IEA to present technology roadmap for solar heating and cooling
Tuesday, 31 January 2012 REM The 1st International Conference on Solar Heating and Cooling for Buildings and Industry, SHC 2012 in San Francisco (US), will feature the International Energy Agency’s presentation of its forthcomi...
Solar thermal sweeping China like wildfire, says Earth Policy Institute founder
Monday, 09 January 2012 REM The Earth Policy Institute’s Founder and President, Lester R. Brown, says the pace of solar thermal energy development is accelerating as the installation of rooftop solar water heaters takes off. C...
Austria
Solar thermal for all as Austrian company develops plastic collector
Friday, 06 January 2012 REM The young Austrian firm, Sunlumo, has developed a plastic collector which can be used in a conventional thermosiphonic solar thermal system. It believes its One-World Solar Collector represents “an ...
Europe
Solar thermal sector looks to exploit “new opportunities and untapped potentials”
Wednesday, 02 November 2011 Toby Price The French town of Marseille formed the backdrop to the 2011 edition of the biennial European Solar Thermal Energy Conference (ESTEC). Little news comes out of the solar thermal sector – which shoul...
Germany
Capturing summer solar thermal output to ease winter's grip
Wednesday, 20 July 2011 Toby Price Hamburg formed the backdrop recently for an announcement by German power giant, E.ON, which plans to feed heat from renewable energy sources into the public district heating grid. The Hanse Wärme...
Europe
Solar thermal market growth drops yet again
Friday, 24 June 2011 Toby Price A new EurObserv’ER barometer has been released focusing on two renewable energy technologies: solar thermal energy for hot domestic water heating and concentrating solar power (CSP) for electric...
Europe
Solar Thermal Technology Panel gets new steering committee
Wednesday, 22 June 2011 REMThe European Solar Thermal Technology Panel has selected a new Steering Committee following the announcement in early May at the 2nd RHC-Platform Annual Conference in Budapest (Hungary).
Europe
Solar thermal market remains resiliant in tough times
Thursday, 09 June 2011 Toby Price At Intersolar 2011 yesterday, the European Solar Thermal Industry Federation (ESTIF) released the latest market statistics for the 27 EU member states and Switzerland. Although the European solar ther...
Collecting heat energy from under our roads
Thursday, 03 March 2011 The Construction Unit of the Basque technology centre, Tecnalia, is participating in the Pavener Project, which aims to develop a system for collecting the solar energy absorbed by asphalt paved surfa...
Japan exploring deal to conduct research on air cooling through solar thermal technology
Tuesday, 04 January 2011 Japan’s state-controlled New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) is negotiating with Abu Dhabi-based Masdar to conduct a feasibility study for air cooling systems us...
Developments in Latin America include big gains for renewables and wind
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