💫The ASTEP’s Team (#WrocławUniversityofScienceandTechnology, #UniversidadPolitecnicadeCartagena, @UNED and #ANALISIS-DSC) have received the first level (the highest) award in the contest of Wrocław Council Of The Federation Of Science And Technology Associations NOT for a prize: "𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆" in 2023 for a patent application „𝙋 𝟰𝟰𝟱𝟲𝟴𝟱: 𝙎𝙥𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙘𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩”. The award included a trophy and a framed diploma, I attach a photo of the awards below. 📃​🏆 The same patent application received an 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗪𝗿𝗼𝗰ł𝗮𝘄 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 (“Quartus” programme).🌞​ #TechnicalUniversityofMadrid #BrunelUniversityofLondon #UniversityofCampania"Luigi Vanvitelli" #DavidReayandAssociates @Crowdhelix #eBOS #Relational #IRISTechnologySolutions #CentreforRenewableEnergySourcesandSaving #CRES #SHIP #CSP #concentrated #solarthermal #thermal #decarbonization #heatingandcooling #H2020 @cinea_eu @cleanenergy_eu

🌞Last Wednesday, we had our final Review Meeting at the UNED´s Library premises in Madrid (Spain). Some partners joined online, while others had the opportunity to meet in person. All had the opportunity to show the results from each Work Package to our Project Officer. 🚨It has been 6 years since we all met for the first time and we were planning the proposal submission, we organized the tasks to reach our Expected Outcomes: the development of ASTEP concept which includes an innovative solar thermal collector (Sundial) with a thermal energy storage (TES) unit and controlled with a software application. The ASTEP concept includes 2 case studies where the complete pilots are installed, one in a dairy industry in Greece (Mandrekas S.A. factory, the solar thermal energy is used for cooling and heating) and the other one, is a steel factory in Romania (ArcelorMittal Europe -Tubular Products, the energy provided is used to heat). 🎉​The project is now ended and we will miss our meetings and partners after all these months working together, thank you all for your contribution and efforts. @UNED @Bruneluni #UniversityofCampania"Luigi Vanvitelli" #UPM #UPC #DavidReayandAssociates @Crowdhelix #eBOS #WrocławUniversity #ANALISIS-DSC #Relational #IRISTechnologySolutions #CentreforRenewableEnergySourcesandSaving #CRES #SHIP #CSP #concentrated #solarthermal #thermal #decarbonization #heatingandcooling #H2020 @cinea_eu

💫​Do you want to see our pilots? ☀️These are the two pilots that were tested in Tecnogetafe facilities, the characteristics of each one are: 1) It is a rotative fresnel collector for the dairy industry in Greece, where the sun impinges longitudinally. Mandrekas S.A. is located at a latitude of 37.93 N (Corinth, Greece) with a steam demand at 175 ºC and a cooling demand at 5 ºC. 2) It is a rotative fresnel collector for the steel industry in Romania, the sun impinges transversally and incorporates a second tracking system (the mirrors rotate around their axis) to improve the concentration, due to the high latitude at which they have to work. ArcelorMittal Europe -Tubular Products with a heating demand of more than 220 ºC, to preheat tubes before painting, and located at a latitude of 47.1 N (Iasi, Romania). In this video, the pilot 1 is the one on the left side at the beginning of the video and the pilot 2 is the one on the right side at the beginning of the video. #CSP #SHIP #concentrated #solarthermal #thermal #heatingandcooling #industrialdecarbonization #decarbonization #H2020 @cinea_eu @cleanenergy_eu

Couldn´t you attend our workshop last Monday? Don´t worry, all the presentations are now in Zenodo available for you and you can take a look to them to be updated. There are a lot of insightful information as our project is coming to its end, here you can find all the information: zenodo.org/records/15688640. #CSP #solarthermal #concentrated #SHIP #heatingandcooling #netzero #decarbonization #decarbonisation #energy #renewablenergy

🎉​We invite you to ASTEP´s Final Online Workshop, this event marks the culmination of our five-year journey in advancing solar thermal energy for industrial applications. 🌞​ ​🗓️​When? Monday, 16 June 2025 at 09:30 CET. 📍Where? Online, the link and calender reminder is provided in ASTEP´s web page: bit.ly/4jtGNCE. This workshop is for all of you interested in solar thermal energy and its use for industrial decarbonisation. Take a look to the agenda and all the information about the event at the web page: bit.ly/4jtGNCE. #solarthermal #CSP #concentrated #SHIP #decarbonisation #H2020 #netzero #heatingandcooling #renewablenergy

SOLARX webinar - Solar Concentration Technologies for Flexibility on the Production Side Monday 9 June 2025, 10:30 - 12:30 (CEST) sustainable-energy-week.ec.e… #concentrated #solarthermal #thermal #webinar #EUSEW2025 #EUSEW #decarbonisation #netzero

Last week ASTEP H2020 project had its Month 60 General Meeting in Greece. In this meeting the progresses made during the last months in the project were presented and also the partners were able to visit the Mandrekas S.A. facility, one of our case studies. Visit our web page for more information: astepproject.eu/astep-holds-…

El proyecto ACES4NET0-CM comienzó su andadura a principios de este año, para poner la concentración solar al servicio de los objetivos net-zero en descarbonización. energia.imdea.org/aces4net0-… #concentracionsolar #energiasolar #descarbonizacion

Webinar for next week: "Roundtable: Renewable heating and cooling in Greece". This online event, in collaboration with the #REDI4Heat project, will explore Greece’s ambitious path to achieving 100% renewable heating and cooling (@EtipRhc ). When? 30 April 2025 at 11 to 13 CET us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi…