One of the STAGE-STE project work packages aims to develop relations with public bodies relevant to Concentrating Solar Thermal (CST) research, such as national research funding agencies, ministries and other leading decision making bodies, in order to foster coordination and alignment of research programmes and funding at European level. Working groups have been created in eight European countries and concept notes were prepared regarding each group’s position on national CST research and funding programmes and its possible alignment at European scale. General trends and main conclusions drawn from the concept notes are presented, aiming to provide clues and common themes to the development of aligned CST research and funding programmes. Although the National Working Groups present different approaches there are coincident points, thus a common Research and Technological Development agenda for CST can be achieved at European scale. The alignment of CST research funding represents an harder task and will demand the improvement of available funding schemes or the development of a new one. However, there is some convergence regarding the general characteristics of the scheme and the kind of projects to be funded.
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8 November 2018
SolarPACES 2017: International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems
26–29 September 2017
Santiago, Chile
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November 08 2018
Towards an alignment of national research programmes and funding for CST technologies in Europe
João P. Cardoso;
João P. Cardoso
a)
1
Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia
, Estrada do Paço do Lumiar 22, 1649-038 Lisboa, Portugal
a)Corresponding author: joao.cardoso@lneg.pt
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Teresa Marcelo;
Teresa Marcelo
b)
1
Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia
, Estrada do Paço do Lumiar 22, 1649-038 Lisboa, Portugal
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Nicolas Jarraud;
Nicolas Jarraud
c)
2
The Cyprus Institute
, 20 Konstantinou Kavafi Street, 2121 Aglantzia, Cyprus
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Elena Dufour;
Elena Dufour
d)
3
European Solar Thermal Electricity Association, Rue de l’Industrie 10
, B-1000, Brussels, Belgium
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Costas N. Papanicolas;
Costas N. Papanicolas
e)
2
The Cyprus Institute
, 20 Konstantinou Kavafi Street, 2121 Aglantzia, Cyprus
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João F. Mendes;
João F. Mendes
f)
1
Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia
, Estrada do Paço do Lumiar 22, 1649-038 Lisboa, Portugal
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Julián Blanco-Gálvez
Julián Blanco-Gálvez
g)
4
CIEMAT - Plataforma Solar de Almeria
, Ctra de Senés s/n, 04200 Tabernas, Almeria, Spain
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AIP Conf. Proc. 2033, 120003 (2018)
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João P. Cardoso, Teresa Marcelo, Nicolas Jarraud, Elena Dufour, Costas N. Papanicolas, João F. Mendes, Julián Blanco-Gálvez; Towards an alignment of national research programmes and funding for CST technologies in Europe. AIP Conf. Proc. 8 November 2018; 2033 (1): 120003. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5067132
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