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The “SME Initiative” project was selected as part of the Investment for the Future Program led by ADEME. Launched in 2016 and completed in 2018, it aimed to improve the reliability, competitiveness, and predictability of thermal energy supplied by solar thermal plants for the heat needs of industrial processes.

Call for Research Projects selected by ADEME and ANR

Launched in 2017 and completed in 2020, its objective was to develop tools to facilitate the integration of solar thermal energy into heating networks.

Project selected as part of the Innovation Competition led by ADEME

Launched in 2018 and completed in 2021, it aimed to develop technical solutions to overcome the main obstacles limiting the deployment of large solar thermal plants.

Project selected as part of the European Union’s LIFE call for projects

Launched in 2018, its objective is to minimize wastewater discharges from mines and contribute to the circular economy by reusing most of the discharged water and recovering valuable substances contained in the water from mining industry processes.

Project selected as part of the i -Nov Innovation Competition funded by the Investment for the Future Program and led by ADEME. Launched in 2021, it involves deepening the techniques for modeling, design, management, and operation of large renewable heat production plants using the most virtuous recovery and production technologies, without input, combustion, or particle emissions and limiting the impact on natural resources, to produce heat up to 100°C. They will aim for 100% decarbonization rates for heat-consuming processes.

Supported by the European Union, the INDHEAP project aims to demonstrate the efficiency and viability of solar thermal and photovoltaic technologies to meet the heat and electricity needs of medium-temperature industrial processes (up to 250°C). Launched in 2024, this program aims to revolutionize industrial energy consumption by reducing dependence on natural gas and contributing to the EU’s carbon neutrality objectives through solar energy. By 2027, a demonstration plant will be installed at a lubricants plant, marking a major step towards a more sustainable industry.

The TREASURE project is an innovative initiative supported by the European Union under its HORIZON 2.5 – Climate, Energy and Mobility program. Launched in 2024, it aims to demonstrate the effectiveness of pit thermal storage systems in decarbonizing district heating networks. The TREASURE consortium, composed of 24 European partners, aims to deliver several operational demonstrators by 2027.

The PEPHEAT project is an in-house R&D programme at Newheat, funded by the Nouvelle Aquitaine region and structured around two complementary strands. The first focuses on the design of renewable heat production and distribution systems, with the development of digital tools to support each phase of the project, from design to plant operation. The second aims to develop new offerings for 100% renewable heating networks, medium-temperature heating and cooling production facilities, and better integration with customers’ industrial processes. This programme involves all the Newheat teams in developing new skills over the next 3 years.

The NARBOFLEX project is funded by ADEME as part of the “Advanced Energy Systems Technologies” (TASE) acceleration strategy. It aims to develop and implement a power-to-heat solution integrated with the existing NARBOSOL solar thermal plant and its storage system. This combined system would be a world first. The project aims to increase the decarbonization rate of the Narbonne heating network while providing the electricity grid operator with a frequency regulation service for the national electricity grid.

This project was funded by the French State as part of France 2030 operated by ADEME.