The Renewable Energy Systems Group (RES-Group) at τhe Agricultural University of Athens (AUA), Laboratory of Agricultural Engineering, is an RTD performer and the project coordinator. AUA has a wide experience and is active for over 20 years in the field of renewable energy applications, such as photovoltaic applications for rural electrification, ORC technology, water pumping, refrigeration, solar heating, etc. In addition, AUA has coordinated and participated in many national and European funded research projects, some of those relevant with solar applications and ORC technology.

The Lumicum laboratory is a Swedish RTD performer. The laboratory was founded in 2008 after a grant from a regional bank to support the Swedish research in solar concentrators. The Foundation has acquired world class knowledge and equipment for low/medium concentrating photovoltaic/thermal energy systems, such as solar simulator, climate chamber, and a “sunwalker” to measure intensity fluctuations with different geometry.

CIEMAT will participate in the project as RTD performer via Plataforma Solar de Almeria (PSA), which is the largest centre in Europe for R&D in solar energy. CIEMAT-PSA has 30 years experience in the field of solar energy applications and is a worldwide reference for evaluation of solar concentrating systems. It has coordinated several EU projects, many of those relevant with solar applications and few with ORC technology. CIEMAT-PSA has several pilot plants for studying the de-centralized generation of water and electricity from solar energy.

The main research interests of the Applied Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer (ATHT) group of UGent concern the thermodynamic analysis of advanced gas turbine cycles, the thermodynamics of fuel cell integration in gas turbine cycles, ORC technology, cogeneration systems, CHP in buildings and performance of HVAC systems.

The ATHT research group of UGent has a long time experience in setting up detailed experimental measurement and data reduction procedures for heat transfer and pressure drop. UGent also has extensive experience in studying, modelling and optimizing complex heat exchanger designs through simulations.

Hellas Energy (HEN) is a SME partner. It was established in 1986 by the Engineers P. Moschovitis and K. Bouzianas. HEN deals with studying, installation and maintenance of air conditioning systems, industrial cooling applications, and energy savings in industry, buildings, shipping and greenhouses. HEN has experienced and high-qualified staff, fully equipped studies’ department, and a modern workshop, while has already participated in EU and national research projects, aiming to keep abreast the latest technological developments.

Sistemas de Calor (SICA) was established in 1994 by a team of technicians with more than 20 years experience on the industrial heating and air conditioning sector. Nowadays, the staff consists of more than 30 people and national and international growth process is foreseen.

SICA is a highly specialized company, which provides both equipment and technical installations, such as HVAC systems in buildings, low temperature solar thermal energy used for hot water, heating and solar cooling systems, solar photovoltaic power stations with 2-axis tracking, and parabolic trough test loop. SICA technicians and specialised interests favour the involvement of the company in different R&D projects with national and international organizations, such as: European Commission, University of Almería and PSA (Almería Solar Platform).

Deconinck SA (DECO), founded in 1982, was originally active in the maintenance and repair of steam boilers. In recent years, DECO has made several notable acquisitions, while specializing in the design, construction and installation of complete units, offering a wide range of steam boilers, high-pressure steam generators, and thermal oil boilers. DECO also offers a complete service: guarantee of delivery, maintenance of all types of burners and boilers, spare parts and rental boilers mobile.

Recently, some small scale boilers (e.g. on biomass) are under development, while others for CHP applications are being manufactured. The company has a long experience in heat exchanger design and construction under high pressure conditions.