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On-site collector testing: new standard in development
Once a large solar field is set up at its designated location, what tests can be conducted to show that it performs as expected? Soon, the IEA Solar Heating & Cooling Programme may have an answer to t......
Read MoreEnergy efficiency funding in Bosnia and Herzegovina
bmitted by Baerbel Epp on May 11, 2018The Jugoslav Wars of the 1990s slowed down the rate of energy-related retrofits in the residential and public sectors of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Recently, howev......
Read MoreGerman associations partner up to promote sustainable cooling
In early 2018, two German organisations agreed on a joint membership model to promote solar thermal air conditioning and cooling, a niche market in the country. The cooperation between the Green Chill......
Read MoreSolar cooling demand on the rise in Italy, Spain and the Middle East
Sorption chillers may still be a niche market, but Europe’s manufacturers reported rising demand for solar thermal cooling in Italy, Spain and the Middle East in 2017. Solar thermal numbers are on th......
Read MoreThe slow but steady growth of Russia’s solar thermal industry
The Russian collector industry is growing steadily, despite a lack of state support and the impact of the financial crisis. This has been the key message of a Ministry of Industry and Trade report bro......
Read MoreBuilding-integrated solar envelopes: barriers to deployment
Active and passive solar systems integrated into building envelopes are key to combatting climate change. However, there are many barriers which confine current solutions to the demonstration stage an......
Read MoreRecord participation at SDH 2018 in Graz
The 5thInternational Solar District Heating Conference, which took place in Graz, Austria, in mid-April, brought together 350 experts from 33 countries. It had twice as many attendees as the previous ......
Read MoreFirst Spanish solar district heating system for 12,000 families
In February, Alcalá Ecoenergías signed a deal to construct a district heating system powered by solar and biomass in Alcalá de Henares, a city in Spain. The agreement between the local company and ......
Read MoreItaly: 10,000 m² ORC-Connected Fresnel and Parabolic Trough Fields
Italy’s feed-in tariff for medium-size concentrating solar power plants has supported the installation of a 10,000 m² Fresnel collector array in Sardinia (see photo). The mirrors have been in operat......
Read MoreFirst heliostat field made in Brazil
The University of São Paulo in Pirassununga (see photo) is about to get its own field of heliostats on campus. Once completed, the sea of mirrors will focus sunlight onto a receiver connected to an O......
Read MoreSolar showers for displaced people and refugees
The UN Refugee Agency has begun ordering solar water heaters to improve the sanitary conditions in Ugandan refugee camps. The news ties in neatly with the first conference on Energy for Displaced Peo......
Read MoreParabolic trough collector production line shipped to China
Absolicon, a Swedish supplier of concentrating solar thermal technology, has recently delivered its first production line to a Chinese company. The equipment to manufacture parabolic trough collectors......
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