OVERVIEW

The Plataforma Solar de Almería (PSA), a division of the Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas (CIEMAT), is the largest solar thermal and photochemical technologies research, development, and test centre in Europe. PSA activities are integrated in the CIEMAT organization as an R&D division of the Department of Energy.

Integration of the PSA in the CIEMAT organization

BASIC DATA:

Facility that belongs to the Department of Energy of the Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tercnológicas (CIEMAT), a public research organization under the Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación.
Objective: R&D activities focus on potential industrial applications of concentrating solar thermal energy and solar photochemistry.
Location: Built on a plot of 103 hectares located in Tabernas (Almería).
Human resources: About 135 persons.