organized by the NEXTOWER project, that aimed at creating a cluster and exchange forum for projects and research activities in the area of Concentrated Solar Power, a scientific paper has been published. One of its authors is part of the IN POWER consortium....

On the 1st and 2nd of July, the IN POWER consortium met in Madrid for their 30 months meetings. As usual, the consortium presented and discussed the work done in each work package and the pending tasks. The project has one year and a half left to go and show...

From the 5th to the 7th of June, the Sustainables Places Conference took place in Cagliari (Italy), a conference for dissemination of research, collaboration, networking and the creation of market opportunities. During this event, Elena Torralba, coordinator of IN-POWER project, presented the activities and objectives of the project during a...

From April 27 to May 2 2019, the 2019th edition of the Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC) Conference took place in Long Beach, California. During this event, Kolzer presented its capacities and its activities in the IN POWER project. About the SVC: For over 60 years, the Society of Vacuum...

On May 8 the CIEMAT (Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas) held a conference on storage with renewable energies. It was inaugurated by CIEMAT’s Director General, Carlos Alejaldre, who shared a report of BP, stating that the consumption of fossil fuels are still rising at a global level. Therefore,...

IK4 TEKNIKER, a partner of IN-POWER, is giving two speeches about the project in the United States this week. Javier Barriga, represeting IK4 TEKNIKER, will be presenting the project. The first speech takes place today in the Materials Research Society Spring Meeting & Exhibit 2019, in Phoenix (Arizona). The title...

IN-POWER celebrated its 24M Meeting in the TEKNIKER’s office in Bilbao. The event took place on the 6th-7th  February 2019 and presented the current situation of the project and how all the Work Packages have been developed during these months. It has been a great opportunity to get in touch...

In the framework of IN POWER project, a Horizon 2020 project coordinated by Leitat developing new CSP (Concentrated Solar Power) technologies, Elena Torralba, R&D Researcher from Leitat, had the opportunity of visiting NOOR I&III CSP plants at Ouarzazate (Morocco) during SolarPACES 2018 technical tour. NOOR III, at 150 MW, is...

The In-Power’s Newsletter is already done! The current situation of the different work packages are explained, as well as the future lines the researchers will take. Explore the situation of this project in the next paragraphs! WP2: Selection of reference materials & LCOE model  This WP finished in April 2017....

CEA and Leitat are proud to announce that their abstracts have been accepted to SolarPACES Conference 2018. The abstract of CEA for an oral presentation and the abstract of Leitat for a poster. The Conference will take place in Casablanca (Morocco) from 2-5 October 2018. We hope to see you...

A sister project of IN POWER called RAISELIFE published its newsletter with some interesting information! RAISELIFE is about raising the lifetime of functional materials for concentrated solar power technology. In order to optimize the materials for molten salt plants and to establish the criteria for their selection, a precise knowledge...

From the 13th to the 17th of May 2018, the SETAC 28th Annual Meeting took place in Rome. During this event, Leitat presented a poster regarding the Life Cycle Assessment applied to a new and advanced material solutions in Concentrated Solar Thermal technology.

On the 8th of May, the event on Innovative Energy Storage Systems for Green Energy Supply took place in Barcelona in the premises of ICAEN (Government of Catalonia). During the event, During the event, Fertiberia presented the IN POWER project. Speakers from different fields and places presented their approach on...

Statement of Luis Crespo (Protermosolar): “In the 2030 horizon, renewable energies with storage will be essential!” Solar thermal technology seems to be the one largely forgotten in transition reports. The president of Protermosolar and Estela, Luis Crespo, has criticized with harshness the report of the Committee of Experts that takes...

IN POWER is participating in Solar Concentra, the Spanish Concentrated Solar Power Technology Platform. The project is presenting its objectives to the members of the platform to raise awareness and share information in the field of CSP. Solar Concentra is a forum composed of the most representative agents of the...

Yesterday and today, the 12 month consortium meeting is taking place in LEITAT facilities in Terrassa. All partners joined the meeting for an exploitation seminar on the 29th organised by LGI Consulting and then the consortium meeting presenting the results of each workpackage after one year of project execution. The...

IK4-Tekniker and LEITAT participate in the meeting of the European PV cluster that for the first time had a session for concentrated solar power. During a session, Amaya Igartua from IK4 presented on behalf of ESTELA the current state of the concentrated solar power market. Click here to download the...

From the 2nd to the 6th of October, Expoquimia, a large international chemical industrial exhibition took place in Barcelona. For this occasion, LEITAT presented IN POWER at its booth to visitors. Beside the oral b2b talks, LEITAT presented the leaflets of the project.  

From the 22nd to the 23rd of June, the IN POWER consortium met in Jaen (Spain) in the facilities of Nematia. During two days, the partners presented their activities during the first 6 months of the project and the progress made so far. Also, partners could discuss upcoming tasks requiring...

From the 26th to the 29th of September 2017, the SolarPACES conference will take place in Santiago de Chile and IN POWER project will be presented in a poster thanks to the presence of Tekniker. The abstract submitted and accepted is about the development of air stable absorber coatings for...

The IN POWER Project has a Twitter account! Click here to follow its activities: https://twitter.com/INPOWERH2020  

On the 30th and 31st of January, the recently formed consortium of the IN POWER project developing new concentrated solar power architectures, met in Brussels for the kick-off meeting of the project. The event took place at the permanent representation of Catalonia to the EU. After an introduction to the...

This is the first post of IN-POWER project. The website of the project is hereby launched! In this section, you will find all recent news concerning the activities of the project. Stay informed!

Click here to download the first version of the rollup.

Click here to download the first version of the leaflet.