CSP World

The Energy Research Knowledge Centre has released its first Thematic Research Summary on Concentrating Solar Power (CSP), aimed at promoting awareness about the current state of CSP research in Europe.

Based on research project results, the Thematic Research Summary (TRS) provides an overview of the developments for concentrating solar power.

New, ongoing research projects show the current research trends, while past projects provide an insight into the research background that led to current R&D topics and commercial developments.

"This report has been produced by the Energy Research Knowledge Centre (ERKC) funded by the European Commission, to support its Information System of the Strategic Energy Technology Plan (SETIS). The ERKC project aims to collect, organise and disseminate validated, referenced information on energy research programmes and projects and their results from across the EU and beyond.

The Thematic Research Summaries (TRS) are designed to analyse the results of energy research projects identified by the Energy Research Knowledge Centre (ERKC). The rationale behind the TRS is to identify the most novel and innovative contributions to research questions that have been addressed by European and national research projects on a specific theme.

The present Thematic Research Summary (TRS) provides an overview of the developments for concentrating solar power (also known as solar thermal electricity), and is based on research project results. New, ongoing research projects show the current research trends. Important past projects provide an insight into the research background that led to current R&D topics and commercial developments".