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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
ESTELA and all of ASPIRE members welcome the European Commission’s proposal on the Electricity Market Design and its focus on creating favourable market conditions to boost investment in our essential technologies which provide stable and predictable supplies of renewable electricity to accelerate the replacement of the use of fossil [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Following the successful execution of HORIZON_STE project, ESTELA and project partners CIEMAT, ENEA, DLR and METU are happy to share the final deliverables of the project: Final Country Reports, that include the research, key findings, conclusions and recommendations for 11 reviewed countries Report on Options for Future European Joint Programme [...]
On 18 October 2022 ESTELA was pleased to attend European Energy Research Alliance’s (EERA) organised a high-level policy orientated conference “Repowering Europe for a sustainable strategic autonomy. Presenting an R&I agenda for REPowerEU”, where amongst other fascinating presentations and discussions, EERA introduced their REPowerEU Manifesto: The European energy research community’s [...]
ESTELA is pleased to invite you to forth Training for Industries course with the topic Molten Salt Systems CSP plants. This course is organized by ENEA and DLR and will take place at the Cr ENEA Casaccia Via Anguillarese 301 – 00123 Rome, Italy from 7 till 11 November 2022. [...]
As former Secretary General of Synergrid, the Belgian Association for gas and electricity TSO and DSO, Bérénice Crabs has an in-depth experience of both the challenges of energy transition and the management of associations and stakeholders´ engagement. Prior to Synergrid, Bérénice has held various positions at Fluxys, the Belgian gas [...]
ESTELA and HOROZON-STE partners are delighted to invite you to the EU Cooperation & Closing Event, which will take place at Hotel HILTON Brussels Grand Place (and via Webex), on 14 September 2022 from 09.50 till 16.30. The purpose of this event is to: Briefly present the main findings and [...]
