PROcesses, Materials and Solar Energy

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General overview

The PROMES laboratory is a CNRS Proprietary Unit (UPR 8521) attached to the Institute of Engineering and Systems Sciences (INSIS), under agreement with the University of Perpignan via Domitia (UPVD). The laboratory is located on three sites: Odeillo-Font Romeu (1 MW solar furnace of the CNRS), Targassonne (Thémis, 5 MW tower power plant, site of the Conseil Départemental des PO) and Perpignan, Tecnosud.

Scientific topics

MEE
MEE

Materials for Energy and Space

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CSPG
CSPG

Next Generation Solar Power Plants

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SCS
SCS

Storage and Solar Chemistry

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On video

Panoramic view of solar facilities
Next-CSP is a European funded project, started in 2016 and gathering 10 European partners. The aim is to demonstrate a 3MW fluidized particle-in-tube receiver in a solar tower using concentrated solar power
Solar furnace seen from the sky

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Solar furnace seen from Tour de France 2021

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