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CSP4Africa Project

CSP$Africa Project

The International Institute for Water and Environmental Engineering (2iE) in Burkina Faso led a team involving TEC and Sirea Energie, France carried out a research project with activities as follows:

  • Potential assessment and sites ranking of CSP in West Africa
  • Multi-scale design optimization of multi-faceted heliostats
  • Implementation and testing of an optimal multi-faceted heliostat in Burkina Faso and Ghana
  • Design and optimization of a turbine for a waterless CSP

The AU-2iE CSP4Africa Project was supported by the African Union with an amount of €743,096 and focuses on technology development.