STS-Med: Small scale thermal solar district units for Mediterranean communities

#STSMed project focuses on the development, implementation and diffusion of pioneering solar technologies to improve energy efficiency in public buildings. The project has been deployed 4 demonstrative plants based on concentrating solar collectors for a total power of about 500 kW as a showcase for 20.000 end users and 20 Mediterranean local communities. The four plants have been designed through computer simulation and market validation of components and subsystems. A requisite in the selection of the plant location has been the impact on the local communities in terms of potential visitor, educational activities, promotional events: two of them have been installed within university campus, one is linked to a local, well-recognized hospital and the last one is built on the roof of a school. Energy services are delivered to close buildings and all the demo plants are available to the research and industrial community as learning tools and they will be used as a testbed for future innovation and test of components that could help to improve the performances or to deliver new services. The Sts-Med project has been produced with the financial assistance of the European Union under the ENPI CBC Mediterranean Sea Basin Programme through the DG EuropeAid Development and Cooperation. The contents of this video are the sole responsibility of STS-Med Consortium and can under no circumstances be regarded as reflecting the position of the European Union or of the Programme’s management structures.