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How Salaspils in Latvia detoxified its district heating
The integration of solar thermal energy into its district heating network has not only provided the small Latvian town of Salaspils near Riga with a more sustainable and emission-free heat supply, but also cheaper heating bills for the citizens connected to it. This was revealed in a presentation given by …
PVT market gains momentum: New players and large-scale installations
The German PVT market is on the move. New supplier structures are being established and more and more really large PVT systems have been realized or recently announced. The photo, for example, shows the opening of the AKG Group’s new production facility for PVT collectors in Hofgeismar in central Germany …
Azteq’s bankruptcy and its consequences
The Belgian project developer Azteq stopped its business in mid December. It is currently under the insolvency administration of Mark Bernaerts from the company Consenso Advocaten. The bankruptcy came just two months after the official launch of the 18 MW solar industrial heat plant at the Mars Petcare factory in …
The British Library – a high-profile reference for PVT systems
Naked Energy reached two important milestones for its PVT technology in 2024. The British company received a Solar Keymark certificate for the VirtuPVT collectors in October 2024. A few days earlier, a press release was published about a high-profile reference using this type of hybrid collector on the roof of …
Extensive knowledge database on solar thermal and PV cooling
The IEA SHC Task 65 on Solar Cooling for the Sunbelt Regions has built up a comprehensive knowhow base over the last four years. 16 reports and a number of conference papers are publicly available on the Task website. Task Manager Dr Uli Jakob has especially highlighted the work on …
Shaping sustainability by understanding regulations for heating systems
How can energy regulations shape the building sector’s transition to a sustainable society? This was one of the questions discussed during the workshop organized by the IEA SHC Task 71 on Life Cycle and Cost Assessment of Solar Heating and Cooling Technologies that took place on 8 October 2024 in …
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 …
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