EU-SOLARIS

THE EUROPEAN SOLAR RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE FOR CONCENTRATED SOLAR POWER

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'EU-SOLARIS aims to create a new legal entity to explore and implement new and improved rules and procedures for reserach infrastructures (RI) for Solar Thermal Electricity (STE) technology, in order to optimise RI development and RTD coordination. According to what was communicated by ESFRI, EU-SOLARIS is expected to be the first of its kind, where Industrial needs and private funding will play a significant role. 15 partners (13 Scientific,1 Ministry and the EU STE Industry Assoc.) representing 11 EU countries are participating covering all the modes and Technologies of Solar Energy Concentrating Systems. The success of this initiative-specifically addressed during the PP-will be the establishment of a new governance body, aided by sustainable financial models. The following actions will be included: developing and determining all necessary arrangements for hosting the new legal entity; developing the collaborative model between public and private entities and fostering the collaboration between industry and research centres; establishing one access point and clear rules for users; preparing all the necessary mechanisms to secure sustainable financial resources; defining appropriate systems for knowledge and IPR management; coordinating the efforts of the participating infrastructures around Europe; establish joint future development of research facilities; elaborating effective rules for the dissemination of project; and finally assessing the impact of the new EU-SOLARIS RIs and the deployment of STE technologies for a sustainable development.'

Introduzione (Teaser)

Renewable energies such as solar are at the forefront of the EU action plan for reducing carbon emissions by 2020. An EU initiative has set out to boost scientific and technological development of Concentrating Solar Thermal (CST) and Solar Chemistry technologies in Europe.

Descrizione progetto (Article)

Funded by the EU, the project 'The European Solar Research Infrastructure for Concentrated Solar Power' (http://www.eusolaris.eu/ (EU-SOLARIS)) brings together industry and researchers to promote CST technologies. The goal is to create a unique distributed European research infrastructure (RI) for such technologies.

The Preparatory Phase of the project consists of 15 partners from 9 countries. These partners manage some of the best large RI for CST technologies in Europe. The project will ensure that RI activities are aligned with industry needs, while private funding will complement public funding.

EU-SOLARIS will provide the most complete, high-quality scientific infrastructure portfolio at international level, facilitating researchers' access to the highly specialised RI through a single access point. It will also provide financial resource management to complement research and avoid technology duplication.

Considerable efforts have been devoted to address main questions pertinent to the project set-up. Some of these include determining that the best legal structure for EU-SOLARIS is the European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC), identifying the portfolio of services it should provide to the industry and research community, and developing a preliminary business model to be proposed to the countries that will integrate the EU-SOLARIS ERIC. In addition, it has addressed issues such as how project infrastructures should be upgraded and has started considering what additional RI is needed to meet future demands and research needs and how to engage industry. Other tasks include preparation of the project c0ommon vision and drafting of the communication plan. The project website has already been launched.

Being the first of its kind, EU-SOLARIS will consolidate Europe's position at the forefront of CST technologies.