The 2nd Solar Energy Helix event took place on the 20th of October in Madrid as part of our first in person progress meeting. This year, the Helix event focused on clustering with our sister projects and creating new collaboration opportunities for the upcoming Horizon Europe calls. Taking advantage of the in-person meeting and the …
From October 19th to 21st, 2022, a series of events related to the European project ASTEP (Application of Solar Thermal Energy to Processes) has taken place at the Escuelas Pías building of the UNED’s associate centre in Madrid, Spain. This project is funded by the European Commission, coordinated by Professor Antonio Rovira from the ETSII …
ASTEP was introduced in the Sustainable places 2022 event! Video is out now! Renewable energy technologies for heating and cooling are safe, clean, efficient and increasingly cost-competitive. In its vision 2050 prospective document, the European Technology and Innovation Platform on Renewable Heating and Cooling – RHC ETIP – envisions that 100% renewable energy-based heating and …
ASTEP flyer is out now! Read more about this innovative Solar Heating for Industrial Processes (SHIP) concept focused on overcoming current limitations! Tested at 2 Industrial sites! These test locations will validate the ASTEP solution for a substantial part of the potential requirements of industrial heating and cooling demand of the European Union, which …
ArcelorMittal is the largest steel manufacturer in North America, South America, and Europe. AMTP Iasi is one of the two case studies of the ASTEP project. This mill is part of the ArcelorMittal Tubular Products division which is composed of 15 mills strategically distributed all over Europe. In particular, AM Iasi is dedicated to the production …
On May 4th, 2022, the ASTEP ‘Application of Solar Thermal Energy to Processes’ H2020 project held its two-year General Assembly via teleconference. The meeting brought together representatives of all 15 Consortium partners under the leadership of the Project Coordinator, Prof. Antonio Rovira, representing UNED (Spain). The ASTEP project focuses in overcoming the current limitations of …
ASTEP has released its #4 Newsletter. In this fourth edition of ASTEP Newsletter you will be able to: a brief mention of relevant past and upcoming events. a dedicated post to the Scientific and Technical Committee of ASTEP, an exclusive interview with a representative of CRES, the public deliverables of the project, exploration to our publications. At the …
The Scientific and Technical Committee (STC) of ASTEP brings together the leaders of the ten Work Packages (WP’s) that are the backbone of ASTEP. The STC provides a regular bi-monthly forum for updating us on progress, especially set against the target timescales, and setting forward actions to be implemented, to be reviewed at the next …
The Scientific and Technical Committee (STC) of ASTEP Read More »
ASTEP project creates an innovative Solar Heat to Industrial Processes concept that will be tested at two industrial sites. The first one is a factory of ArcelorMittal Tubular Products (AMTP) located at a latitude of 47.1 N (Iasi, Romania). The second one is the dairy company Mandrekas, located at a latitude of 37.93 N (Corinth, …
Preliminary design of Sundial for ArcelorMittal Tubular Products user-case Read More »
ASTEP has released its Newsletter #3. In this third version of ASTEP Newsletter you are able to learn more for: the first 18 months of ASTEP implementation and progress, the Solar Energy Helix Community, the projects participation in the SolarPACES 2021 Conference, and other events, the projects ongoing actions, results, and publications available, as well …
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