Digital tools for CSP and solar thermal plants

Deadline: 04 February 2025

Expected outcome:

Project results are expected to contribute to some of the following expected outcomes:

• Improved performance of concentrated solar power (CSP) plants.
• Improved performance of concentrated and/or non-concentrated solar thermal heat and/or cold
• Reduced operation and maintenance costs of CSP
• Reduced operation and maintenance costs of concentrated and/or non-concentrated solar thermal heat and/or cold
• Reinforced role of CSP plants in the power
• Reduced greenhouse gas
• Achievement of the CSP targets of the Strategic Energy Technology

Scope:

Support will be given to the innovative application of digital tools in the following areas. Any type of application of the digital tools is in the scope as well as artificial intelligence techniques. Proposals are expected to bring and demonstrate measurable benefits of the proposed digital tools in terms of operation, maintenance, and flexibility of the plant.

Where applicable, the digital tools should support night baseload generation from thermal energy storage.