This annual report highlights the activities that ASTRI continued to progress during 2022 to enhance the value proposition that Solar Thermal can provide across different energy end-use markets.
Report extract
The Australian Solar Thermal Research Institute (ASTRI) is a consortium of leading Australian research institutions working with Australian and international developers to facilitate commercial interest in, and domestic uptake of, Solar Thermal technologies. The intent being to ensure that Solar Thermal is considered as an option in support of Australia’s transition to a low emission energy future.
To achieve this objective, the ASTRI Program focuses on technology development and commercial facilitation. ASTRI’s technology-based activities are aimed at improving the cost competitiveness, efficiency, and reliability of Solar Thermal technologies. This includes the use of multi-hour thermal energy storage (TES) systems as a cost-effective option to address Australia’s emerging energy storage needs – for power generation, for industrial process heat applications, or both (i.e. combined heat and power).
