PROMES is a Research Unit of
CNRS (UPR 8521) belonging to the Institute for Engineering and Systems Sciences ( (
INSIS) under contract with the University of Perpignan (
UPVD). The laboratory is located in three sites: Odeillo-Font Romeu (1 MW CNRS Solar furnace), Targasonne (Themis site, 5 MW central receiver solar facility, a site of “Pyrénées Orientales” Council) and Perpignan, Tecnosud.
PROMES Management team is composed of Francoise Bataille, Director, and 4 Deputy Directors. The laboratory staff is composed of 150 persons from CNRS and UPVD working together on a common subject, solar energy and its use as a source of energy and high temperatures.
Research at PROMES is organized in 3 major unifying Themes :
- Material for Energy and Space
- Next Generation of Solar Power Plants
- Storage and Solar Chemistry
and 6 departments.
Access to the PROMES unique facilities for the European research community is open thanks to the European projects
SFERA3 and
EU-SOLARIS. Strongly connected to the European research, PROMES coordinates the H2020 projects
Next-CSP and
POLYPHEM devoted to the development of new concepts for solar power plants, and is a partner in the
IMPROVEMENT and
MINISTOR projects.
