Cosin Solar is first to win SolarPACES new Technology Implementation Award

Wan Yuan from Cosin Solar accepts the Technology Implementation Award from SolarPACES Chair Gilles Flamant On the final day of the SolarPACES Conference 2025, Cosin Solar received the inaugural SolarPACES Implementation Award for the 50 MW Delingha Concentrated Solar Power plant, recognizing its long term stable operation of concentrated solar technologies. Since beginning operation among …

NREL’s Mark Mehos and Craig Turchi win the 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award


On behalf of himself and Craig Turchi, NREL’s Mark Mehos accepts the SolarPACES Lifetime Achievement Award from Gilles Flamant, Chair of SolarPACES On the closing day of SolarPACES 2025 in Almeria, NREL’s Mark Mehos and Craig Turchi were jointly recognized with the Lifetime Achievement Award for transformative leadership in advancing the commercialization of concentrating solar …

KTH and ODQA win the SolarPACES 2025 Technology Innovation Award for hot-air-based industrial heat

Accepting the SolarPACES Technology Innovation Award 2025 for the Innovative High-Temperature Air-Based Integrated CST for Flexible Renewable Heat are Pok Wan Kwang and Gediz Karaca from ODQA, with Rafael Guedez, Silvia Trevisan and Konstantinos Apostolopoulos-Kalkavouras from KTH The 2025 Technology Innovation Award was jointly presented to ODQA, a University of Oxford spin-off, together with KTH …

950 MW DEWA CSP project wins the SolarPACES 2024 Technology Innovation Award

On behalf of the many international contributors to the 950 MW Phase IV CSP/PV project at the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, DEWA sustainable energy manager Hamid Al Kindi accepted the award presented by SolarPACES Chair Gilles Flamant On the closing day of the SolarPACES 2024 Conference, Hamid Al Kindi received the SolarPACES …

China’s 2024 edition of its annual CSP Blue Book is published

The “Blue Book” compiled annually by the China Solar Thermal Alliance (CSTA) provides valuable supporting data on the current status of China’s concentrating solar power (CSP) industry. Now the 2024 edition of China’s very detailed Blue Book updates the data of China’s CSP development, with the enabling legislation listed by month and by province, and …

SolarPACES 2025 – Call for Abstracts

SolarPACES (Concentrating Solar Power, Thermal, and Chemical Energy Systems) is delighted to announce the SolarPACES 2025 Conference from September 23-26, 2025, in Almería, Spain. SolarPACES is the premier international network advancing research, development, and commercial deployment of concentrating solar technologies. This year we will be in Almería, Spain, which has been a key location for …

Dr. Aldo Steinfeld and Dr. Manuel Romero win the 2024 SolarPACES Lifetime Achievement Award

Manuel Romero and Aldo Steinfeld receive the SolarPACES Lifetime Achievement Award from Robert Pitz-Paal On the closing day of the SolarPACES 2024 conference in Rome, Aldo Steinfeld and Manuel Romero were jointly awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award, in recognition of their over 20 years collaboration in pioneering and developing the use of concentrated solar thermal …

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Deadlines for the upcoming SolarPACES Conference in Rome

Register now! ­ ­ ­ ­ Important Dates Author Registration Deadline: September 1, 2024 End of Technical Tour Registration: September 6, 2024 Full Paper Upload Deadline: extended to September 9, 2024 Start of Late Registration Fee: September 20, 2024 SolarPACES 2024 Conference: October 8-11, 2024 Are you curious about what to expect at this year’s …