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| Objectives and mission of SOLLAB |
| Recognising both the environmental and climatic hazards to be faced in the coming decades and the
continued depletion of the world's most valuable fossil energy resources, Concentrating Solar Technologies
can provide critical solutions to global energy problems within a relatively short time frame and is capable of
contributing substantially to carbon dioxide reduction efforts. Large scale research infrastructures and a
coordinated approach are needed, to prepare the necessary steps for the market entry and cost reduction
for this technology.
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SOLLAB, Alliance of European Laboratories for
Research and Technologies on Concentrating
Solar Systems, is an Alliance of five Laboratories
of CIEMAT, CNRS, DLR, ETH and PSI from four
countries (Spain, France, Germany and
Switzerland respectively). These Laboratories
operate the biggest concentrating solar facilities in
Europe, in terms of power and concentration, and
represent a scientific and technical staff of about
300 persons. |
| The Alliance aims at strengthening human and scientific
links between the Laboratories to promote and stimulate
researches on concentrating solar systems at the
European level in the context of sustainable
development.
The vision of SOLLAB is to initialise a much stronger
long-term integration effect than it can be achieved by
co-operation on a project by project basis. |
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| It will coordinate the process to agree on common goals and priorities and utilise National and European
resources most effectively to achieve them. Moreover, it intents to generate a European identity for research
on Concentrating Solar Technologies. Scientific and technological excellences are strengthened by this step,
due to the envisaged harmonisation of the institutional programs, the most effective use of large scale
infrastructure, the establishment of virtual working groups and a extended dissemination and education
strategy. |
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Thus, SOLLAB creates the necessary framework
to organise the cooperation in the field of
concentrating solar systems at the European
level, to enhance synergy between the R&D
actions and to facilitate European integration.
Collaboration actions (yearly Activity Plan) in the
Alliance are defined by a Steering Committee that
is chaired for one year by one of the members. A
Scientific Management Committee chaired by a
Coordinator executes the decisions of the
Steering Committee. |
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NEWS and EVENTS |
June 15 – 17, 2017
13th SOLLAB Doctoral Colloquium on Solar Concentrating Technologies will be organised in Berlin by the DLR, Germany |
June 6 – 8, 2016
12th SOLLAB Doctoral Colloquium on Solar Concentrating Technologies will be organised by the Plataforma Solar de Almería (PSA), Spain |
June 23 – 25, 2014
10th SOLLAB Doctoral Colloquium on Solar Concentrating Technologies at PROMES Odeillo, France |
March 2014
New position for a research engineer, experienced in energy systems at CNRS/PROMES |
May 13 – 14, 2013
9th SOLLAB Doctoral Colloquium on Solar Concentrating Technologies at Hornberg Castle in the Black Forest, Germany |
June 25-26, 2012
8th SOLLAB Doctoral Colloquium on Solar Concentrating Technologies at Almería, Spain |
December 19, 2011
New Position for a PhD student opened at the Paul Scherrer Institute |
March 24-25, 2011
2nd SFERA Winter School at ETH Zürich, Switzerland |
March 21-23, 2011
7th SOLLAB Doctoral Colloquium in Grindelwald, Switzerland |
June7-9, 2010
6th SOLLAB Doctoral Colloquium, PROMES Odeillo, France |
September 2009
New Post-doctoral position opened at PROMES, 2009-2010 |
June 22-24, 2009
5th SOLLAB Doctoral Colloquium, DLR Cologne, Germany |
September 10-12, 2008
4th SOLLAB Doctoral Colloquium, PSA, Spain |
September 11-12-13, 2007
3rd SOLLAB Doctoral Colloquium, PROMES-Odeillo, France |
14-15 Apr. 2006
1st Workshop SOLLAB Flux and Temperature Measurement Group - Odeillo |
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