It is our great pleasure to inform you that the “Market Uptake of Solar Thermal Electricity through Cooperation (MUSTEC)” project, financed under the Horizon 2020 programme of the European Commission, and coordinated by the Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas (CIEMAT) has been successfully completed!

MUSTEC aimed to explore and propose concrete solutions to overcome the various factors that hinder the deployment of concentrated solar power (CSP) projects in Southern Europe capable of supplying renewable electricity on demand to Central and Northern European countries. To do so, the project has analysed the drivers and barriers to CSP deployment and renewable energy cooperation in Europe, has identified future CSP cooperation opportunities, and has gathered a set of concrete measures to unlock the existing potential.

The Final Conference of the project was held virtually on March the 22^nd. Key topics discussed during the meeting included the Roadmap and Action Plan to support the realisation of CSP cooperation projects in Southern Europe, the lessons learnt for CSP cooperation mechanisms, a CSP market analysis and social acceptance study, as well as the framework conditions and policy pathways for CSP cooperation projects. The conference concluded with a panel discussion on “The future of CSP cooperation projects in Europe”, which brought together representatives from the EU, the respective ministries from selected offtaker and host countries, as well as the CSP industry. You can find more information about the MUSTEC Final Conference here.

For an overview of the key MUSTEC results see our latest video in the project’s YouTube channel here.