Energie Steiermark

December 4, 2019
From S.O.L.I.D. to Solid: differing views on a complicated story

Solid Energy Systems is a newly founded company based in Graz, Austria. It employs 21 of the 30 staff members who used to work at S.O.L.I.D. Gesellschaft für Solarinstallation und Design, which first became insolvent and then went into administration at the end of June 2019. Solid Energy...
June 25, 2018
Land secured for Big Solar Graz

Big Solar Graz has reached a significant milestone by purchasing the land on which to construct a solar field and a seasonal storage system. In mid-June, the project partners told the local press that they had bought 55 hectares in the south of Graz, in the Austrian state of Styria, between...
May 3, 2018
Record participation at SDH 2018 in Graz

The 5^th International Solar District Heating Conference, which took place in Graz, Austria, in mid-April, brought together 350 experts from 33 countries. It had twice as many attendees as the previous one in Billund, Denmark, in 2016 and attracted representatives from several...
April 17, 2018
“Contract market fluctuates from year to year”

2017 was a difficult year for solar district heating supplier Arcon-Sunmark based in Denmark. The collector manufacturer’s turnover dropped from Danish Krone (DKK) 457 million, or USD 75 million, to DKK 98 million, or USD 16.2 million, according to a press release published on 21 March 2018...
May 23, 2017
IEA Task 55: Solar District Heating Means Big Business

Solar district heating is attractive business. Not only does this become obvious when looking at the 347 MW_th of newly installed SDH capacity in Denmark in 2016, but also when one hears about...
January 26, 2017
Denmark: New Solar District Heating World Record

The Danish town of Silkeborg now holds the record for having the world’s largest solar heating system. The SDH plant of 156,694 m² (110 MW_th) came online as scheduled in December 2016 after only seven months of construction. Municipal utility Silkeborg Forsyning intends...
June 17, 2016
Austria: Decision on Operating Company for Big Solar Graz Expected Soon

“Large-scale solar thermal systems in the GW range – an insignificant niche market or the future for solar thermal?” was the official title of a panel discussion at the Gleisdorf Solar conference in Austria in early May. The most important question was: What will be next for the planned 350...
April 15, 2016
Austria: Big Solar – EUR 200 Million Investment in Graz

The Austrian municipality of Graz is preparing for the post-fossil fuel heating era: On 27 February, the front page of national newspaper Kleine Zeitung (copies sold each day: around 300,000) read “Graz plans largest solar storage worldwide”. According to the news article, regional energy...
August 7, 2015
Austria: Up to 500 MWth for District Heating in Graz

Graz, the capital of one of Austria’s federal states, Styria, and a city with a population of 276,000, is planning to increase the share of solar thermal in its district heating grid by 20 %. The regional utility Energie Steiermark and the Austrian turnkey provider S.O.L.I.D....