Summary about SolarPACES 2018 Conference

The SOCRATCES project wast presented in the 24th SolarPACES Conference which took place on October 2-5, 2018 in Casablanca (Morocco).

SolarPACES (Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems) offer a scientific and technical conference program that provides an opportunity for industry, research, political and financing stakeholders and experts to share recent R&D activities and new developments in CSP technology. SolarPACES has aldo played a formative role in CSP research from the very earliest days beginning in 1977, and the role has widened as the market for dispatchable solar has become more defined to today’s commercial deployment at full-scale.

Carlos Ortiz (University of Seville) attended this event where he did an oral presentation about SOCRATCES project tittled: “Solar Calcium-Looping Integration for Thermochemical Energy Storage”. He highlighted the expected results of the project and explained how will be the construction of a prototype in Seville.