Antoni MartínezIREC (Catalonia Institute for Energy Research)

Thematic Leader of Renewable Energies KIC Innoenergy

Towards new solutions in energy generation. Renewable Energies

EEC Katowice May 15 2012

Improve the Scientific and Technological Knowledge

WIND

•Load reduction by active control of pitch blades and power electronics. Sensors. Forecast.

•New materials to reduce weight.

•New concepts for offshore wind turbines and substructures.

•Energy storage to increase the market penetration.

•Logistics for offshore operations and O&M.

EEC, 2012-05-15 | A. Martínez

SOLAR PV

•New materials, abundant and cheap. Nanotechnologies

•Wafer manufacturability (processes, quality, test on line, cost)

•New encapsulation

•Efficiency increase.

•Building application (Big Market!)

EEC, 2012-05-15 | A. Martínez

Improve the Scientific and Technological Knowledge

SOLAR CSP

•Increase the efficiency of the plant (new power cycles, mirrors, coatings, tracking control, design tools)

•Lower costs (power block heat management, durability, cheaper structures, cleaning systems)

•Better dispatchability (sensible and latent heat storage, solar radiation forecast, hybridization concepts)

•Lower environmental footprint (coupling of CSP-desalination, new fluids)

EEC, 2012-05-15 | A. Martínez

Improve the Scientific and Technological Knowledge