Digital tools for CSP and solar thermal plants

Last update: Nov 4, 2025 Last update: Nov 4, 2025

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Location:

EU 27

Funding agency:

Horizon Europe (2021 - 2027)

Contracting authority type:Multilateral organization

Status:Awarded

Budget: EUR 6,000,000

Award ceiling:N/A

Award floor:N/A

Sector:Energy, ICT & Telecommunications

Languages:English

Eligible applicants:Unrestricted / Unspecified

Eligible citizenships:

Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, A ...

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Date posted: Dec 12, 2022

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07 February 2025

Call HORIZON-CL5-2024-D3-02 has closed on the 04/02/2025.

593 proposals have been submitted.

The breakdown per topic is:

HORIZON-CL5-2024-D3-02-01 (IA): 26 proposals

Evaluation results are expected to be communicated in May 2025.

06 November 2024

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Planned opening date
17 September 2024
Deadline date
21 January 2025 17:00:00 Brussels time

Digital tools for CSP and solar thermal plants

TOPIC ID: HORIZON-CL5-2024-D3-02-01

Programme: Horizon Europe Framework Programme (HORIZON)
Call: Sustainable, secure and competitive energy supply (HORIZON-CL5-2024-D3-02)
Type of action: HORIZON-IA HORIZON Innovation Actions
Type of MGA: HORIZON Lump Sum Grant [HORIZON-AG-LS]
Deadline model: single-stage
Planned opening date: 07 May 2024
Deadline date: 05 September 2024 17:00:00 Brussels time

Topic description

ExpectedOutcome:

Project results are expected to contribute to some of the following expected outcomes:

Improved performance of concentrated solar power (CSP) plants.
Improved performance of concentrated and/or non-concentrated solar thermal heat and/or cold plants.
Reduced operation and maintenance costs of CSP plants.
Reduced operation and maintenance costs of concentrated and/or non-concentrated solar thermal heat and/or cold plants.
Reinforced role of CSP plants in the power market.
Reduced greenhouse gas emissions.
Achievement of the CSP targets of the Strategic Energy Technology Plan.

Scope:

Support will be given to the innovative application of digital tools (or to the application of innovative digital tools, or both) in CSP and/or concentrated solar thermal heat and/or cold and/or non-concentrated solar thermal heat and/or cold plants. Any type of application of the digital tools is in the scope (e.g., component control, performance measurement, self-diagnostic, ancillary services to the power system, digital twins, etc.). Artificial intelligence techniques are also in the scope.

Proposals are expected to bring and demonstrate measurable benefits of the proposed digital tools in terms of operation, maintenance, and flexibility of the plant.

Where applicable, the digital tools should support night baseload generation from thermal energy storage.

Where applicable, the demonstration should span a continuous interval of at least six months covering all possible incidence angles of the direct solar radiation.

Specific Topic Conditions:

Activities are expected to achieve TRL 7-8 by the end of the project – see General Annex B.

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