The Évora Molten Salt Platform (EMSP) is a research infrastructure jointly managed and operated by the Renewable Energies Chair of the University of Évora and the German Aerospace Center (DLR, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt), aiming at the development of applied research in molten salt-driven CSP, SHIP and thermal energy storage components, systems and technologies.





News & Events

Renewable Energies Chair, UÉ


07 February 2023, Évora 2027


According to Pedro Horta, coordinator of the Chair, renewable energies are "the great opportunity" of the Alentejo - one of the European regions with the greatest solar resources.....

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Évora: Inaugurada infraestrutura que usa sais fundidos na conversão termoelétrica da energia solar (c/fotos),

28 Abril, 2022, Hugo Calado

A Universidade de Évora (UÉ) inaugurou, esta quinta-feira, uma infraestrutura científica pioneira dedicada à investigação do uso de sais fundidos na conversão termoelétrica da energia solar....

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HPS2 Inauguration,

28 April 2022,

The University of Évora (UE) inaugurates the EMSP – Évora Molten Salt Platform, a scientific infrastructure dedicated to the investigation using molten salts in the thermoelectric conversion of solar energy. Developed and operated in partnership with the DLR Solar Research Institute....

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RTP 2


07 February 2022

The civil society program of RTP 2 dedicated the episode of 07-02-2022 to Energy, with the participation of Dr. Pedro Horta Head of the Renewable Energy Chair...

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MsOpera: Call for tenders for the salt solidification

From 28 January to 25 February 2022


Pastellation/granulation of liquid nitrate salts (200°C) for filling into BigBags. Nitrate salt mixture is located on EMSP in Évora, Portugal...

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EMSP Symposium


20 – 21 October 2021


The Évora Molten Salt Platform (EMSP) will open its gates this October to host the Scientific Symposium on Molten Salt Parabolic Troughs...

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