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IEA SolarPACES Secretariate, Apartado 39
Tabernas (E-04200)
Spain
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Email: exsec@solarpaces.org
http://www.solarpaces.org/

SolarPACES is an international cooperative organization bringing together teams of national experts from around the world to focus on the development and marketing of concentrating solar power systems (also known as solar thermal power systems). It is one of a number of collaborative programs managed under the umbrella of the International Energy Agency to help find solutions to worldwide energy problems.

Concentrated Solar Power (CPS) technologies use large, sun-tracking mirrors to concentrate solar radiation. However, the final steps of generating electricity using CSP systems is similar to conventional electricity generation - the ultimate energy conversion process depends on the use of steam or gas to rotate turbines, or move a piston in a Stirling engine. In a CSP system, however, steam or hot gas is produced by the concentrated solar radiation.

CSP technologies have been constructed in various sizes, from small multi-kW systems, to large power stations of several MW. These power stations have provided the cheapest electricity to be generated using solar power.

1. Actor:

   International partnerships

2. Sector:

   Solar thermal energy

3. Activity:

   Australia, Brazil, Egypt, France, Germany, Israel, Mexico, Russian Federation, South Africa, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

1. Abstract:

   SolarPACES (Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems) is an international programme of the International Energy Agency to further the collaborative development, testing and marketing of concentrating solar power plants. The programme was founded in 1977 and membership is open to all governments or their designated agencies signing the organization's Implementing Agreement.

2. External Links:

   • Wikipedia
   • Freebase

3. Categories:

   Energy policy, International renewable energy organizations, 1977 establishments