Our partners from Leonardo Energy are just starting a new Training course on “Concentrated Solar ThermalAims at transferring the radiation from the sun to thermal energy. Usually to warm up water. PowerUseful energy can be mechanical energy, for example powering a fan.”.

Seville University holds a long tradition on Concentrated Solar Thermal Power (CSTP) research. Its students become key players at research centers and solar energySolar energy is the light and radiant heat from the Sun that influences Earth's climate and weather and sustains life. For solar energy as a source for renewable energy, look up photovoltaics (solar power) or solar thermal energy. departments of companies. One of the “fathers” of CSTP in Spain, Manuel Silva, will be delivering 5 lessons about technology and assessment of solar resource.

You can register for this training for free.

Manuel Silva is a PhD Industrial Engineer with twenty four years of engineering experience, together with ten years as Associate Professor at the Engineering School of Seville University. He is the responsible of Solar Thermal Concentrating Systems and Solar RadiationSolar radiant energy impinging on the earth in any given region or area. Projects at the Group of Thermodynamics and Renewable EnergyRenewable energy is power generated from infinite sources, such as wind or solar power. Conventional energy is generated from finite sources, such as natural gas or fossil oil. in this University. He coordinates or participates in several national and international projects on the following topics:

• solar resource measurement, evaluation and assessment;
• feasibility analysis of solar thermal power projects, including site characterization, estimation of electricity generationElectricity generation includes all technologies that turn some form of energy into useful electric energy., optimization of the solar field;
• R&D projects for component development, performance evaluation of solar thermal concentrating systems.

He worked as well for two years a freelance engineer, collaborating in international R&D projects in the field of Solar Thermal Concentrating Systems. He was a Member of the International Test and Evaluation Team at Plataforma Solar de Almería (Spain) during 5years. Ph D in Engineering at Seville University (Spain).

As a professor, he teaches the modules of Solar Radiation and Solar Thermal Concentrating Systems in the course of Renewable EnergyThe ability to perform work, mainly kinetic, potential, thermal energy, but also in forms of gravitational, sound, elastic and electromagnetic energy. at the Department of Energy Engineering, Seville University since 2001. He also teaches other graduate and postgraduate courses in different institutions, like the University of Colorado at Boulder (USA), UNIA (Universidad Internacional de Andalucía, Spain), ESPE (Escuela Politécnica Superior del Ejército, Ecuador) and other.