EU-SOLARIS aims to achieve a real coordination of Research and Technology Development (R&D) capabilities and efforts in Concentrating Solar Thermal (CST) technologies by the European Research Centres, along with those from the neighboring countries, in order to foster the technological development of the Industry.
| EU-SOLARIS Vision | Become a unique distributed research infrastructure (RI) for CST technologies Optimize RI development and R&D coordination by creating a new legal entity to explore and implement new and improved rules and procedures for RI for CST technologies Ensure the alignment of the RI activities with the Industry needs Maintain Europe at the forefront of CST technologies development |
The Preparatory Phase (PP) scope is the development of all the essential mechanisms for the operation of the EU-SOLARIS entity.
| EU-SOLARIS PP | Develop hosting arrangements for the new legal entity Develop collaborative model between public and private entities Foster collaboration between industry and research centres Establish one access point and clear rules for users Prepare financial mechanisms to secure sustainability Define appropriate systems for knowledge and IPR management Coordinate the efforts of the participating infrastructures around Europe Establish joint future development of research facilities |
Once the Preparatory Phase is finalized, EU-SOLARIS will provide research infrastructures (RI) for the scientific communities devoted to the use of solar energy through concentrating systems; mainly for electricity generation. The new distributed research infrastructure of EU-SOLARIS will have the following characteristics.
| EU-SOLARIS RI | Provide the most complete, high quality scientific infrastructure portfolio at international level Facilitate researchers’ access to highly specialized research infrastructure through a single access point Link the scientific communities, Industry and universities involved in the CST sector Speed up the development of research and innovation due to a closer collaboration model, knowledge exchange management and a wider dissemination of results Increase the efficiency of the economic and human resources required throughout the European research context Provide efficient resource management to complement research and to avoid unnecessary technological duplication and repetition |