SFERA-III

About usSFERA III is a Horizon 2020 project funded under the Research Infrastructure Programme.The consortium is coordinated by CIEMAT-PSA  and made by a total of 15 partners from 9 EU member countries. The project runs from January 2019 to December 2022 and will receive a 9,103 M€ EC grant over these 4 years.The SFERA-III project addresses advanced science challenges and integrated research activities in the field of Concentrating Solar Thermal (CST) by integrating key European research infrastructures into an ambitious wide project aiming at offering to the R&D community a new level of high-quality services.In this context, the main European research institution operating a unique set of Research Infrastructures (RIs) in CST are coordinating efforts to promote innovative researches, improve services offered by concentrating solar RIs, and train researchers and engineers on the CST technologies. Both academia and industry users are targeted. These RIs will be open to all European researchers as part of the transnational access activities, from both academia and industry, and attention will be paid to ensure their optimal use and joint development avoiding duplication of the services offered.A series of networking activities have been set up to reinforce and extend the partnership of the RIs participating in the proposal, including outreach and educational activities for new European researchers; activities to accelerate the transfer of knowledge between the participants, e.g. organisation of doctoral colloquia and the winter/summer schools, workshops, and exchange of scientific personnel, ...In addition, the joint research activities (JRAs) are planned to increase the research capacities and services of the RIs and to improve the existing ones, in such a way that the researches can be extended in number and in quality. These improved infrastructures and services will surely attract an increased number of new users, thus contributing to the overall goals of this SFERA-III project.Save the date! 

• From 8 to 10 June 2022, the CEA and DLR organise the 3rd Training for Industries course will be organised in Le Bourget-du-Lac, France. Deadline for registration: 15 April 2022.
• From 22 to 23 June 2022, the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE will organise a Short-term Training for Technical staff and Scientists that will be held in Freiburg, Germany.
• From 12 to 16 September 2022, the ETH Zurich will organise the 3rd Doctoral Colloquium and Summer School of SFERA-III in Zurich, Switzerland.