Concentrated solar thermal energy research is also carried out in engineering departments of universities in these nations, overseen by these solar thermal energy research institutes in each SolarPACES member nation:
Chinese Academy of Sciences – China
CSIRO – Australia
DLR (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt) – Germany
ENEA – Italy
ETH Zurich – Switzerland
MASDAR – UAE
NREL (National Renewable Energy Laboratory) – USA
PROMES/CNRS – France
PSA (Plataforma Solar de Almería) – Spain
Sandia – USA