Following the retirement of Dr. Eduardo Zarza, who received the SolarPACES Lifetime Achievement award 2023 with Pr. Robert Pitz-Paal, Dr. Aránzazu Fernández García (CIEMAT) will be the new Spanish representative at SolarPACES Executive Committee.
She is head of the Materials for concentrating solar thermal technologies (UMAT) research unit, and responsible of the Solar reflector durability analysis and optical characterization laboratory (OPAC), at Plataforma Solar de Almería, Spain.
She has a long experience in the optical characterization and durability analysis of solar reflectors and the optimization of cleaning techniques for concentrating solar thermal plants.
