Welcome to SolarPACES 2026!
Welcome to the 32nd SolarPACES Conference, the world’s leading conference on concentrating solar power, thermal and chemical energy systems!
Following the outstanding success of the 2025 conference, we are delighted to be holding the 2026 conference from September 15-18 in Bad Neuenahr, Germany.
Join us as a speaker, participant or sponsor and don't miss the exciting conference program or the technical tour. We look forward to seeing you!
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4 Conference Days
4 Networking Events
1 Technical Tour
Registration Now Open
The full conference tickets include four full days of participation, featuring plenary lectures, technical sessions across four parallel tracks, and poster presentations. Throughout the event, attendees are provided with daytime catering, including coffee breaks and lunches. The program also includes a Welcome Reception with drinks and light bites, as well as a Gala Dinner with entertainment and an evening dinner party. To get the full experience you can book a Technical Tour and a Young Professionals Dinner on top.
All participants receive access to the digital conference program and participant platform with access to PDF versions of presentations and posters and the possibility to connect with other participants.
Conference proceedings published with TIB Open Publishing (Fully citable, listed in SCOPUS and other important repositories) are also included in the ticketprice.
Chairpersons' Invitation
Robert Pitz-Paal, DLR and Benedikt Kölsch, DLR, the SolarPACES 2026 Chairmen, invite you to attend the 32nd conference in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany!
Conference Topics
- Advanced Materials, Manufacturing, and Components
- Commercial Projects
- Emerging and Disruptive Concepts
- Measurement Systems, Devices, and Procedures
- CSP Integration, Markets, and Policy
- Power Cycles
- Solar Industrial Process Heat and Thermal Desalination
- Operations, Maintenance, and Component Reliability
- Analysis and Simulation of CSP Systems
- Hybrid Systems
- Digital Tools and AI in Concentrating Solar Technology
- Solar Fuels and Chemical Commodities
- Solar Resource Assessment
- Thermal Energy Storage Materials, Media, and Systems
- Solar Collector Systems
- Receivers and Heat Transfer Media: Linear Systems
- Receivers and Heat Transfer Media: Point Focus Systems
Important Dates
- End of Early Bird: July 15, 2026
- Late fee: September 1, 2026
- SolarPACES 2026: September 15-18, 2026
- Technical Tour(s): September 19, 2026
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