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SHIP market declines in 2025 despite broad industrial adoption
In 2025, solar heat for industrial processes (SHIP) continued to be deployed across a broad range of industrial sectors, as illustrated in the chart above. Drying processes and barn heating systems accounted for the majority of new installations, while steam applications in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries were also among …
Main takeaways from IEA SHC Task 71: Towards unified metrics of LCA and LCoH for heating technologies
Karl-Anders Weiß has spent the past three years intensively working on the life cycle and cost assessment of alternative heating technologies. The researcher from the German institute Fraunhofer ISE has led Task 71 of the IEA Solar Heating and Cooling Programme on this very topic, which has now concluded after …
Momentum builds for solar thermal in Poland: Major plant, new tenders and EU Project LIGHT
The beginning of the year has brought a series of important developments for Poland’s solar thermal sector. Construction has started on the country’s largest solar district heating plant – an 12.3 MW installation in Gliwice in southern Poland (see photo) – with more calls for tenders for similar projects expected …
“We need tailed concentrating optics to boost the hydrogen production without cooking the reactor”
One of the strengths of the IEA Solar Heating and Cooling Programme is its ability to bring together scientists working on similar topics from across continents to exchange ideas. This was once again successfully demonstrated within Task 72 on Solar Photoreactors for the Production of Fuels and Chemicals. Prof. Craig …
SOLARIS Award 2026 for best doctoral thesis in concentrating solar thermal technologies
Applications for the EU-SOLARIS ERIC Annual Awards 2026 are open until 30 April 2026. EU-SOLARIS ERIC is a consortium of European countries jointly developing research infrastructures for concentrating solar thermal (CST) technologies. The awards recognize outstanding scientific and technical achievements in this field and include two categories: Best doctoral thesis …
Solar heat for industry goes global: new medium-temperature plants from Morocco to the USA
Medium-temperature solar collector systems for industrial heat are becoming increasingly established. Companies in the food and pharmaceutical sectors in particular are increasingly turning to solar thermal energy to decarbonize their manufacturing processes. A prominent example is the Heineken brewery in Patras, Greece, where the German project developer Protarget is currently …
Apply now for the IEA SHC Solar Award with a solar thermal innovative project
The International Energy Agency’s Solar Heating and Cooling Programme has opened applications for the SHC Solar Award 2026, inviting companies, business consortiums and public entities worldwide to submit innovative solar thermal solutions. The competition recognizes initiatives that significantly advance the adoption of solar heating and cooling technologies and expand their …
Proven reliability of concentrating collectors in coastal and dusty conditions
The long-term operation of the concentrating collectors at the fruit juice factory Kean Softdrinks in Cyprus has shown that this technology can reliably supply steam even in dusty environments and near the sea. Since commissioning in 2018, the plant has operated without any major failures. Routine mirror cleaning has been …
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