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Introduction
Solar Technology Advisors, S.L (STA), is a Spain based international energy consulting firm. STA's services are: Owner’s engineering, Consultancy for multilateral agencies and Technology development. Since its foundation in 2009 as a spin-off of the Plataforma Solar de Almería, STA has carried out projects internationally mainly in Central Asia, South America and China.

Foundation
STA is a limited liability company that was founded in 2008 as an initiative of the Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas (CIEMAT) to support the deployment of Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) technology. The Spanish Science and Technology ministry, stated: “The spin-off company Solar Technology Advisors STA SL has been licensed by CIEMAT-PSA its know-how on CSP technologies acquired at PSA during almost 30 years of R&D and experimental activities.”

Activities
STA main activities are:
 * Consultancy for multilateral agencies and governments on solar energy deployment.
 * Consultancy, engineering, research and technological development in the field of concentrated solar technology industrial applications.
 * Development of conceptual design, basic and/or detail engineering of new solar power plants and equipment.
 * Development and commercialization of products, tools and methodologies for training in the field of solar energy.
 * Maintenance and operation of new demonstration plants and testing centers.
 * Due diligence of technologies and projects.

Clients
STA mains clients are:
 * World Bank
 * Asian Development Bank
 * Inter-American Development Bank
 * Huadian
 * Eletrobras CEPEL
 * Chinese Academy of Sciences