Professor Klaus Vajen appointed president of ISES
by Bärbel Epp

Professor Klaus Vajen, Director of the Institute of Thermal Engineering at the University of Kassel, Germany, was elected the new president of ISES. When he starts his two-year term in January 2020, he will be supported by the new vice president Dr Kemal Gani Bayraktar, Marketing Director at Izocam, Turkey.

Second Arcon-Sunmark SDH system up and running in Tibet
by Bärbel Epp

In the middle of November, Chinese-Danish joint venture Solareast Arcon-Sunmark Large-Scale Solar Systems Integration started up its second solar district heating system in Tibet. Now, its 35,000 m² solar field is supplying the thermal energy needed for heating rooms in thousands of households across Zhongba County.

Kyotherm wins 2019 SHC Solar Award
by Bärbel Epp

Kyotherm, a French-based third-party investor, has won the Solar Award 2019 for financing energy service companies, so end users in the industrial sector can reap economic benefits from day one. The first solar thermal project supported by Kyotherm is a 14,252 m² solar field (10 MW_th), which is being put up at a malt business in France.

Touring exhibition shows retrofits in 11 historic buildings
by Bärbel Epp

In October, Vienna became the first venue for the new touring exhibition Historic Buildings Energy Retrofit Atlas. 12 roll-up banners show the positive impact that energy retrofits had on historic buildings in different countries.

Solar heat cost-competitive with fossil fuels if used in large projects
by Bärbel Epp

The organisers of the joint SHC/SWC 2019 conferences in Santiago, Chile, introduced a new session format, when they held three Research meets Business Forums. The third one detailed the challenges of implementing projects for industrial customers and demonstrated how researchers can support the deployment of SHIP systems around the world.