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Since 17th March, the Renewable Energies Chair at the University of Évora (CER-UÉ) is part of Batteries Europe, a technology and innovation platform of the European Commission with the aim of developing an innovative, competitive and sustainable battery value chain as a component strategy of Europe's green and digital transition.
The innovative wave-driven desalination technology system Wave20TM, and a feasibility study that yields conclusive data on operational improvements on the capture of water and energy consumption of the Piedra Santa Desalination Complex by incorporating a floating ‘nearshore’ solar plant, are the main topics of the 3rd EERES4WATER Newsletter.
The SolaQua - Accessible, reliable and affordable solar irrigation for Europe and beyond - is closer to potential stakeholders in solar irrigation technologies, with its presence on the internet, on its own website and on social media platforms.
Diogo Canavarro, researcher at the Renewable Energies Chair - University of Évora (CER-UÉ, Portuguese acronym) is the guest editor of the special issue “Novel Research on Linear Fresnel Reflector Systems” of the journal Optics. Optics is an open access scientific journal dedicated to all fields of optical sciences and technologies for which MDPI is responsible.
The EERES4WATER (Promoting Energy-Water Nexus resource efficiency through Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency) project highlights the presentation of the Wave2O™ desalination technology, developed by Resolute Marine, at the INTERREG Atlantic Area Programme stakeholders conference.
The Renewable Energies Chair - University of Évora (CER-UÉ, Portuguese acronym) published seven articles in “CIES2020: As Energias Renováveis na Transição Energética: Livro de Comunicações do XVII Congresso Ibérico e XIII Congresso Ibero-americano de Energia Solar”, on a transversal approach to some key research areas and projects under development.
The Renewable Energies Chair - University of Évora (CER-UÉ, Portuguese acronym) celebrates, this November, ten years of existence since its constitution in 2010, completing the first decade of contributions to the energy transition.
The SFERA-III (Solar Facilities for the European Research Area) project opened, on November 16, the 3rd transnational campaign of proposals for access to concentrated solar thermal power facilities. This call allows free access for researchers to 22 installations of 12 research infrastructures in Solar Thermal Concentration, from eight countries (Cyprus, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, and Turkey).
The H2020 SolAqua - Accessible, reliable and affordable solar irrigation for Europe and beyond project received an Honorable Mention, in the category of 'Sustainability' in the “The Best of Technological Portugal” awards, attributed by the Exame Informática magazine.
The ALFR-Alentejo project (Installation, testing and analysis of an Advanced Linear Fresnel Reflector concentrator to produce electricity by means of solar thermal with thermal storage) has a new website, available at www.alfr-alentejo.uevora.pt.
