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Cost comparison of industrial heat from solar thermal and PV
The IEA predicts a 50 % growth in renewable industrial heat in the period 2024 to 2030 compared to the period 2017 to 2023 due to electrification (see chart above). PV and heat pumps should increasingly provide carbon-free heat for industries around the world. Solar thermal covers less than 1 …
Lessons learned from 15 SHIP projects in operation
The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) has published an unusual but practice-orientated Navigator Brief about solar industrial heat. Why unusual? The Brief summarizes the experience gained from 15 operational solar heat projects, not focusing on technical details but on decisive parameters and success factors that really got the …
“Marvellous leadership team to promote the uptake of PVT heating systems”
Dr. Korbinian Kramer from the German institute Fraunhofer ISE has successfully presented the leadership team and outline for the new research platform on PVT Heating Systems to the Executive Committee of the IEA Solar Heating and Cooling Programme. The Committee then confirmed the start of IEA SHC Task 73 titled …
Round robin tests of TES materials lead to adequate standard test procedures
The research group on Compact Thermal Energy Storage Materials of the IEA Solar Heating and Cooling Programme has taken a big step forward in developing and validating standardized thermal energy storage (TES) measurement procedures. Several round robin tests have been carried out over the past three years. During such tests, …
SunPeek – Automated Power Check for Utility-Scale Solar Heat Systems
Evaluating the performance of solar thermal plants is of great interest for operators and it provides a basis for optimizations. A tool for this task is SunPeek, which met with great interest at the recent IEA SHC Solar Academy webinar in November. The open-source software automates the performance assessment of …
„We need to ensure thermosiphon systems fit the needs of today’s customer”
IEA SHC Task 69 on Solar Hot Water for 2030 brings together the expertise of solar water heating technology experts in Africa and Asia Pacific. Typical failure modes and relevant quality and testing methods were discussed in detail with Chinese industry representatives during a Solar Academy session in China in …
Parabolic trough collector field as part of 100 % carbon-free heat supply for food factory in Australia
Site work has started on what will be the largest concentrating solar heat project in the Australian food industry. An 18 MW parabolic trough field is to be built at the Mars Petcare facility in Wodonga in the state of Victoria. The EPC for the solar field is the Belgian …
National Day shines light on future potential and market realities
At the German National Day at the beginning of November entitled “Solar Technology for the Future”, the heat experts clearly pointed out the huge gap that currently exists between long-term potential studies and the actual market development of solar heat technologies. They made clear and precise demands to policy makers …
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