On Friday, 21 April 2023, PROTERMOSOLAR, a Spanish Association for CSP Industry and ESTELA Member, joined Solar Impulse Foundation and three other renewable associations (EuroACE, Energy Efficiency Capital Advisors and Vertex Bioenergy) to discuss the upcoming National Energy and Climate Plan (NECP) update. With more than 50 concentrated solar power plants in Spain, the country [...]
Last fall ESTELA and other RES associations joined Solar Impulse Foundation, an environmental non-profit project that aims to address sustainability challenges while enabling economic growth. Since then the group has jointly prepared 146 recommendations to help Member States reach their goals to deploy renewable energies and increase energy efficiency. The recommendations come at critical time, as [...]
Within SolarEx Istanbul 2023, Turkey’s first and only solar energy-themed expo, our colleagues from ODTU-GUNAM and METU are organizing a mini-conference targeting market opportunities for CST with a focus on Solar Heat for Industrial Processes (SHIP) to decarbonize industry. We are pleased to announce that Bérénice Crabs, the Secretary General of ESTELA, will be one of [...]
The K.EY – the Energy Transition Expo, to be held in Rimini from 22 to 24 March 2023, offers comprehensive showcase of technology, integrated solutions and services that can drive the energy transition towards a carbon neutral economy, connecting and bringing together stakeholders, players and leaders from the world of renewables. Our Secretary General Bérénice [...]
The heat sector is often referred to as the “elephant in the room”. However – a broad range of technologies is already available on the market to tackle this problem. Thermal technologies like concentrated solar power and thermal energy storage are key for decarbonizing energy systems. They enable the reliable provision of green heat, [...]
El nuevo diseño del mercado energético europeo debe apoyarse en mecanismos que atraigan nuevas inversiones en tecnologías que permitan una transición energética que sustituyan a las tecnologías fósiles actuales. Mecanismos como los mercados de capacidad y subastas para asegurar el suministro y lograr un sistema eléctrico descarbonizado, según se desprende del documento elaborado por la [...]
Documento de posición de ESTELA, DCSP y Protermosolar sobre el Diseño del Nuevo Mercado Eléctrico. La Comisión Europea ha publicado una Consulta sobre el Diseño del Mercado Eléctrico. La Comisión está particularmente preocupada por los altos precios de la electricidad y tiene como objetivo garantizar que los consumidores, tanto los hogares como las empresas, tengan [...]
The European Commission has published a Consultation on the Electricity Market Design. The Commission is particularly concerned about high electricity prices and has the objective to ensure consumers – both households and companies– can access affordable and secure energy from sustainable and renewable sources both now and in the long term. ESTELA, DCSP and Protermosolar [...]
We are happy to announce that ESTLA is joining Solar Impulse Foundation to materialise climate neutrality and green transition targets for 2030 included in the EU Green Deal. The goal of this fresh initiative is to accelerate the energy transition effort and offer key policy-makers existing and ready-to-be implemented solutions at a national and local [...]