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 look forward to holding the 2026 conference at 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!

#SolarPACES2026

Chairperson's Invitation

Robert Pitz-Paal, DLR & Benedikt Kölsch, DLR , the SolarPACES 2026 Chairmen, invite you to attend the 32nd conference in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany!

Read the chair's welcome message

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