The Cyprus Institute's third annual NESTER School has successfully concluded.
Presentations
Watch presentations from the 2018 NESTER School, listed below:
Week 1 - Day 1
General Introduction to CSP and CST Technologies - by Luca Turchetti (ENEA)
Role of CST in the Energy System of Future - by Manuel Blanco (The Cyprus Institute)
Solar Resource - by Jeff Cumpston (RWTH)
Direct Steam Generation - by Cyril Calliot (CNRS)
Week 1 - Day 2
Solar Dishes - by Michela Lanchi (ENEA)
Power Cycles for CSP Plants - by Eduardo Zarza Moya (Ciemat)
Week 1 - Day 4
Basics of CSP Economics - Constantinos Taliotis (The Cyprus Institute)
Outlook on Research and Commercial Projects/Future Perspectives - by Manuel Blanco (The Cyprus Institute)
Week 2, Day 1
FluxTracer a New Open-Source High Performance Computing Software Tool - by Victor Grigoriev (The Cyprus Institute)
Shape Measurement of Solar Dish Facets - by Marco Montecchi (ENEA)
Week 2, Day 2
Upper-Limits of the Light Collection and Concentration Subsystem of Solar Towers Systems - by Manuel Blanco (The Cyprus Institute)
Solar Thermal Energy, High Concentration and Non Imaging Optics - Advances in Linear Fresnel Technology - by Manuel Collares Pereira (University of Évora)
Review of Receiver Technologies in Solar Tower Power Plants - by Cyril Caliot (CNRS)
Week 2, Day 3
High Optical Efficiency Multi Receiver Solar Tower Systems - by Manuel Blanco (The Cyprus Institute)
Concentrating Optics and Heliostat Fields Modelling - by Cyril Caliot (CNRS)
The Cyprus Institute organised the 3rd NESTER School on Concentrated Solar Technologies (CST) in collaboration with four of the most prestigious Research Centres in Europe in this field: CIEMAT (Spain), CNRS-PROMES (France), ENEA (Italy) and RWTH-Aachen (Germany).
The School is directed to Early Stage Researchers and Early Career Professionals. Thus, some background related to the CSP/CST sector would be recommended.
The School offers a fast-paced comprehensive overview of the CST field in the first week, followed by more advanced lectures on selected topics of specific interest to the field, delivered by world experts.
Site visits and hands-on activities took place in the state-of-the-art research infrastructures of the Cyprus Institute.
In 2018, the specialised topics focused on Point Focusing systems.
The school is followed by an international conference entitled
‘The Decarbonisation of The Energy Sector in the Mediterranean Region and the Middle East – The Role of CSP’
between 29th November - 1st December, that all NESTER School participants can attend for free.
NESTER School Participant Benefits
- No registration fees
- Financial support for travel and accommodation available to a selected number of participants
- Free access to the International Conference
- Participants who attended the 1st or 2nd School can only attend the 2nd Week of the School
- 10 ECTS (European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System) will be offered by the Cyprus Institute on the basis of attendance and a relevant assignment
2018 NESTER School Program
Download the 2018 NESTER School Program
Lecturers
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Prof. Manuel Blanco The Cyprus Institute (CyI) |
Prof. Aristides Bonanos The Cyprus Institute (CyI) |
Dr. Nestor Fylaktos The Cyprus Institute (CyI) |
Dr. Costas Marakkos
The Cyprus Institute (CyI) |
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Dr. Alaric Montenon The Cyprus Institute (CyI) |
Dr. Victor Grigoriev The Cyprus Institute (CyI) |
Dr. Jeff Cumpston RWTH Aachen University (RWTH) |
Dr. Cyril Caliot French National Centre for Scientific Research-PROMES (CNRS-PROMES) |
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Dr. Michela Lanchi Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA) |
Dr. Luca Turchetti Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA) |
Dr. Marco Montecchi Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA) |
Dr. Eduardo Zarza Centre for Energy, Environment and Technology-Plataforma Solar de Almería (CIEMAT-PSA) |