QWE to host lecture on solar thermal power
Published Feb 23, 2010The Qatar Sustainable Water and Energy Utilization Initiative on 1 March will host Professor Hans Muller-Steinhagen director of the Institute of Technical Thermodynamics, German Aerospace Center (DLR), as he discusses the Desertec Project.
In October 2009, 12 major companies signed an agreement to initiate the Desertec Project, designed to supply 15 percent of European electricity from solar thermal plants in North Africa. Muller-Steinhagen's lecture, "From MegaWatt to GigaWatt -- New Developments in Solar Thermal Power," will outline the Desertec project and its integration into a wider concept to achieve both security and sustainability of electricity provision for Europe. The lecture is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. in lecture hall 238 of the Texas A&M Engineering Building. For information contact Amanda Field: amanda.field@qatar.tamu.edu.