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Newsletter November 2019

Start of SHC/SWC 2019 in Chile

As many as two Chilean government ministers welcomed attendees to the joint SHC 2019 and SWC 2019 conference in the capital of Santiago this week: Energy Minister Juan Carlos Jobet and Science Minister Andrés Couve. While it is rare to see high-ranking officials attend research conferences on solar technology, the SHC and SWC became the country’s largest events on climate change in Chile this year after the cancellation of the UN Climate conference COP25, which had been scheduled to take place in Santiago in December. Over 300 experts in solar energy have come to Chile from one of about 50 countries to debate a wide variety of topics, ranging from cooling and integration into buildings to education and training and industrial process heat, at the conference, which will come to an end this Friday.
Photo: Randy Martin / IEA SHC

TOP NEWS OF THE MONTH

15 MW SDH plant inaugurated in Latvia
by Bärbel Epp

On 12 September, district heating operator Salaspils Siltums inaugurated a 21,672 m² solar field and a wood chip boiler, put up in the middle of the woods near the town of Salaspils, Latvia, to meet 90 % of demand from the local heat network.

SKN approves remote factory inspections, launches new certificate database
by Riccardo Battisti

In January 2019, Dr Vassiliki Drosou from the Greek centre CRES was appointed head of the Solar Keymark certification scheme. Solarthermalworld.org spoke with her about the key responsibilities of her new role.

New fact sheets and wiki page about SHIP solutions
by Bärbel Epp

Two leading SHIP research institutes – the University of Kassel, Germany, and AEE INTEC, Austria – have just published their final conclusions on a binational research project called SolarAutomotive. One of the key outcomes is a WikiWeb which includes descriptions of relevant production processes.

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Encouraging faster materials development for compact storage
by Bärbel Epp

Research and industry experts in thermochemical storage materials are invited to participate in a workshop that will take place on 11 and 12 November in Erlangen, Germany. The objective of the event will be to outline a road map to a Thermal Energy Storage Materials Acceleration Platform (TESMAP).

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