'Enhancing Solar Thermal Electricity Supply and Exchanges to Meet the EU Renewable Energy Targets for 2020 and beyond'

ESTELA held its Annual Summer workshop on 15 July 2010 at the Dominican in the heart of Brussels. Members of the Industry, Representatives of Members States and EU Institutions, as well as stakeholders in the field of renewable energy were gathered to hear about and discuss the activities of ESTELA in 2010, the current situation of CSP in Spain, the A.T. Kearney Cost Roadmap and the following policy issues:

Mediterranean Solar Plan (MSP)
A Representative of the French Ministry of Energy gave a presentation on the present implementation status of the MSP

Solar Thermal Electricity Industrial Initiative for the SET-Plan and New Entrants Reserve (NER 300)
The European Commission dedicated the afternoon to give practical information about financing instruments such as NER 300 and answer all the questions that the audience had.

This workshop proved very fruitful and ESTELA received excellent feedback from the participants.