Annual Report 2006 - Plataforma Solar de Almería

EVENTS
Up to now the fair has been held biannually, however, an agreement has
been arrived at with the Chamber of Commerce of Rabat for joint organization
by the two chambers of commerce, alternating an annual fair between the
two venues.
Other visits
On February 2nd, we were visited by the Minister of Education and Science,
María Jesús Sansegundo, accompanied by the Director General of Technology
Policy, Carlos Alejaldre Losilla.
Figure 5.12 The Director General of
CIEMAT welcoming the
Minister to the PSA
Figure 5.13 The Minister was especially
interested in the direct
steam generation facility
There was also much interest by Germany in this important year for our
Center. Matthias Machnig, the Ministry of the Environment and Nuclear Safety
(BMU) Secretary of State visited us on July 21 st , accompanied by a group
from the Ministry, Hans-Josef Fell,
Green Party member of the
‘Bundestag’, and Dr. Hans Müller-
Steinhagen, Head of the DLR Institute
of Technical Thermodynamics
from which the solar energy staff
depends.
Antes de finalizar el año, aún
hubo tiempo para recibir otra visita
ilustre. En este caso el Sr. Ministro
de Industria, Comercio y Turismo,
D. Joan Clos i Matheu, visitó nuestras
instalaciones el 9 de noviembre
acompañado del Sr. Consejero
de Innovación, Ciencia y Empresa
de la Junta de Andalucía, D. Francisco
Vallejo Serrano.
The Minister was particularly interested
in the cost of solar thermal
electricity generation and possible
technological alternatives for
reducing their price.
Figure 5.14 The German BMU Secretary
of State, Matthias Machnig
visiting the PSA
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