Concentrated Solar Thermal

Play your part in the commissioning of one of Australia’s first operating solar thermal power plants

Solar thermal skills and capability sought to support review, assessment and commissioning of VAST Solar pilot plant in Jemalong, NSW.

ASTRI Director appointed Chairman of international solar thermal collaboration

Dr Manuel Blanco, Director of ASTRI has been re-elected as Chairman of the Executive Committee for SolarPACES - the international network of independent experts on Concentrating Solar Thermal (CST) and Solar Chemistry technologies. This is Dr Blanco’s third consecutive term as Chairman of the organisation.

In Profile: Larissa Fedunik-Hofman, PhD Student – Why CST is for me…

As the newest member of the ASTRI team, PhD student, Larissa Fedunik-Hofman tells us why she pursued a career in […]

A glimpse at keeping mirrors clean in the desert

ASTRI researcher, Ben Duck, recently toured Solar Reserves Crescent Dunes CSP facility as part of work conducted to improve the […]

World solar expert to shine light in Australia

Dr Manuel J Blanco today joins CSIRO as Director of the Australian Solar Thermal Research Initiative (ASTRI). ASTRI is an […]

Solar thermal energy cost expected to halve

Solar thermal energy will halve in cost by 2020, the new director of the CSIRO’s Australian Solar Thermal Research Initiative […]