June 26, 2024, 8:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Cologne Solar Colloquium 2024
The event highlighted the increasing importance of solar thermal energy as a key technology for the heat transition. It focused on the potential of solar thermal energy for heat generation in various areas of application and its role in the production of sustainable fuels.
The programme showed the wide range of possible applications for concentrating solar technologies:
- Concentrated solar thermal energy for the heat transition - Experience from the field
Speaker: Dr. Joachim Krüger, European Solar Thermal Energy Association ESTELA
- Qualification and measurement technology for the solar industry
Speaker: Dr.-Ing. Peter Heller, Institute of Solar Research
- GlassPoint enclosed parabolic troughs: Cost-efficient process heat at scale
Speaker: Dr.-Ing. Gerhard Weinrebe, GlassPoint
- Defossilising the energy supply of a chemical production site
Speaker: Stefano Giuliano, Institute of Solar Research
- Solar Fuels: Overview of solar thermochemical cycles
Speaker: Nathalie Monnerie, Institute of Future Fuels
- Experimental demonstration of solar chemical processes and components
Speaker: Dr.-Ing. Martina Neises-von Puttkamer, Institute of Future Fuels
- CST for process heat and solar fuels: Global project examples
Speaker: Johannes Daniel Kretschmann, Fichtner GmbH & Co. KG
- DAWN - The world's first industrial plant for the production of solar fuel
Speaker: Patrick Hilger, Synhelion Germany
Registration fee:
The regular price was 150,- Euro plus VAT, students payed 50,- Euro incl. VAT.
Location:
Institute of Solar Research
Im Langenbroich 13
52428 Jülich
