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South Africa: SHIP Opportunities in Agri-Processing and Textile Production
South Africa shows large but untapped potential in terms of Solar Heat for Industrial Processes (SHIP). So far, there have been only seven systems in operation across the country and they provide heat......
Read MoreLow-Energy Buildings: Solar Thermal, PV or Heat Pump?
What is the best way to supply heat and power to low-energy buildings? Although there is no single answer to this question, solarthermalworld.org simulated the installation of a solar thermal unit, ......
Read MoreMoldova: Vacuum Tube Collector Assembly Line Inaugurated
Moldova saw the commissioning of an assembly line for vacuum tube collectors in what used to be the large halls of a manufacturing plant. The owner of the premises is Raut, based in the city of Balti,......
Read MoreNew export-orientated collector and tank factory in Turkey
Collector and tank producer Bural Solar, founded in 2015, showed its product range at this year’s Mostra Convegno, an international trade fair in Milan, Italy, Mid March. The founder of the company, ......
Read MoreGermany: Tool to Calculate Solar Feed into District Heating Network
Interest in solar district heating is growing in Germany. A map by German research organisation Solites shows the systems currently in operation to be 23 totalling 49,600 m² of collector area (34.7 M......
Read MoreLithuania: Can Solar Thermal Beat Low Biomass Heat Prices?
With biomass prices on the rise, solar district heating could become profitable in Lithuania. But without investment grants, payback periods were still too long, it said in the conclusion of a 2015 SD......
Read MoreWorld’s largest flat plate collector manufacturers in 2017
The 2017 ranking of the world’s largest flat plate collector producers clearly shows the market dominance of Chinese companies. Even second-ranked Greenonetec, an Austrian collector manufacturer, is......
Read MoreSolar and biomass – a winning solution for district heating
Biomass may be cheap and carbon-neutral, but a solar upgrade of biomass-fired district heating could further improve efficiency and reduce local emissions. For example, solar heat helps avoid having t......
Read MoreArgentina: New Solar Chamber to Push for National Incentives
The first time that the new Cámara Argentina de Fabricantes de Equipos de Energía Solar Térmica (CAFEEST) (Argentine Chamber of Solar Thermal Equipment Manufacturers) was presented to a wider aud......
Read MoreBelo Horizonte – Brazil´s Solar Capital
Belo Horizonte, a municipality about 600 km north of Sao Paulo in the state of Minas Gerais, is also known as the solar capital of Brazil. Not only does it have a population of about 2.5 million, but ......
Read MoreBrazil: Energy Ministry with Big Plans for Solar
The focus of the Intersolar South America in Sao Paulo: photovoltaics. Increasing electricity prices in Brazil and net metering options have generated interest among PV manufacturers from all over the......
Read MoreFlat plate collector sales in China reach a record 6 million m2 in 2017
2017 saw again an increase in flat plate collector area in China. Newly installed flat plate collector area rose by 13 %, whereas vacuum tube collector area declined by 9 % (see the table at the end ......
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