Type of organisation: University – Coordinator of the project

The university’s Group of Energy Conversion System is specialised in advanced power generation technologies from clean fuels and renewable energies. They are involved in particular in designing the innovative CO2 blends based on learnings from the SCARABEUS projects.

www.energia.polimi.it

Type of organisation: Engineering firm and EPC contractor

Protarget is experienced in solar engineering and manufacturing projects throughout the world. They are in charge of the balance of plant and the production of the containerised plant to be sent to King Saud University for testing.

www.protarget-ag.com

Type of organisation: Industry and EPC contractor

Experienced EPC Contractor in the Energy & Renewable sectors with extensive experience in the development, construction, operation and maintenance of power plants, Cobra is leading the economic analysis of the integrated system as well as scaling-up studies.

https://www.grupocobra.com/en/

Type of organisation: Industry

Leading developer and supplier of innovative renewable technologies, especially Concentrated Solar Power and having develop the first CSP powered desalination system, they are in charge of overseeing and supporting the plant development to ensure its potential for industrial uptake after the project.

www.aalborgcsp.com

Type of organisation: University and Research Centre

Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems (IKTS) is one of the world‘s top research institutions in the field of separation technology that applies ceramic materials. In DESOLINATION, they are involved in designing the Membrane Distillation’s hydrophobic ceramic nanofiltration membrane.

https://www.ikts.fraunhofer.de/en/departments/environmental_process_engineering/biomass_technologies/membran_process_techmodeling.html

Type of organisation: University

The university team represents the United Kingdom at the European Energy Research Alliance on Concentrated Solar Power. In the project, they oversee both the CO2 power cycle design and its integration in the whole plant. They are also involved in the social and environmental impact assessment.

https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/people/professor-chris-sansom-754915

Type of organisation: University

The LUT School of Energy Systems (LES) is the largest university-level energy research and education community in Finland. In DESOLINATION, LUT will study and test fluid dynamics and heat transfer of supercritical CO2 blends, and how to use them to integrate CSP and desalination processes.

https://www.lut.fi/web/en/lut-mikkeli/laboratory-of-bioenergy

Type of organisation: Research Centre

The specific mission of Tekniker is to help the industrial sector increase its innovative capacity by means of generating and applying technology and knowledge. In the DESOLINATION project, they will be implicated in the development of a digital twin of the CSP and desalination system.

https://www.tekniker.es/en

Type of organisation: University

With a strong competence in several areas of research, in the DESOLINATION project LULEA will develop graded ceramic high flux membranes with high stability and high salt rejection, which will be integrated in the project’s innovative Forward Osmosis + Membrane Distillation desalination system.

http://www.ltu.se/chemtech

Type of organization: Consultancy firm

Euroquality is a service provider specialised in innovation consulting and European project management. Euroquality will be responsible for the information management, as well as the communication and dissemination activities of the DESOLINATION project.

https://www.euroquality.fr/

Type of organisation: University

TU/e’s project members are experts in the fields of membrane formation, nanofiltration and electrodialysis. They will collaborate with other DESOLINATION partners to develop two Forward Osmosis membranes for the desalination cycle.

http://www.tue.nl/mmp

Type of organisation: University

With years of experience in membrane technology, Maribor University will optimize the draw solution for the Forward Osmosis + Membrane Distillation desalination process for the DESOLINATION coupled CSP + desalination system.

https://www.fkkt.um.si/?q=node/23

Type of organization: University

King Saud University’s active CSP facility in Riyadh will hold the DESOLINATION demonstration site, where the innovative technology coupling CSP power cycles and desalination processes will be tested for 1 year.

https://ksu.edu.sa/en/

Type of organisation: University

University of Brescia comprises eight departments offering quality programs and competitive research. UNIBS will be involved in identifying the most promising CO₂ blending, with particular attention to compound identification, thermal characteristics, and components material compatibility.

http://www.unibs.it

Type of organisation: University

https://www.tees.ac.uk/