09:00

Europe/Madrid

09:00 - 09:30 CEST
SALA 1 - Las Salinas de Cabo de Gata

Welcome address from the conference organizers

Welcome address from the conference organizers Aránzazu Fernández García, CIEMAT-PSA, Chair of the SolarPACES Conference 2025 Gilles Flamant, CNRS, Chair of IEA SolarPACES TCP Marina Casanova Molina, CIEMAT-PSA, Women+ in Concentrated Solar

09:30

Europe/Madrid

09:30 - 11:00 CEST
SALA 1 - Las Salinas de Cabo de Gata

Global Update on CST Technology, Market and Commercial Plants

Chair: Alina Gilmanova, IRENA Speakers: Zhifeng Wang, IEECAS, China Hernando Romero, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Iztapalapa, Mexico Luca Turchetti, ENEA, Italy Dominic Zaal, CSIRO, Australia Jasurjon Akhatov, Uzbekistan Academy of Sciences, Uzbekistan

11:00

Europe/Madrid

11:00 - 11:30 CEST

Coffee Break

11:30

Europe/Madrid

11:30 - 12:30 CEST
SALA 1 - Las Salinas de Cabo de Gata

Welcome address from Institutional Representatives

Chair: Aránzazu Fernández García, CIEMAT-PSA, Chair of the SolarPACES Conference 2025, Spain Speakers: Vanesa Lara de la Cruz, Councillor of Economy, Innovation and Procurement, Almería City Council, Spain Emma Peralta Pérez, Provincial General Secretary for University, Research and Innovation, Regional Government of Andalusia, Spain Yolanda Benito Moreno, General Director, CIEMAT, Spain Eva Ortega Paíno, General Secretary for Research of the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, Government of Spain, Spain

12:30

Europe/Madrid

12:30 - 14:15 CEST

Lunch Break

14:15

Europe/Madrid

14:15 - 15:45 CEST
SALA 1 - Las Salinas de Cabo de Gata

Spanish CST Scenario

Chair: Diego-César Alarcón Padilla, CIEMAT-PSA, Spain Speakers: Eduardo Zarza Moya, CIEMAT-PSA, Spain David Sánchez, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain Marcelino Sánchez, CENER, Spain Juan Manuel Medel, Exera Energía, Spain Egoitz San Miguel, Tewer Engineering, Spain

15:45

Europe/Madrid

15:45 - 16:15 CEST

Coffee Break

16:15

Europe/Madrid

16:15 - 18:00 CEST
SALA 1 - Las Salinas de Cabo de Gata

CST for Process Heat

Chair: Rafael Guedez, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden Speakers: Joakim Bystrom, Absolicon, Sweden Miguel Frasquet, Solatom, Spain Henk Arntz, Suncom Energy, Netherlands Gediz Karaca, ODQA Renewable Energy Technologies Ltd, United Kingdom Will Gardner, FPR Energy, Australia Joachim Krüger, ESTELA, Belgium

18:00

Europe/Madrid

18:00 - 19:30 CEST
Entrance Area

Poster Session Tuesday

This Poster session includes the topics Thermal Energy Storage, Solar Fuels and Chemical Commodities and Process Heat

19:30

Europe/Madrid

19:30 - 21:00 CEST

Welcome Reception

Meet old friends and make new ones in a relaxed, cheerful atmosphere! You are invited to attend the welcome reception. It will take place in Hotel Barceló just opposite of the conference center.