STAR - Solare Termodinamico ad Alto Rendimento
Home Personnel Publications Events Useful links	Project STAR has been supported by Regione Toscana, with the aim of developing a laboratory demonstrator of a high efficiency solar concentrator, based on the adaptive optical techniques, already adopted in the most recent astronomical telescopes. The Consortium which carries out the Project was composed by: National Institute of Applied Optics of the National Research Council (INOA-CNR), Florence Astronomical Observatory of Arcetri of the National Institute of Astrophysics (INAF), Florence Department of Astronomy and Space Science of the University of Florence Department of Energetics "S. Stecco" of the University of Florence Institute of Biometeorology of the National Research Council (IBIMET-CNR), Florence Ronda High Tech, Zanè (VI) Project STAR had a total budget of 600.000 €, of which 520.000 € were supplied by Regione Toscana. The Project started on May 8, 2008, and finished on November 27, 2009. The results of Project STAR were described during a workshop, held on Nov. 26, 2009, in Aula A of the Dep. of Astronomy and Space Science of the University of Florence, Largo E. Fermi 2.You can see a reportage (in italian) on this event.

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 Last update Dec. 01, 2009