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Fernando Artigas
Country: Spain
Year Started Research: 1983
Title of Research: Sener Heliostats For CESA-I Testing Facility
University: Platforma Solar de Almeria
Still Active in Research: No

As a young engineer at SENER, Fernando Artigas was the Technical Lead of the team that was responsible for
the delivery of 150 heliostats to CESA-I solar field, including design, manufacturing and testing of the units. These
150 heliostats were exactly half of the total number of heliostats in this pioneer testing facility at Plataforma Solar
de Almería, conceived to demonstrate the viability of central tower systems and to ease the development of such
plants in Spain. The 150 heliostats provided by SENER are still standing today at CESA-I facility.

Lars Broman
Country: Sweden
Year Started Research: 1983
Title of Research: Nonimaging solar concentrators with flat mirrors;
Thermophotovoltaics, Public Understanding of Renewable Energy
University: Solar Energy Research Center, Dalarna University, Sweden
Strömstad Academy, Strömstad, Sweden
Still Active in Research : Yes

Lars Broman was born 1940, received his degrees at the University of Göteborg, PhD in 1965, DrSc in Physics
1967, and is Professor Emeritus from Dalarna University and Professor of Physics at Strömstad Academy since
2008. In 1980, Lars Broman initiated an undergraduate program in solar energy at Dalarna University–the first
such in Sweden. In 1984, he founded the Solar Energy Research Center (SERC) and in 1999 European Solar
Engineering School (ESES). Both are still active; SERC has fostered over 10-doctorate degrees and the professional
development of several professors. ESES has graduated over 200 MS students. At SERC, Broman first studied non-
imaging concentrators for both thermal and photovoltaic applications. He then governed a group of researchers
in developing the program PRESIM, with which computer non-specialists could use TRNSYS for simulating solar
energy systems. He continued research in solar energy optics and was engaged in thermophotovoltaics (TPV); he
invented the egg-shaped “Fabergé” optics for enhancing selective filters. In 1979, Broman and colleagues started
the International Association for Solar Energy Education (IASEE) and was for several years, its first President. IASEE
grew to over 400 members from countries in all continents. In 1990, IASEE was made ISES Working Group on
Education. Broman then initiated the International Symposium of Renewable Energy Education (ISREE), chairing
the first ISREE (1991) and ISREE-3 in Borlänge (1993), ISREE-9 in Göteborg (2003), and ISREE-12 in Strömstad
(2017 ) (revising this important ISES activity). IASEE symposia have taken place in 7-different countries worldwide.
Broman has published over 120 solar-energy papers. He has actively participated in numerous international
conferences including ISES Solar World, WREC, and EuroSun Congresses; frequently as a keynote speaker. Lars’
present R&D activities are in the field of Public Understanding of Renewable Energy (PURE). His most downloaded
recent publication is Kandpal and Broman, Renewable Energy Education: A Global Status Review in RSER 34(2014)
pp.300-324.

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