As a CSP/CST specialist, your organization must operate within a sector undergoing continuous maturation. The development, harmonization, and adoption of standards are essential to ensure performance, safety, bankability, interoperability, and long-term sustainability.
This survey is addressed to you professionals, researchers, engineers, project developers, and other specialists working in the field of Concentrating Solar Technologies. Its objective is to better understand:
Your level of awareness and knowledge of existing CST-related standards
Your degree of involvement in standardization activities
The perceived relevance and impact of standards on your work
Your interest in future standardization initiatives
Your insights will help identify current gaps, assess industry needs, and guide future actions to strengthen standardization efforts in the CST sector.
We greatly appreciate your time and expertise in contributing to this important initiative.
This survey and its exploitation are funded by the SOLARIZE European project. This project targets to support the long-term sustainability of EU-SOLARIS ERIC, the European consortium of research infrastructures dedicated to concentrated solar power and solar thermal energy (CSP/CST). More information here:
https://solarize-project.eu/
https://eu-solaris.eu/
Which standards related to CSP/CST have you already used?
ISO
ISO 9059 - Solar energy - Calibration of field pyrheliometers by comparison to a reference pyrheliometerISO 9060 - Solar energy - Specification and classification of instruments for measuring hemispherical solar and direct solar radiationISO 9845 - Solar energy - Reference solar spectral irradiance at the ground at different receiving conditionsISO 9846 - Solar energy - Calibration of a pyranometer using a pyrheliometerISO 9847 - Solar energy - Calibration of field pyranometers by comparison to a reference pyranometerISO 9901 - Solar energy - Field pyranometers - Recommended practice for useISO 24871 - Solar energy - Test methods for pyranometer performance
EN ISO
ISO 9488 - Solar energy - VocabularyISO 9806 - Solar energy - Solar thermal collectors — Test methodsISO 24194 - Solar energy - Collector fields - Check of performance
UNE
UNE 206009 - Solar thermal power plants. Terminology.UNE 206010 - Tests for the verification of the performance of solar thermal power plants with parabolic trough collector technology.UNE 206011 - Solar thermal power plants. Representative Solar Year generation procedure.UNE 206012 - Characterization of the thermal storage system for concentrating solar power applications with parabolic trough collectors.UNE 206013 - Solar thermal power plants. Generation procedure of solar radiation percentile years.UNE 206014 - Tests to determine the performance of the solar field of solar thermal power plants with parabolic trough technologyUNE 206015 - Heat transfer fluids for parabolic trough solar thermal power plants. Requirements and tests.UNE 206016 - Reflective panels for concentrating solar technologies.UNE 206017 - Specific sensors for the global evaluation of solar thermal power plants.UNE 224001 - Solar thermal power plants. Criteria for design, installation and verification of the performance of kinematic joints in solar thermal power plants with parabolic trough collector technology.
IEC for CSP/CST (IEC 62862)
IEC 62862-1-1 : General - TerminologyIEC 62862-1-2 : General - Creation of annual solar radiation data setIEC 62862-1-3 : General - Data format for meteorological data setsIEC 62862-1-5 : General - Performance test codeIEC 62862-1-6 : General - Silicon based Heat Transfer FluidIEC 62862-1-7 : General - Biphenyl/Diphenyl-oxide based Heat Transfer FluidIEC 62862-2-1 : Thermal Energy Storage - Characterization of active sensible systemsIEC 62862-2-2 : Thermal Energy Storage - Molten salt used as heat storage and heat transfer mediumIEC 62862-2-3 : Thermal Energy Storage - Protocol for testing sensible and latent thermal TESIEC 62862-3-1 : Parabolic Trough - General requirements for designIEC 62862-3-2 : Parabolic Trough - Test methods for large-sized PTCIEC 62862-3-3 : Parabolic Trough - Test methods for solar receiverIEC 62862-3-5 : Parabolic Trough - Lab reflectance measurementIEC 62862-3-6 : Parabolic Trough - Durability of silvered-glass reflectorsIEC 62862-3-7 : Parabolic Trough - Design and performance verification of flexible pipe connectorsIEC 62862-4-1 : Solar Tower - General requirements for designIEC 62862-4-2 : Solar Tower - Heliostat field control systemIEC 62862-4-3 : Solar Tower - Technical requirements and design of heliostatsIEC 62862-4-4 : Solar Tower - Receiver coatingsIEC 62862-5-2 : Linear Fresnel - Test methods for large-sized Linear Fresnel
IEC for CPV
IEC 62108 - Concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) modules and assemblies - Design qualification and type approvalIEC 62670 - Photovoltaic concentrators (CPV) - Performance testingIEC 62787 - Concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) solar cells and cell-on-carrier (CoC) assemblies — Reliability qualificationEN 62925 - Concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) modules - Thermal cycling test to differentiate increased thermal fatigue durability
IEC for PV
IEC 62446 - Photovoltaic (PV) systems - Requirements for testing, documentation and maintenance - Grid connected systemsIEC 62817 - Photovoltaic systems - Design qualification of solar trackersIEC 62116 - Interconnected PV - Test procedure of islanding preventionIEC 62446 - PV systems - requirements for testing, documentation and maintenance - Grid connected systems
CIE
CIE 241 - Recommended reference solar spectra
Are you aware of the standards currently in development for CSP/CST?
YesNo
If no, would you be interested in being informed of standards in development?
Have you ever faced challenges in your job regarding standards? (Extra costs, need to adapt technologies, international trade barriers, ...)
If yes, could you shortly describe these challenges?
Would you qualify standards as :
An assistance for good design (material, component, sizing, ...)A rule to followA legal threatA charge to handleAn opportunityYour daily working topicOthers
If you clicked "Others", please describe here:
Do you have internal practices or processes that you would like to become a standard?
If yes, on which topic?
If you have items you would like to add to the current simplified mapping of standard in European context (see attached file, under the introduction), please fill in here:
Are you already acting in one or several standardization technical committee(s) ?
If yes, which one ?
If no, would you be interested in participating in such a standardization technical committee to contribute to the definition of standards?
Would you be interested to be part of a more detailed upcoming survey to precise to the CSP/CST community your needs about standards, and also about their qualification and certification?
If yes, would you like to have a public recognition of your involvement in this task?
Do you want to present yourself?
Yes, I'd love to stay in touchNo, I want to stay anonymous
Present yourself
CSP/CST technologies used
Parabolic TroughLinear FresnelSolar TowerSolar FurnaceSolar DishStorage DeviceGlobal SystemPower ConversionOther
Organisation sector
Component supplierEPCEnd user of energy processAcademic/ResearchQualification and certification companiesPolicy makerLegal specialistFinancial/InvestorsOther
Organisation country
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