2026
24.-26.03.2026
Exhibition of ceramic components of the solar thermal receiver by a manufacturer at ceramitec 2026, “International Leading Trade Fair for the High-Performance Material Ceramics”, in Munich.
29.01.2026
The project “Air Receiver Testing at Synlight” by Hueck Solar Energy GmbH and the Spanish Sunntics Europe S.L. is funded by the EU-funded program RISEnergy – Research Infrastructure Services for Renewable Energy – under the Third Transnational Access Call. The funding enables tests of a solar thermal receiver consisting of seven modules in Synlight, the artificial sun of the DLR in Jülich, with RISEnergy covering the Synlight costs.
Among other things, the evaluations of three independent experts state: “The great advantage of CSP plants is their cost-effective overnight storage, which allows them to provide a supply that is close to base load capacity. With PV and wind power plants, this can only be achieved with extremely large and expensive batteries. The approach pursued in this proposal is therefore very important for improving CSP technology, as it can remove the obstacles to this technology.”
Co-funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the Research Infrastructure Service for Renewable Energy (RISEnergy). Neither the European Union nor RISEnergy can be held responsible for them.
2025
08.12.2025
Online lecture “Game Changer Technology for Concentrated Solar Power” by Dr. Ulrich Hueck at the VDI-Arbeitskreis Energietechnik of the VDI Bezirksvereins München, Ober- und Niederbayern e.V. in cooperation with the Lehrstuhl für Energiesysteme der Technischen Universität München (TUM).
- Announcement VDI with registration form
- Announcement LinkedIn by VDI BV München, Ober- und Niederbayern e.V.
- Announcement LinkedIn by TUM – Chair of Energy Systems
25.02.2025
Winner of the “CleanTech Hackathon” by energy provider Dubai Electricity & Water Authority (DEWA) in the United Arab Emirates. Presentation and exhibition of solar thermal receiver models at the Cleantech Innovators Exhibition from February 24 to 26, 2025, at the Sustainability & Innovation Centre of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park near Dubai.
- LinkedIn – DEWA Hackathon announcement of the winners
- OneArabia – DEWA Launches Third Cycle Of CleanTech Hackathon To Drive Sustainable Innovation And Climate Solutions
- Water Online – DEWA launches 3rd Cycle Of CleanTech Hackathon – Competition coincides with UAE Innovates
30.01.2025
Signing of the contracts for the complete acquisition by Hueck Solar Energy GmbH of the solar thermal receiver technology developed by Dr. Ulrich Hueck together with a team at Siemens Energy, including the intellectual property rights. In addition, the business partners relevant to the project each received written permission from Siemens Energy to collaborate with Hueck Solar Energy GmbH in the continuation of the solar project.
2024
30.09.2024
Submission of the final report on the funding by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWE) for the joint project “SolarRetrofit – Solar Thermal Heat for Power Plants and Industry” of Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG and the Institute of Solar Research of the German Aerospace Center e.V.
06.03.2024
Winner of the “South African Innovation Challenge” by the company ACWA Power and the organizer Africa Energy Indaba in South Africa. To this end, a presentation on March 6, 2024, at the 16th Africa Energy Indaba in Cape Town.
- LinkedIn – ACWA Power announcement of the winners
09.-12.04.2024
Exhibition and presentation of ceramic components of the solar thermal receiver by a manufacturer at ceramitec 2024, “International Leading Trade Fair for the Ceramics Industry”, in Munich.
2023
06.04.2023
Customer presentation “Solar Thermal Energy and Storage solution” by Dr. Ulrich Hueck for Siemens Energy in South Africa.
- LinkedIn – Invitation “Solar Thermal Energy and Storage solution“
- Engineering News 06.04.2023 – “Siemens Energy extolls benefits of solar thermal energy and storage solution“
- LinkedIn – “Thank you Siemens Energy“
- LinkedIn – “Siemens Energy and its Solar Thermal Heat & Storage“
16.03.2023
Brief interview with Dr. Ulrich Hueck in the YouTube video “Is there now desert electricity for the EU?“
2022
01.12.2022
Lecture by Dr. Ulrich Hueck on the research project “SolarRetrofit”: How the enormous potential of solar energy could be used for the energy supply in the future and what can be learned from other project plans – such as Desertec.
- Freunde der TU Darmstadt – Ankündigung/Einladung E+E Diskurs
- Lecture on YouTube – “Energieversorgung zwischen Innovation und Umsetzung“
- TU Darmstadt – “Gelungene Auftaktveranstaltung im Lichtenberg-Haus“
- LinkedIn – “Solarenergie für die Nacht“
29.09.2022
Contribution to the 28th SolarPACES Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, “The world’s leading conference on concentrating solar power, thermal and chemical energy systems”.
- Scientific publication: “Closed Solar Thermal Receiver for Air at Ambient Pressure – Concept and Basic Design With First Manufacturing and Testing“
- Lecture video Dr. Ulrich Hueck: “Closed Solar Thermal Receiver for Air at Ambient Pressure“
2021
28.06.2021
Funding by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWE) for the joint project “SolarRetrofit – Solar Thermal Heat for Power Plants and Industry” of Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG and the Institute of Solar Research of the German Aerospace Center e.V. with grant notification dated June 28, 2021. The period of public funding was from July 2021 to March 2024, with a total budget of EUR 1.75 million.
28.05.2013
Scientific publication by Dr. Ulrich Hueck “An Innovative Concept for Large-Scale Concentrating Solar Thermal Power Plants” in the book “Transition to Renewable Energy Systems“.
The work includes an overview and a qualitative assessment of all technological approaches relevant at the time for the configuration of solar thermal power plants. However, the subsequent approach favored in the work, direct steam generation with a “solar boiler” in a solar tower plant, and the associated heat storage with salt as “Phase Change Material” (PCM), are obsolete, as they are neither technically scalable nor economically viable. These findings have been incorporated into further work for the development of a competitive CSP configuration.
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