Project

General objective

The Digital Tools Journey

SUN-DT will jointly advance and integrate four interoperable innovative digital tools:

HELIOSTATACC

A heliostat automatic calibration and characterisation tool

SUN-DTWIN

A Digital Twin of the solar field and receiver for automated decision-making

D-OPT

An energy management system for dispatch optimisation system based on weather, and market and auxiliary services forecasts

PREDOM

A predictive operation and maintenance (O&M) tool

These tools will be integrated into a unified SUN-DT Platform, which will be tested and validated at two experimental facilities (IMDEA Energy's Very High Concentration Solar Tower in Spain and DLR's Solar Towers Jülich in Germany) and two commercial plants: (Khi Solar One plant in South Africa and the Cerro Dominador plant in Chile), representing different CSP tower configurations.

General objective

The Digital Tools Journey

SUN-DT will jointly advance and integrate four interoperable innovative digital tools:

HELIOSTATACC

A heliostat automatic calibration and characterisation tool

SUN-DTWIN

A Digital Twin of the solar field and receiver for automated decision-making

D-OPT

An energy management system for dispatch optimisation system based on weather, and market and auxiliary services forecasts

PREDOM

A predictive operation and maintenance (O&M) tool

<p>These tools will be integrated into a unified SUN-DT Platform, which will be tested and validated at two experimental facilities (IMDEA Energy's Very High Concentration Solar Tower in Spain and DLR's Solar Towers Jülich in Germany) and two commercial plants (Khi Solar One plant in South Africa and the Cerro Dominador plant in Chile), representing different CSP tower configurations.</p>

Implementation methodology

The SUN-DT Methodology

The SUN-DT methodology is based on a structured, stepwise approach to guarantee that project outputs not only work together, but also reach greater scalability, interoperability, and impact across diverse existing and new CSP tower plants in Europe and beyond:

Stage 0: Complementary and innovative digital tools selection
Stage I: Individual maturing phase
Stage II: Integration phase
Stage III: Testing for validation phase

Quantifiable objectives

Project Impact

Increased power plant efficiency by

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Enhanced yield performance of CSP tower plants by

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annually

Reduced operating and maintenance costs by

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OPEX solar field

Reduced Capital of Expenditures by

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CAPEX

Increased profitability of CSP tower plants by

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