Example of an Innovative Initiative for Education in Thermal Energy Storage: INPATH-TES Project

Following the EC SET-Plan Education and Training Roadmap, the goal of INPATH-TES is to create a network of academia, research institutes and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to implement a joint PhD programme on Thermal Energy Storage (TES) technologies. The project consortium consists of 22 partners from academia, industry and SMEs from 14 different countries. The final result of such a network is to educate professionals on these technologies for the European research and industry institutions. Some of the main challenges identified so far consist of the development of the programme, the implementation of the programme in each country/institution, and to ensure the continuity of the programme after EU funding ends.The authors would like to thank the Catalan Government for the quality accreditation given to their research group (2014 SGR 123). GREA is certified agent TECNIO in the category of technology developers from the Government of Catalonia. This study has received funding from European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement Nº 657466 (INPATH-TES). The work is partially funded by the Spanish government ENE2015-64117-C5-1-R (MINECO/FEDER)