Events

SolarTwins 2nd Summer School
Concentrating Solar Thermal (CST) Applications and Next-Generation Technologies
30 Aug. 1 Sept. 2022
Solar-Driven Water Desalination and Treatment Technologies
In-Person at METU, Turkey
Globally Leading Experts from CIEMAT-Plataforma Solar de
2 - 8 Sept. 2022
Next-Generation CST Technologies
ONLINE
Globally Leading Experts from DLR, Germany.
2021-2022 Spring TEKPOL- SolarTwins Seminars
| Date | Speaker Institution |
Seminar Title | Announcement (TR) |
Announcement (EN) |
| 15 April 2022 | Arda Mevlütoğlu, Kubilay Yıldırım ve Semih Akçomak |
TOGG and Beyond (in Turkish) – Panel | Link | Link |
| 22 April 2022 | Onur Çağdaş Artantaş Hacettepe University, Faculty of Law |
Promotion of Green Electricity: Legal and Political Perspectives (TR) | Link | Link |
| 29 April 2022 | Serdar Türkeli Maastricht Governance School |
Technological change and non-intervention, novel indicators and non-measurement (TR) | Link | Link |
| 13 May 2022 | Barbep Epp Solrico |
Cost Trends for Commercial and Industrial Solar Heat | Link | Link |
| 20 May 2022 | Pınar Derin Güre METU Economics & ODTÜ GÜNAM |
Gender and social sciences involvement in technology development projects in energy (TR) | Link | Link |
| 27 May 2022 | Şuhnaz Yılmaz Özbağcı Koç University Dep. of International Relations |
Sustainable Energy and Climate Policies in the Light of Changing Global and Regional Dynamics (TR) | Link | Link |
| 3 June 2022 | Derek Baker METU Mechanical Engineering and ODTÜ-GÜNAM |
ODAKTR: Concentrating Solar Thermal (CST) as a key enabling technology for Turkey’s Clean Energy Transition | Link | Link |
| 10 June 2022 | Christian Oltra CISOT - Socio-Technical Research Centre/ CIEMAT |
Introducing SSH Aspects of Energy Transitions | Link | Link |
| 17 June 2022 | S. Banu Akkaş ve Zelal Özdemir METU Research Coordination Office / Middle East Technical University |
METU in New European Research Area (TR) | Link | Link |
| 24 June 2022 | Seven Ağır METU Economics |
AgroPV Potential, Opportunities and Barriers in Turkey: A Preliminary Evaluation From Social Sciences Perspective (TR) | Link | Link |

SolarTwins 1st Summer School*
1st Announcement for the 1st SolarTwins Summer School on Concentrating Solar Thermal (CST) Fundamentals
20-24 Sept. 2021
Line-Focus Systems
Dr. Eduardo Zarza, CIEMAT-PSA, Spain
4-8 Oct. 2021
Point-Focus Systems
Dr. Reiner Buck, DLR, Germany
ODAKTR Winter 2020 - 2021 Webinar Series
| Date | Speaker, Institution | Webinar Title | Recorded Webinar Links | Announcement |
| 26 Feb. 2021 | Dr. Isabel Oller CIEMAT-PSA, Spain |
Water-Energy-Food nexus in industrial and urban wastewater recovery | Link | Link |
| 19 Feb. 2021 | Marcel Bial ESTELA- The European Solar Thermal Electricity Association |
First learnings from a multifold stakeholders position review regarding the deployment of CSP in Europe | Link | Link |
| 12 Feb. 2021 | Dr. Reiner Buck DLR - Institute of Solar Research, Germany |
Solar Particle Technology for Dispatchable Power and Heat Generation | Link | Link |
| 5 Feb. 2021 | Dr. Inmaculada Polo CIEMAT-PSA, Spain |
Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria: occurrence and removal from urban wastewater | Link | Link |
| 22 Jan. 2021 | PhDc. Gkiokchan Moumin DLR - Institute of Future Fuels, Germany |
Calcination of Cement Raw Meal in a Solar Rotary Kiln and Heat Transfer Challenges | Link | Link |
| 15 Jan. 2021 | Dr. Florian Wiesinger DLR - Institute of Solar Research, Germany |
Quality Assessment and Accelerated Aging Experiments of Optical Components for CSP Plants | Link | Link |
| 08 Jan. 2021 | Dr. Yelda Erden-Topal UPM & CIEMAT, Spain, and METU TEKPOL, Turkey |
CST in Turkey: Current State and National Strategies to Exploit Opportunities | Link | Link |
| 18 Dec. 2020 | Prof. Dr. Eduardo Zarza CIEMAT-PSA, Spain |
An Introduction to Concentrating Solar Thermal (CST) Technologies and Applications | Not Recorded | Link |
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