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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 …
Swiss-made and cost-competitive: Sunaxer’s new approach to solar receiver coatings
Switzerland isn’t exactly known for cost-effective production conditions. That makes it all the more remarkable that a receiver manufacturer based in Renens, near Lausanne in western Switzerland, claims to produce as cost-effectively as its competitors from Asia. We’re talking about Sunaxer, a startup founded by Anna Krammer and Maxime Lagier …
Bridging the gap between PCM research and real-world storage
In recent years, research into compact thermal energy storage has focused primarily on the development of storage materials. This focus is now set to broaden. The IEA SHC Programme has launched a new research group dedicated to Components for Thermal Energy Storage. “We would like to bridge the gap between …
PVT4EU develops and tests next-generation PVT collectors
The combination of PV module and thermal absorber – known as PVT – is available in many different designs. „There is no universally optimal PVT collector; the best solution is always application-specific,” said Iván Acosta, Project Coordinator of PVT4EU and Head of Engineering at MG Sustainable Engineering, Sweden. This is …
“Our biggest success was defining a protocol for characterization of storage materials”
The newly started IEA Solar Heating and Cooling Programme Task 75 on Thermal Energy Storage Material aims at taking the successes of previous task work and making them accessible for other research groups. In charge of this communication effort is Professor Frédéric Kuznik from the National Institute for Applied Science …
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