INES Formation & Evaluation and CEA DTBH are two of the partners in the consortium "FRIENDSHIP: Forthcoming Research and Industry for European and National Development of SHIP", a EUR 5 million project funded by the European H2020 program to ensure the deployment of more cost-effective solutions to increase the market for solar thermal for industrial processes.
The FRIENDSHIP project aims to demonstrate that solar heat can also be a reliable, user-friendly, high-quality and cost-effective resource to meet the heat needs of industrial sectors such as the chemical, metal, wood, plastic or textile industries. This requires the development of easy-to-use systems for heating and cooling, combining commercially available solar technologies and advanced thermal components at reduced costs.
