Solar Heat Industrial Processes (SHIP) deployment is currently very low because of economic competitiveness, low prices of fossil fuels charged to industries and to the complexity of their integration in existing industrial processes. SHIP2FAIR project aims to solve this issue using competitive and environmentally friendly solar technologies, innovative business lines and a user-friendly approach.
SHIP2FAIR has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme and its main objective is to adopt solar heat in industrial processes starting from the agro–food sector, by developing the following set of tools and methods:
- Replication Tool, a software to support the concept design of Solar Heat Industrial Processes projects (SHIP) and the development of techno-economic pre-feasibility studies;
- Control Tool, to add intelligence to the technologies and to allow them to reach their full potential, determining the optimal operating strategy for the solar plant and existing heating facilities;
- Overall SHIP guide, a complete guide for use of SHIP2FAIR tools and for the development of SHIP projects in the agro-food sector addressing their design, installation and operation;
- Capacity building program, training campaigns addressing professionals such as agro-food SME-owners and workers and students.
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The Spanish research centre, CIRCE, leads SHIP2FAIR team, with partners from the Agro-food sector and key partners in solar technologies, such as Bodegas Roda, RAR Açucar, Martini & Bacardi, ABC industries, Cooperativas Agro-alimentarias de España, BIOENERGY 2020+, CEA, EDF, EUREC, Industrial Solar, ISMB, RINA, S.O.L.I.D and TVP Solar.
In addition, RINA leads the realization of the Replication tool and supports the development of the control strategy and the commissioning of the SHIP installations.
SHIP2FAIR is now officially launched and will last until March 2022.