Spanish renewable energy media covers the launch of SUNSON project

The Spanish specialized publication “Energías Renovables” covered the launch of the SUNSON project, highlighting its ambition to store solar energy at temperatures exceeding 1,200°C, more than double the operating temperature of existing solar thermal plants.

The article spotlights the project’s core technology, which combines phase change materials for ultra-high temperature heat storage with thermophotovoltaic converters that directly transform incandescence into electricity. It also underlines the relevance of the project in the context of Spain being the world’s leading country in installed solar thermal power capacity.

Project coordinator Alejandro Datas, researcher at UPM’s Solar Energy Institute, is quoted in the article reflecting on SUNSON’s mission to address one of the greatest energy challenges of the century: the uninterrupted supply of renewable energy.

Read the full article here.