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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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). […]
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 […]
Dr. Korbinian Kramer from the German institute Fraunhofer ISE has successfully presented the leadership team and outline for the new research platform on PVT Heating Systems to the Executive Committee […]
The research group on Compact Thermal Energy Storage Materials of the IEA Solar Heating and Cooling Programme has taken a big step forward in developing and validating standardized thermal energy […]
Site work has started on what will be the largest concentrating solar heat project in the Australian food industry. An 18 MW parabolic trough field is to be built at […]
At the German National Day at the beginning of November entitled “Solar Technology for the Future”, the heat experts clearly pointed out the huge gap that currently exists between long-term […]
Buildings with a high solar fraction require a good mix of technologies and energy efficiency measures. The scientists of IEA SHC Task 66 on Solar Energy Buildings have analysed 150 […]