Free Access to Solar Research Facilities in Europe

The Solar Facilities for the European Research Area project (SFERA) provides the possibility for researchers to get free access to top level European solar facilities for a proximally period of two weeks.

List of Facilities:
PSA –Plataforma Solar de Almería, CIEMAT, SPAIN
PROMES (CNRS)- Le Laboratoire PROcédés, Matériaux et Energie Solaire, FRANCE
PSI - Solar Technologies Laboratory, Paul Scherrer Institute, SWITZERLAND
WIS - Solar Research Facilities Unit, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
ENEA - Progetto Solare Termodinamico, Italy

Research Areas:
- Solar thermal electricity generation: thermodynamic cycles, receivers, thermal storage, concentrating optics, control algorithms, etc.
- Solar production of benign chemical energy carriers: H2, Syngas, etc.
- Cycles for chemical storage of solar energy: ZnO, etc.
- Solar water treatment: desalination, disinfection, detoxification
- Research in basic phenomena and nano-material production processes: fullerenes, C-nanotubes, ceramics, etc.
- Knowledge-based high-added-value material synthesis: ceramics, glass, etc.
- High-flux photochemistry and photo-physics
- Basic knowledge of materials behaviour and aging under extreme conditions

 Eligibility and other conditions:
http://sfera.sollab.eu/index.php?page=access_conditions

Further Information:
http://sfera.sollab.eu/index.php?page=access

Contact Person:
David Shem-Tov - david.s@tx.technion.ac.il