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South Africa: High Demand from the Tourism Sector
With South Africa’s sunny climate and its population at 52 million, the country’s solar thermal market has a promising future ahead. This is why German market research agency solrico carried out a survey among South African collector and tank manufacturers, as well as importers in May/June 2013 to analyse the …
China: Flat Plate Collector Share is Growing
Prof Guangming Xie is a well-known expert on the solar thermal industry in China and Executive President of the China Solar Thermal Industry Federation (CSTIF). He had been a researcher with the Beijing Solar Energy Research Institute (BSERI) before he came to work in leading positions in the industry. Xie …
Poland: Plan to Extend National Residential Subsidy Scheme
The Polish National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management (Polish initialism: NFOSiGW) is planning to introduce a new grant scheme called Prosument, which will include solar thermal subsidies. This was confirmed by Aneta Wilmański, Deputy Minister of Environment, in an online article on Polish web page reo.pl on 20 …
USA: Roadmap to Develop Solar Thermal in New York City
One million roofs, 43 solar water heaters – New York City is not exactly a solar capital, although it wants to become the city with the cleanest air in the world. Solar thermal collectors should play a role in the new energy strategy. They could help cut emissions of heavy …
India: National Incentive Programme Reduces Grants
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) reduced its benchmark prices of solar water heaters within the national solar subsidy scheme under the National Solar Mission. As the level of subsidy is based on 30 % of the benchmark prices, the grants were also reduced. The new regulations came …
France: Restructuring SAED
SAED or Sophia Antipolis Energie Developpement, which is a start-up located in the south of France, produces a heat pipe protected by two patents. The company developed a vacuum tube collector which has been used to build low-cost large-scale solar thermal installations for solar heating, as well as solar industrial …
Austria: Greiner Closes Down Solar Thermal Business, Keeps Working on SolPol
In a press release on 12 June, just one week before the Intersolar Europe, Austrian foam producer and plastic processing company Greiner Group announced to close down Greiner Renewable Energy (GRE). GRE had acquired the three solar companies Sun Master, Xolar and Solution little more than two years ago, in …
India: “Test centres will educate manufacturers on quality measures”
From railway management to solar thermal technology: this is the how the life of Veena Sinha took a new path in December 2012. Sinha had worked with Indian Railways at the middle management level for 15 years. She had handled matters ranging from technology and human resources issues to project …
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