1. CONTRIBUTION TO THE ROADMAP OF THE
JOINT INITIATIVE FOR RESEARCH AND
INNOVATION
EULARINET workshop on Renewable Energies:
Solar Thermal Energy

2. PARTICIPANTS
Dr. José G. Viramonte – INENCO Fidel Serrano Candela
Universidad Nacional de Salta – CONICE Centro de Investigación en Geografía y
4400 – Salta, Argentina Geomática,Mexico
viramonte.jose@gmail.com fidel@centrogeo.org.mx
Ing. Ramón Reyes Suarez Rodrigo Tapia McClung
CINVESTAV-IPN,Mexico Centro de Investigación en Geografía y
rreyesenero@yahoo.com.mx Geomática “Ing. Jorge L. Tamayo”, Mexico
rtapia@centrogeo.org.mx
Prof. J. Antonio Urbano Castelán
CINVESTAV-IPN, Mexico *Dr. Ignacio Martín,Plataforma
jurbano@cinvestav.mx Tecnológica,España
ignamarjime@hotmail.com
Jorge Huacuz Villamar Gerente de Eenergías
No Convencionales, IIE,Mexico. Ing.Fernando Kohrs Aldape, PNC para Energía,
jhuacuzq@iie.org.mx y Director de Planeación G.Estrategia y
Comercialización, IIE. Mexico
C.P Nora Rocío Pérez Flores fkohrs@iie.com
Coordinadora de Relaciones Internacionales
IIE y Apoyo al PNC de Energía,Mexico *José Jasson Flores Prieto
nrperez@iie.org.mx CENIDET-Mexico, RED Temática de Energias
Renovables – Conacyt.
jasson@cenidet.mx
* Moderators

3. WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES

4. COMMON SPECIFIC SUBAREAS OF COOPERATION
Basic research common interests
• Studies of solar resources in Latin America including social, geographical and
economic, industrial needs issues.
• Metrological standars
• Components and control systems
• Thermal energy storage (phase-change materials, fluid heat transfers, advanced
systems, mechanical storage configuration)
• Development of critical concentrator materials (recievers, solar fields)
• Water-use footprint (desalinization, water treatment, toxicity treatments…).
• Solar technologies in buildings.
• Trainning and scientific interchanges programs EU+LAC (doctoral and senior
profiles)

5. COMMON SPECIFIC SUBAREAS OF COOPERATION
Demonstration common activities
• Geographical R+D adaptability needs (mirrors, electric systems, heat
tramision fluids, receivers, solar fields, among others). Mainly Fresnel in
Argentina and Dish Stirling in Mexico
• Direct Solar Steam (quality, purity…)
• Solar concentration thermal generation applied to both heating and
cooling and electricity
• Improvement in the environmental and water-use footprint
• Solar Hydrogen production and other solar subproducts
• Hybridization systems (biogas, natural gas, biomass, geothermal)
• Distributed generation (low-medium installed capacity) in isolated areas.

6. PROPOSED COOPERATION ACTIVITIES*
-New development of components in a pilot plant Fresnel and parabolic trough
solar technology
-Partners; Universidad Nacional de Salta (AR) in cooperation with national
industry+CIEMAT (ES)+CINVESTAV-IPN (ME)+UNAM (ME)+CENIDET
(ME)+IIE (ME)+CEA (FR)
-Thermal energy storage mainly in distributed generation
-Partners; Universidad Nacional de Salta (AR)+CIEMAT (ES)+ CEA (FR)
*The countries represented at the meeting were; MX, ES, FR, AR. Other national points of view have not been taking into
consideration at the time of the preparation of the this document

7. OTHER PROPOSED ACTIVITIES*: Capacitation, Innovation
Promotion, Technology Transference, etc
-Cooperation agreement among a network of research centres in Latin
America (ME and potentialy others) and in Europe
-Partners; Red Temática de Energías Renovables (ME)+CIEMAT
(ES)
--Exchange of public policies experiences in the field of concentrated
solar LAC-EU (regulatory framework, incentives, etc).
-Partners; Policy makers in energy from Latin America and Europe
*The countries represented at the meeting were; MX, ES, FR, AR. Other national points of view have not been taking into
consideration at the time of the preparation of the this document

8. FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS
1. A Latin American roadmap is needed with a view to establishing the pathway of
the coming policies in the field of concentrated solar power that are expected to
be taken in Latin America.
2. A Latin American common energy framework (internal coordination) is of
paramount importance in the concentrated solar area, e. g. the Set Plan in
Europe
3. It is encoraged to launch a trainning and scientific interchange programs
EU+LAC