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Russia: Solar-Heated House Wins Energy Globe Award

Russian architect and professor Pavel Kazantsev has won the Energy Globe Award for his solar-heated house Solar-5. The house has been adapted for the far east of Russia, around the […]

Swiss Bank Sarasin: World Market Reaches 45 GWth in 2011

This week, the Swiss Bank Sarasin published the 12th edition of their solar industry report, covering all three solar technologies: solar heating and cooling (ST), photovoltaics (PV), and concentrating solar […]

Argentina: Solar Water Heaters for Rural Schools

In Argentina, Jorge Follari of Innovar SRL observes a rising interest in solar thermal energy. The federal and the province governments support the installation of solar water heaters in rural […]

China: Huang Ming receives Right Livelihood Award

At the end of September 2011, the founder and President of Himin Solar Energy, one of the largest solar thermal manufacturers in China was honoured with the Right Livelihood Award. […]

Russia: Krasnodar Krai may become Centre of Solar Industry

Russian solar thermal system supplier Yuzhgeoteplo is planning to build a new solar collector factory, according to an interview by Russian business paper Delovaya Gazeta Ug with the company’s General Director […]