On 29th November 2016, MinWaterCSP and WASCOP collaborated to organise a joint workshop for plant operators, plant owners and service providers. The one-day workshop was held at the Plataforma solar de Almeria (PSA) in Spain. The PSA, a dependency of the Centro de...

DG Research and Innovation, as a member of the European Commission's negotiating task force led by DG CLIMA, showcased at COP 22 the contribution of research and innovation on climate-related challenges. Several side events were organised in the European Union...

ECILIMP is developing new cleaning technics and new hardware to reduce the actual water consumption in CSP plants. These improvements will allow ECILIMP to play better services and make so much more competitive inside the CSP market. Inside the MinWaterCSP project,...

Linear Fresnel collectors are used in a variety of solar thermal applications The easiness of installation on rooftops and their compact footprint, smaller than other solar concentrating technologies make them an ideal solution for few MW-scale electricity generation...

The EU Research & Innovation Magazine "Horizon Magazine" has publised an article on three funded projects under H2020: MinWaterCSP, WASCOP and REELCOOP. This article features the activities of these projects. "Quenching the thirst of concentrated solar power"...

A significant part of the MinWaterCSP project will be the building of a full scale test facility on the premises of Stellenbosch University in South Africa. The requirement for a large scale test facility is two-folded. First of all it stems from the need to be able...

MinWaterCSP is a research and development project which aims at reducing water consumption and improving cycle efficiencies of Concentrated Solar Power plants. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme...