A major conference concerning: “History and current affairs of CSP with an Italian contribution” will take place at the Museum of Industry and Labour in Rodengo Saiano (BS) in Brescia on 10th October.

Roberto Belardinelli and Giordano Mancini will attend giving a speech titled: “from SOMOR to Nova Somor srl: an Italian story that gets back on track”. The children of Grassi and Gasperini, the founders of SOMOR in 1949 and the son of Olmeo, the owner of a farm in Sardinia where one of the solar pumps was installed in the 50s, will be present and will tell their stories. On the side-lines of the conference, both the 1955 SOMOR solar pump and the one just developed by Nova Somor will be on display.

The Musil of Brescia is a major museum where some unique pieces that tell us the story of Italian high and low temperature solar thermal energy are preserved. The idea is to make it a place to work, do research and be inspired by the technologies of the past which is fully alive.