WASCOP in SolarPaces2019

Posted on October 6, 2019October 24, 2019 by Fabrizio Perrotta

Following last year workshop organized in Casablanca, WASCOP presence in SolarPaces2019 has continued to be important also this year to provide solutions for the Water Consumption Management for CSP Plants. WASCOP Consortium was presence with three oral presentations related to the WASCOP holistic approach Soiling sensor and T-TraCs, and other 3 posters. Furthermore, WASCOP Dissemination Leader Fabrizio Perrotta attended the CSP H2020 Projects booth together with other 6 sister projects.

WASCOP M42 & EAB Meeting

Posted on September 27, 2019 by Fabrizio Perrotta

WASCOP M42 meeting was held on 18^th and 19^th September 2019 at the MASEN premises of Ouarzazate in Morocco. First day it was dedicated to the review of the project status through WP presentations and the recommendations of the EAB members. Second day of the meeting was dedicated to an interesting visit of the NOOR II plants. During the second day of the meeting, it has been discussed the finalization of the testing activities, technical and economic analysis and the final conference.

Thank you to our part MASEN for hosting the meeting!

WASCOP results in EURONEWS

Posted on May 22, 2019 by Fabrizio Perrotta

A dedicated serie called Quenching the thirst of concentrated solar power plants of the EURONEWS FUTURIS programme has been dedicated to the cooling and cleaning solutions in WASCOP. The programme has presented the dust barriers, soiling sensors, special coating mirrors, ultrasonic cleaning system, and a hybrid water cooler prototype, currently under validation in CIEMAT-PSA facilities, as well as versatile cooler and storage tank currently being tested at CEA-Cadarache. Many of these experiments will soon be tested in working power plants in Spain as part of a further European Union project SOLWATT and could be commercially available within three years. The serie is available to watch here.

WASCOP Second Review Meeting and prototype demonstrations

Posted on March 22, 2019March 22, 2019 by Fabrizio Perrotta

WASCOP M36 and Second review meeting was held on 11^th and 12^th March 2019 at OMT premises located at the High Tech Campus in Eindhoven (Netherlands). First day it was dedicated to the preparation to all presentations for the official Review meeting and the GA meeting. The second day was dedicated to the official Review meeting with WASCOP Project officer Sebastien Mortier where Consortium presented the status of the project and the demonstration of the low cost and soling sensors prototypes. Thank you to OMT for the excellent meeting organisation and for the preparation of this successful meeting!

WASCOP M30 Meeting in Cadarache

Posted on October 11, 2018October 11, 2018 by Fabrizio Perrotta

WASCOP M30 meeting was held on 18^th and 19^th September at the CEA facility of the Castel of Cadarache in South France. First day it was dedicated to the review of the project status through WP presentations and in the afternoon to an interesting visit of the CEA Cadarache WASCOP testing site, where partners had the possibility to see the versatile cooler prototype in an operational environment. During the second day of the meeting, cooling and cleaning technical sessions has been appointed to plan the next technical challenges in the project. Thank you to our part CEA for hosting the meeting!

WASCOP at Webinar Soiling in PV and CSP

Posted on October 10, 2018March 10, 2019 by Fabrizio Perrotta

Fabian Wolfertstetter from DLR has presented WASCOP results through his speech Soiling in concentrating solar thermal power (CSP) – effects and connection to PV at the webinar Soiling in PV and CSP of the PVQAT Soiling Group. The presentation was an overview of the CSP technology, the status and history of CSP soiling research, and a link between CSP and PV soiling rates using an optical model. Webinar has been recorded and it can be downloaded for free at the pvqat website previous registration at this link: http://pvqataskforceqarating.pbworks.com/w/file/128111298/PVQAT%20TG12_%20soiling%20webinar_2018_08_14_FIELD_OBSERVATION_SOILING__CSP.mp4)

WASCOP M24 Meeting and Exploitaion Seminar

Posted on February 9, 2018June 15, 2018 by Fabrizio Perrotta

WASCOP M24 meeting was held on 24^th and 25^th January 2018 at Hamon International office in Mont-St-Guibert (Belgium). First day was dedicated to the Exploitation Service Seminar funded by the EU Commission for the project in order to the plan and deliver a high quality of the Exploitation plan for he project results. Seminar was characterised by interactive sections which allowed partners to discuss and think deeply about the commercialization and exploitation of the tangible and intangible results. During the second day, Coordinator Delphine BOURDON welcomed to the new EAB member Luis Millan Monte (TSK) and to other EAB Members Mr. Juan Ignacio Burgaleta (SENER) and Mr. Luis Crespo (ESTELA). EAB Board had the chance to been updated on the project status and outcome and they provide excellent recommendations and congratulated with the Consortium for the project achievements!

PUBLIC REPORTS ON DUST BARRIERS AND WATER CONSUMPTION

Posted on December 10, 2017December 28, 2017 by Fabrizio Perrotta

Two public reports on dust barriers and water consumption in the cleaning activities of CSP plants are available for consultation in the SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATION page. Both reports are outputs of the work carried out in the WP3 and WP4 of the WASCOP project. Due to the public nature of the reports, consultation is of public domain.