Annual Report 2006 - Plataforma Solar de AlmerÃa

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PLATAFORMA SOLAR DE ALMERÍA Our research activities have been successful in all of the following ways during the year: First of all, the PSA is now fully integrated in the national program called ‘Access and Improvement of Unique Scientific Installations’, having signed two consecutive contracts, one in 2005 and another in 2006, and has already acquired commitments up to 2008 to provide access to our facilities to the Spanish scientific community. Noteworthy successes also in the Environmental Applications of Solar Energy and Characterization of Solar Radiation (AMES), with special reference to the award of a National R&D Plan CONSOLIDER project. This project, called ‘TRAGUA’ was the only one on water treatment awarded. In addition to this, up to six new international projects were approved for cofinancing by the European Commission. The Solar Concentrating Systems Unit (SSC) continues to work on direct steam generation technology (DSG) by two parallel processes. The first of them, from the point of view of research, has to do with clearing up the last technological unknown in the DSG process, thermal storage. To do this, the PSA is participating in the European DISTOR project. The second process has more to do with technological development and demonstration, and consists of promotion of an industrial consortium that will build and operate a commercial 3 MW e DSG solar plant on the PSA grounds. The SSC Unit’s activity in central receiver technology focused on technological collaboration with the companies promoting the PS10 and SOLAR TRES commercial tower plants. Institutional cooperation has also been reinforced this year. In the first place, it should be mentioned that the Spanish-German Agreement with the German Aerospace Agency (DLR), in force since the inauguration of the PSA, has been renewed for another three years. Furthermore, intense collaboration with the University of Almería (UAL) continues to focus on the CIEMAT-UAL mixed center for joint research in solar energy applications (CIESOL). CIESOL is physically represented in a laboratory building located on the UAL campus that was inaugurated in 2005. Apart from the projects that are being developed by groups from both institutions, this year, special mention should be made of the start of the first CIESOL ‘Master’s Degree in Solar Energy’ program. Educational and dissemination activities continue strong, because we are aware that we must not ignore our facet of informing society about the existence of this renewable energy option. Educational agreements are maintained with several different universities and research centers throughout the world. I do not want to end this introduction without extending my appreciation to the entire PSA staff for their fine work and professionalism. Diego Martínez Plaza Director de la Plataforma Solar de Almería 6
GENERAL PRESENTATION 1 General Presentation 1.1 The PSA as a large solar installation: general information The Plataforma Solar de Almería (PSA), a dependency of the Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas (CIEMAT), is the largest concentrating solar technology research, development and test center in Europe. PSA activities are integrated in the CIEMAT organization as an R&D division of the Department of Energy. The following goals inspire its research activities: • Contribute to establishing a sustainable clean world energy supply. • Contribute to the conservation of European energy resources and protection of its climate and environment. • Promote the market introduction of solar thermal technologies and those derived from solar chemical processes. Figure 1.1 Integration of the PSA in the CIEMAT organization 7
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