Middle East Technical University · Center for Solar Energy Research and Applications

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It is the only national research centre conducting research, development and innovation activities in solar energy technologies that has been granted qualification under Law No. 6550 on Supporting Research Infrastructures and has an independent legal personality.

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Our research divisions conduct activities spanning the entire life cycle of solar energy technologies.

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01SiPV 02EmPV 03IntegratedPV 04ODAK 05MDR 06Powering 07SolarSEED

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ODTÜ-GÜNAM’s People: From Management to Research

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ODTÜ-GÜNAM regards its skilled workforce as a key pillar of its sustained success and develops employee-centred human resources policies.

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Researcher

Zahra MEDGHALCHI

Researcher

Concentrated Solar Thermal Energy Technologies (ODAK)

Scientific Output

Latest Articles

Thermal storage vs. battery storage in urban microgrids: A techno-economic assessment of hybrid PV–PTC–ORC systems with storage

2026

A novel hybrid optimization framework for sizing renewable energy systems integrated with energy storage systems with solar photovoltaics, wind, battery and electrolyzer-fuel cell

2023