EUROSUNMED

INDUSTRIAL WORKSHOP

20 AVRIL 2017

CASABLANCA/MOROCCO

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AgendaTime Activity Speaker

9:15 - 9:30 Welcome Tea and Coffee

9:30 – 9:45 Welcome Introduction by Cluster

Solaire

Nadia Zeddou

9:45 - 10:15 Presentation on EUROSUNMED

project, and its technical results:

PV

CSP

Grid integration

Abdelilah Slaoui (CNRS, project

coordinator)

10:15 – 10:45 Break

10:45 - 12:30 Solar energy systems

manufacturing and market

challenges in the south

Mediterranean countries

Questions and Answers

- Alto Energy- Jet Energy- AIC Metallurgie

12:30 – 14:30 Lunch

14:30 – 16:00 EUROSUNMED Roadmap:

Technology transfer and

deployment

Research infrastructures

Education and training

Panel discussion:

Ideas for cooperation

Paola Mazzucchelli (EUREC)

Khalid Afanga (MASEN)

16:00 - 16:30 Conclusion Abdelilah Slaoui

19:00 – 21:00 cocktail BtoB

21:00 Départ Aeroport Mohamed V

EUROSUNMEDEURO-MEDITERRANEAN COOPERATION ON

RESEARCH & TRAINING IN

SUN BASED RENEWABLE ENERGIESABDELILAH SLAOUI

PROJECT COORDINATOR

CNRS (ICUBE-UNIVERSITY OF STRASBOURG)

FRANCE

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EUROSUNMED: Rational

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EUROSUNMED: Rational

Solutions for RenEn deployments

• Public Private Partnership to implement national programs

for achieving RenEn targets

• Policy and Regulations to create a business-friendly

environment, the pre-requisite for RenEn deployment

• Training and Capacity Building to contribute to local

economic and social development and to create the best

conditions for attracting investments

Focus on Solar energy in Morocco and Egypt

Morocco has launched one of the

world’s largest solar energy projects

costing an estimated $9 billion and

aims to create 2,000 megawatts of solar

generation capacity by the year 2020.

Egypt, plans are coming together for a slew of solar power generating plants

worth around $3.5 billion, and will reportedly add two gigawatts (GW) of

electricity for the nation

EUROSUNMED: Rational

EUROSUNMED at a GLANCE

16 Partners : 8 EU + 8 MPCs (5 Morocco, 3 Egypt)

6 Research centres, 4 Universities, 3 Agencies, 2 Small/Medium

Entreprises (SMEs), 1 Large Entreprise (LE)

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Workpackages

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EUROSUNMED – Summary of expected outcomes

• WP1 & WP5: Development of inorganic thin film solar cells &

modules at low cost & compatible with harsh environments.

• WP2 & WP5: Advanced/improved heliostats and identification

of an optimized decoupled combined cycle for storage.

• WP3: Strategies for power balancing for grids in Morocco &

Egypt.

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WP 1 – PHOTOVOLTAICS

Goal: Developing TF-Si, TF-CZTS & TF-CZTS/Si tandem cells & mini-modules

Leaders of WP1 – PV Participants in WP1 – PV

CZTS/Si based tandem structures in 4T or 2T configurationsPoly-Si

Al, AlSi or Si

Silicon foil

Silicon ingot

Poly-Si

Etching of

the Si/Al mix Al substAl subst

Poly-Si layer (CNRS)

Si/Al mix

aSi deposited by PECVD

(30 SiH4, 35 Ar, T=250°C)

Thermal

annealing

(12h, 550°C)

Al subst.

(SINTEF)

EBSD (a) and EDS analysis of Si (b) after chemical etching (HN03, H20, HF)

Ultrathin Silicon Solar cells on flexible metal substrates

▪ Average grain size of around 5 µm (no preferential orientation)

WP 1 – PHOTOVOLTAICS

WP1- Photovoltaics

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Two deposition methods for CZTS layers:

Ultrasonic Spray (UMV) Sol-gel (MASCIR)

Glass/Mo

CZTS 919nm

CdS 70nm

i-ZnO 100nm

TCO 250nm

Al Al Al

Cellules @ CNRS)

WP5/WP1: Demonstration

Monitoring of modules performances versus climate conditions

Installation of modules in several sites

under different climate conditions

The technical goal of WP2 is to develop a new generation of solar tower power plants based in the

use of decoupled Brayton and Rankine combined cycles, in which the Brayton cycle is decoupled from the

Rankine cycle by means of the thermal storage system, as main innovative concept for achieving a

substantial cost reduction in the solar electricity production.

Leaders of WP2 – CSP Participants in WP2 – CSP

WP2 – Concentrating Solar Power

WP2 – Concentrating Solar Power

1. New cost-effective heliostat concept.

2. Optimized heliostat field layouts.

3. Protective/optical coatings for harsh environments.

4. New receiver concepts for high temperature.

5. New storage configurations and materials.

6. Advanced combined cycles

The specific technical Goals, within the scope of this WP are:

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WP2 – CSP – Develop. of a new concept of single facet small heliostat

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• Analysis of small, low-cost heliostat design options.

• Design focused on cost reduction (manufacturing,

packaging, transport, installation) and off-the-shelf

components.

• Detailed design of the heliostat according to

requirements.

• Design of the heliostat control system and

communication.

Heliostat prototype

manufacturing

WP2 – CSP- Development of an optimized solar receiver concept

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• Analysis of advanced optical configurations and

candidate materials for high temperature operation.

• Alumina and SiC/Mullite material from wastes analyzed.

• Detailed Optical/CFD simulation and optimization of

Honeycomb and ceramic foams solar receivers.

• Proposal of innovative, high temperature and high

efficiency receiver designs.

• CPC-Stacked-plate receiver concept

PROPOSED STACKED-PLATE DESIGN:

ANALISIS OF CERAMIC FOAMS

WP2 – CSP - Decoupled Combined Cycles

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• Analysis of different alternatives for decoupled solar

combined cycle power plant schemes.

• Schemes being analyzed: with ORC as bottoming cycle,

with two bottoming cycles (Rankine + ORC), etc.

• Simulation models developed for all plant systems and

techno-economic optimization of the main plant

parameters.

Solar tower plant modeling and

optimization

WP5/WP2: Demonstration

Ultimate aim: construct a complete demonstration system for a small

heliostat power plant + a calibration system and a controller mechanism for

the heliostats operation.

First experimental solar tower in Egypt

(NVE + HU)

tower

heliostat

Research objectives

Identify the potential and barriers for large-scale grid integration of renewable energy in Mediterranean Partner Countries (North Africa)

Suggest strategies that will enable this potential to be realised

Additional objectives

Foster lasting cooperation

Knowledge transfer and research capacity building

SINTEF Energy

Reseach

(Norway)

Independent research

institute

Helwan University

(Egypt)

Faculty of Engineering

Al Akhawayn

University

(Morocco)

School of Science and

Engineering

National Renewable

Energy Centre

(Spain)

Research institute

WP3 - Grid integration

Balancing via grid2030 scenarios for demand and generation mix in MA and EG

Grid bottlenecks associated with large solar/wind power plant deployment

Cost-effectiveness of investments in grid upgrades vs. energy storage

– Grid first, storage if necessary

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Morocco 2030

Egypt 2030

WP3 - Grid integration

Software toolPowerGAMA: Scenario analysis tool made available as open source software through the project

• Market:– Hour-by-hour minimisation of

total generating costs (optimal generation dispatch)

• Grid:– Line impedance and capacity– Time-series for variable

generation and demand– Geographical distribution of loads

and generators

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WP3 - Grid integration

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EUROSUNMED – Training/Dissemination

• WP4: Training of students/researchers in the field of RenEn.

(60 exchanges with labs work, 600 students teached on RenEn)

• WP6: Dissemination to enhance visibility of the research &

development achievements within the project.

(more than 40 joint publications in journals, 45 com/conferences;

2 patents; organization of 6 workshops, 5 Int. schools)

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EUROSUNMED – Roadmap

WP7: Development of a Roadmap for long-standing

cooperation between academic and industry partners from EU

and MPCs in the area of solar energy

Roadmap workshops (x2)

Industrial workshops (Cairo-March 2017; Casablanca-April 2017)

THANK YOU!

Coordinator: abdelilah.slaoui@unistra.fr

Manager: Maria Dutarte (dutarte@unistra.fr)

www.eurosunmed.eu

Panel discussion-Ideas for cooperation

• What are the main needs of your organisation related to the

development of solar business, in terms of: technology development;

access to capital; policy support; skilled workforce

• What are the real needs and challenges to accomplish the south

Mediterranean Plans for Solar energy projects?

• Do you have experience on cooperating with organisations from the

EU?

– What are the benefits of such a cooperation?

– What are the main obstacles to such a cooperation?