CHOOSE YOUR LANGUAGE ABOUT US COOLING SOLUTIONS ENEXIO SERVICE WATER TECHNOLOGIES REFERENCES PUBLICATIONS MARKETS CONTACT Home About us H2020 MinWaterCSP WHO WE ARE OUR MANAGEMENT COMPANIES NEWS & EXHIBITIONS GENERAL TERMS OF PURCHASE CORPORATE GOVERNANCE QUALITY AND HSE H2020 MINWATERCSP HISTORY VACANCIES ENEXIO PARTNERS EU FUNDED COLLABORATION REDUCTION OF WATER CONSUMPTION IN CONCENTRATED SOLAR POWER PLANTS Twelve partners – within the context of the project MinWaterCSP, for minimized water consumption in concentrated solar power plants (CSP) – will develop solutions to reduce the consumption of water in CSP plants and increase the cost-effectiveness of such plants. European, Moroccan, and South African partners – including ENEXIO Germany GmbH and ENEXIO Management GmbH – are taking part in this research and demonstration project. This venture began in January of 2016 and is being supported by the European Union within the context of the Horizon 2020 Program. Concentrated solar power plant MinWaterCSP aims to develop advanced cooling and mirror cleaning technologies as well as integrated water management plans to reduce cooling system water consumption by up to 95% relative to wet only cooling systems and mirror cleaning water consumption by up to 25%, while maintaining overall cycle efficiency. OBJECTIVES Introduce novel hybrid dry/wet cooling technology to increase the net annual power output of CSP plants by up to 2% and reduce the water consumed for cooling by 75 to 95% relative to wet only cooling systems, while not increasing the capital cost above the level required by current cooling technologies. Reduce the auxiliary power consumption of the cooling system by improving fan static efficiencies from currently 55 and 60% to 65 to 70%. Reduce water consumption during mirror cleaning by 25% by introducing improved mirror cleaning processes for large-scale CSP plants using parabolic trough collectors and heliostats and for small-scale CSP plants using linear Fresnel collectors. Develop comprehensive water management plans for CSP plants in various locations. This will make the location of CSP plants less dependent on the availability of high quality water sources thereby increasing the flexibility to locate them at sites with maximum solar radiation. Get to know more about our partnership with MinWaterCSP and visit www.minwatercsp.eu As part of the Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Program of the European Union, MinWaterCSP is being supported under Funding Agreement no. 654443. For more information on Horizon 2020, please consult the following website: www.horizont2020.de Home / Contact / Imprint / Sitemap © 2021 ENEXIO MANAGEMENT GMBH. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. We use cookies to personalize content and ads, to provide social media features, and to analyze traffic to our website. We also share information about your use of our website with our social media, advertising and analytics partners. Our partners may combine this information with other information that you have provided to them or that they have collected as part of your use of the services. Accept Reject Edit settings