The document describes the renewable energy facilities and laboratories at the Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial (INTA). It details the Thermal Solar Energy Laboratory which tests solar thermal collectors and domestic water heating systems. It also describes the Fuel Cells Testing Laboratory with test benches up to 12 kW for controlling fuel cell systems. Additionally, it mentions the Solar Hydrogen Production Plant which uses a photovoltaic field and electrolyzer to produce hydrogen for storage and testing of PEM and PAFC fuel cells.

1. INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TÉCNICA AEROESPACIALINSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TÉCNICA AEROESPACIAL
Área de Energías RenovablesÁrea de Energías Renovables
Laboratorio de Sistemas de Energías
Terrestres de “El Arenosillo”
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
“New markets, new challenges for renewable energy and energy efficiency in the Mediterranean region”
12th, 13th and 14th November 2014

2. 2
Campus
Tecnológico
Estación
Espacial
Instalación
Especial
Geographical location

3. Renewable Energy Department
The aim of the INTA Department of Renewable Energy is testing,
integration and development of components and systems based on
renewable energies, specially:
• Low temperature solar thermal
• Solar Cooling
• Technologies of production, storage and use of hydrogen
• Fuel Cells
• Energy Efficiency
• Photovoltaic solar energy
• Wind Energy

4. Thermal Solar Energy Laboratory
Laboratory acreditated by ENAC
for SOLAR THERMAL COLLECTOR
testing under the Standards
UNE EN 12975-1 and 2, as well as
UNE-ISO 9806
Meteorological
station El
Arenosillo

5. Thermal Solar Energy Laboratory
Testing of collector up to 10m2
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6. Thermal Solar Energy Laboratory
DurabilityDurability andand
reliabilityreliability teststests

7. Thermal Solar Energy Laboratory
Solar domestic water heating
systems: Acreditated by ENAC
for testing under standard UNE
EN 12976-1 and 2. and UNE-ISO
9459-2.
8 Test8 Test benchesbenches forfor SolarSolar
DomesticDomestic systemssystems testingtesting
Automatic control and regulation

8. • Solar domestic water heating systems tests:• Solar domestic water heating systems tests:
Standards UNE EN 12976-1
& 2, and UNE-ISO 9459-2
Thermal Solar Energy Laboratory

9. Thermal Solar Energy Laboratory
• Solar absorption cooling:• Solar absorption cooling:
Technical consultancy on the design, monitoring
and evaluation of facilities.
Project preparation of solar absorption cooling
for AENA and IDEA.
Definition of “IEA-Task on Solar Cooling / Air
Conditioning”.

10. Thermal Solar Energy Laboratory
• Standardisation activities:• Standardisation activities:
Active participation in standardisation
comitees:
• AEN/CTN 94: Thermal Solar Energy
• AEN/CTC 078: Thermal Solar Energy
• CEN/TC 312: Thermal solar systems and
components; Custom built systems
Active participation in standardisation
comitees:
• AEN/CTN 94: Thermal Solar Energy
• AEN/CTC 078: Thermal Solar Energy
• CEN/TC 312: Thermal solar systems and
components; Custom built systems

11. Fuel Cells Testing Laboratory
TestTest BenchBench
1212 kWkW
ControlControl
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12. TestTest BenchBench
44 kWkW
ControlControl
SystemsSystems
Fuel Cells Testing Laboratory

13. Solar hydrogen production plant.
PEM and PAFC test benches
PhotovoltaicPhotovoltaic FieldField
ElectrolizerElectrolizer
MetalMetal hydridehydride andand highhigh pressurepressure storagestorage
PAFCPAFC PEMFCPEMFC