| FP7 Energy.2: Renewable Electricity Generation | ||||
| FP7 Energy.2.5: Concentrated Solar Power | ||||
Websites: ec.europa.eu/research/fp7/ | www.cordis.lu/fp7/
The 2008 Call for Proposals for Energy (FP7-ENERGY-2008-TREN-1) under the Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development (FP7) was published on 29 April 2008. In order to support the preparation of proposals, the Directorate General for Energy and Transport (DG TREN) of the European Commission held an Information Day on 20 June 2008 in Brussels.
The aim of this event was to disseminate information about FP7 and the research areas open in the 2008 Call for Proposals on Energy within the Cooperation Programme, to give details about the main legal and procedural conditions, and to answer any questions.
Further information about FP7 information days can be found on the
Europa website at:
ec.europa.eu/dgs/energy_transport/rtd/fp7/infoday_en.htm
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Concentrated solar power (CSP) has much scope for improvements in the optical and thermal efficiency of the solar components, power generation efficiency (including hybridisation with other fuel), and operational reliability. Current electricity generation costs for concentrating solar thermal are in the range of 0.16-0.20 Euros/kWh for the most southern regions of Europe.
A large reduction in both capital cost and maintenance cost, together with the improvement of the environmental profile, is necessary to make CSP systems more competitive with conventional electricity sources and other renewables. This includes development and demonstration of new receiver concepts; demonstration of heat transfer cycles with higher performances; development of low-cost high efficient storage systems; demonstration of lower cost, intermediate size power plants for decentralised electricity, heating and cooling generation; improvement of the environmental profile of the CSP installations (e.g. lower water consumption, more efficient land use,...).
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