R&D
Technology development based on disruptive engineering
Research and Development
Since 2009, CADE has been engaged in Research, Development, and Innovation (R&D&I) activities focused on disruptive new technologies and industrial applications related to renewable energy and clean-tech industries. Below is a summary of the most relevant R&D&I projects and milestones achieved to date.
2022
ECLOSION (In development)
Generation, storage, and transport of renewable hydrogen and biomethane
The ECLOSION project will develop new materials, technologies, and processes for the generation, storage, transport, and utilization of renewable hydrogen and biomethane derived from biowaste (urban, agri-food, wastewater, and sewage sludge).
It will validate disruptive thermochemical, electrochemical, and bioelectrochemical systems powered by photovoltaic and wind energy for converting biowaste and wastewater into low-cost hydrogen and biomethane.
2021
TES4TRIG (In development)
Innovative solution for the generation of heat, cooling, and electricity from solar energy
This project is being carried out under the European CSP-Era.Net call and aims to demonstrate the viability of applying a thermal storage system to a trigeneration system (cooling, heating, and electricity) powered by a solar concentrating field.
In November 2020, the project received a positive evaluation with a score of 12.5 out of 15. The project is a consortium with companies Protarget (Germany) and MES Energy (Greece), as well as NTUA and Demokritos (Greece) and SIJ (Germany). The total project budget exceeds €1.5 million.
2016
S-GEN
Technical-economic feasibility study of applying SCWG technology to sewage sludge treatment.
2016
INNOVA-ADELANTE (2016-2019)
Execution of several R&D&I projects involving SCWG technology for sewage sludge treatment and desalination of cooling tower blowdown water, as well as the development of IN-CYCLE, a novel tool for water cycle and equipment optimization in solar thermal plants.
2016
MS LOOP
Start of the MSLOOP project under the Fast Track to Innovation (FTI) funding scheme of the European Horizon 2020 Program. The project aims to validate a technology enabling the development of a highly competitive solar field for solar thermal power plants using parabolic trough collector (CSP) technology with molten salts as heat transfer fluid (HTF), featuring an innovative hybridization system.
2016
EDITOR Project
A pioneering initiative to provide continuous (24h) process steam from a solar field using parabolic trough collector technology and an innovative concrete-based thermal storage system (SolidTES).
The EDITOR project was launched with funding from the SOLAR-ERA.net program under the EU’s 7th Framework Programme. Its goal was to develop an innovative system for continuous solar energy supply, integrated into an industrial process plant. The system combines a new silicone-based HTF, Protarget’s parabolic trough collectors (PTC), and CADE’s C-TES concrete thermal storage system.
The first EDITOR system was installed in Cyprus at the KEAN soft drinks factory, where it has been supplying continuous solar process steam since September 2018.
2016
Pons Patentes y Marcas
Pons Patentes y Marcas (a consulting firm specialized in Industrial and Intellectual Property) issued a favorable report on the patentability of the SCWG process and its main components.
2014
UNE 166002.
CADE has obtained certification for its R&D&I Management System according to UNE 166002.
2014
CADE y Protarget
CADE and Protarget signed a commercial agreement to launch solar thermal applications for industrial heating and cooling in Spain. These applications are based on integrating Protarget’s parabolic trough collector (PTC) technology with CADE’s SolidTES technology, creating a new business line called processCSP.
2010
solidTES
Concrete-based thermal energy storage system
CADE participated as engineering contractor in designing a pilot plant for a concrete-based thermal energy storage system. As a result, commercial agreements were reached for marketing the system, and CADE launched its proprietary SolidTES technology—an extremely competitive alternative for high-temperature energy storage in concrete (C-TES).
2010
Innospray
Drying process using an innovative spray system
The Innospray project was launched with funding from CDTI. Today, the technology developed in this project—CADE ZeroLD—is commercially available and being considered for various turnkey proposals in ZeroLD applications.
