Dear Solarthermalworld.org reader,
The
next victim of the difficult market situation in Central Europe: just
one week before the Intersolar Europe, Austrian foam producer Greiner
Group announced to close down Greiner Renewable Energy, which had
acquired the three solar companies Sun Master, Xolar and Solution little
more than two years ago. The booth of Sun Master in hall B1 was only
filled with canvas chairs for the visitors to relax (see the photo
above). The associations in France and Italy, however, are not ready to
just lean back and do nothing. They formed alliances to halt their
markets' slowdown. Assolterm and Assotermica signed an agreement at the
beginning of June in order to create a unique and well-known association
which can suitably represent the solar thermal industry in Italy. The
agreement includes a three-phase process during a period of 2 to 3
years, in which the two associations will gradually intensify their
cooperation until Assolterm is fully integrated into Assotermica. In
France, players of solar thermal, geothermal, heat pumps and biomass
founded the Renewable Heat Alliance in February 2013 to lobby for a good
renewable heat provision in the planned Energy Law.
Best regards
The editorial team
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