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Solar Congress: worldsolarpower

The "World Solar Power Conference" was intended to be the world's premiere conference and meeting place for all those involved in the development of large-scale electricity-generating facilities based on Concentrated Solar Power and Concentrating Photovoltaic technologies.

The conference included individual scientists and engineers, research centers, project development organizations, construction and operating companies, electric utilities, public and financing entities.

Key aspects of these emerging industries were addressed during the conference, specifically:

• The technologies that make the efficient transformation of solar radiation into electricity possible.
• The legal frameworks needed to facilitate the development and financing of solar installations.
• The strategic policies of countries and regions that support further use of CSP and CPV technologies.

The conference was held in the "Hospital de los Venerables", in Seville. Seville is the global headquarters of the Focus-Abengoa Foundation. Industry executives, senior government officials and leading industry experts were in attendance.

In addition to the conference, attendees had the opportunity to visit the Solar Platform being constructed by Abengoa Solar at the nearby municipality of Sanlucar la Mayor, Seville. This Solar Platform is a world-class reference site for CSP technologies.

Agreements with City Councils

In locations where plants are to be installed, Abengoa Solar has entered into collaboration agreements with City Councils.

City Council of SanLúcar la Mayor

Abengoa Solar collaborates with the City Council to organize public activities which benefit the community, which provide educational and employment opportunities and which provide information on the activities of Abengoa Solar. Activities and projects of note are:

• Organization of solar energy courses in the Professional Training School.
• Forums, conferences and educational information provided by qualified Abengoa Solar personnel.
• Preferred hiring of workers who reside in the district.
• Cooperative improvement of internal and external lighting for buildings that are considered historic, artistic, or culturally notable by the City Council.
• Sponsorship of the City equestrian and handball teams.
• Sponsorship of classical music concerts.
• Financial sponsorship of the Parade of Magic Kings.

City Council of Aznalcóllar

As with Sanlucar la Mayor, Abengoa Solar also works with the City Council of Aznalcollar to benefit the public. Activities of note are:

• Organization of solar energy courses in the Professional Training School.
• Forums, conferences and educational information provided by qualified Abengoa Solar personnel personnel.
• Preferential employment of workers who live in the district.
• Collaboration with the City Council to provide training courses for disabled people that foster their employment as part of the work force.

"El Árbol de Abengoa" (Abengoa's Tree) in cooperation with the Fundación Doñana

Abengoa Solar is commited to environmental improvement and supports activities fostering this goal. It has donated 30,000 Euros to the Fundacion Donana for the development of a pilot reneable energy project called Solar Forest.

The Solar Forest project is a solar PV project, in which each PV unit is a figurative "tree" Abengoa Solar sponsors a tree, which will be customized with the company name becoming "The Abengoa Solar Tree."

Income gained from the sale of electricity from the Abengoa Solar Tree will be donated to an environmental education program about sustainable energy for the children of Comaraca de Donana. The educational program will take place in the Dunar de Donana Park.

PhD Thesis Fellowship

Abengoa Solar grands a student with a thesis scholarsip "Premio Abengoa Solar a la mejor Tesis Doctoral en Energía Solar".

The main goal of the award, dotated with 3.000 euros and was given on 2007, is to acknowledge the research job made at the Seville University with realtion to solar energy, sustainable developmentand the following topics:

• Solar resource assesment
• Aplicationsof the solar radiation in order to produce heat for industrial applications and electricity thriugh concentrated solar power technology and fotovoltaics.
• Receivers, Concentrador for Solar radiation
• Heat storage systmes
• Instalation procedures, solar field component or related to the already mentioned activities.

Following file shows the Award bases

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