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Accelerating solar fuel discovery guided by AI-driven autonomous lab
A new research group within the IEA Solar Heating and Cooling Programme is focusing on the development of solar-driven processes and reactors, for example to produce solar hydrogen or convert CO2 and N2 to ammonia. The group is called Task 72 – Solar photo reactors for the generation of fuels …
Australia’s strong role in the IEA SHC global solar heat collaboration
Australia remains a highly active participant in the IEA Solar Heating and Cooling Programme. Over the past three years, Professor Robert Taylor from the University of New South Wales has co-chaired Task 69, focused on Solar Hot Water for 2030. Continuing Australia’s active involvement, Doug Smith, CEO of Coolsheet PVT …
The Canadian solar market declined from its 2023 peak but still outpaced 2022
Solar air heating was once again the main application for the solar thermal industry in Canada. 90 % of the newly installed collector area in 2024 was glazed and unglazed air collectors. Good funding conditions in the province of Quebec drove the market. However, the record year 2023 with 28,054 …
44 MW in Kosovo, 27 MW in Serbia: solar district heating projects gain momentum
The realization of two huge solar district heating projects in the Balkans is progressing. The pre-qualification tender for a 44 MW collector field with seasonal storage in Pristina, Kosovo, ended on 11 April 2025. The second site is Novi Sad – a town in Serbia, where a 27 MW collector …
Mapping the global thermosiphon market: insights from eight world regions
Thermosiphon systems account for more than half of the total installed solar thermal capacity worldwide (status at the end of 2022), but little is published about them. The scientists from Task 69 Solar Hot Water for 2030 have closed that gap. They carried out a survey among manufacturers of thermosiphon …
IEA SHC Task 67: a worldwide effort in advancing compact thermal energy storage
Over the past three years, a distinguished team of 60 researchers from 14 different countries has collaborated intensively on advancing the characterization and optimization of compact thermal energy storage (CTES) materials and components. This international effort was led by Wim van Helden, Senior Researcher at the Austrian institute AEE INTEC, …
The evolving SHIP supply industry: Key players and new entrants
The updated SHIP Supplier World Map lists 66 companies. Among them 15 had installed SHIP plants totalling more than 10,000 m2 by the end of 2024. They are headquartered in the USA, Mexico, Europe and China (see World Map above). One further company has fulfilled the requirement to be listed …
Azteq Energy: A fresh start with new leadership, stronger governance and financial backing
Azteq is back. In mid-January 2025 Alain Robic (left), together with Jan Braeckmans and two other partners, founded the Azteq Energy company headquartered in Belgium. With the support of several investors they acquired essential assets from the former Azteq, which filed for bankruptcy in mid-December 2024. The founders intend to …
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