University of Perpignan (UPVD) has been part of EUREC European Master in Renewable Energy since 2011. The Solar Thermal & Associated Renewable Storage specialisation semester takes place at Font-Romeu Odeillo 1 MW solar furnace, in the premises of PROMES-CNRS laboratory. Courses are taught by PROMES and UPVD teachers, researchers and engineers, expert in solar thermal and concentrated solar energy. Learn more: https://solarthermal-master.org
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Practical Information
Location
PROMES-CNRS
7, rue du Four Solaire
66120 Font Romeu
France
Teaching methods
Total : 280 h of which Tutorial/labs 100h, 30 ECTS
Visits : 1 MW solar furnace, 5 MW central receiver concentrating facility (Themis), Solar collector testing facility.
Syllabus STARS specialisation
Job perspectives
Engineers in solar industries (solar heating and cooling, solar power plant). Renewable energy project developers. Experts for National or International institutions.
Researchers in academic or industrial labs.
Research activities
The research objectives of PROMES-laboratory are:
– To transform solar energy into heat, coldness, electricity, and hydrogen (solar fuels) using particularly thermal and thermochemical processes. It includes: low temperature solar thermal processes, solar power plants (CSP), concentrating PV (CPV) and solar chemistry.
– To qualify and to improve high temperature materials, and elaborate new materials using concentrated solar energy.
– To develop and to characterized new materials for solar energy conversion.
Original research facilities are available to reach these objectives: solar furnaces and solar concentrators, solar collector testing facility, solar cooling equipment.
https://www.promes.cnrs.fr
International Students
The University of Perpignan offers the three levels of diplomas in further education: Bachelor’s Degree, Master’s, and Doctorate.
The harmonisation of university courses at the level of the European Union allows each student to choose his own course of study, in one main subject, with the possibility of branching out into other disciplines.
