More and more solar thermal companies are financing their growth by issuing shares. We talked to Max Deml, the Editor-in-Chief of the investment newsletter Öko-Invest, about the opportunities of equity financing for the solar thermal sector and the risks for investors.

Tigi’s IPO raised around USD 10 million

The Israeli collector producer and project developer Tigi has joined the small group of solar heat companies worldwide that are stock market listed. Tigi’s IPO was on 21^st March at Tel Aviv Stock Exchange in the cleantech sector.

“Together with ABB Robotics we can speed up the roll-out”

The Swedish company Absolicon Solar Collector has joined forces with ABB Robotics to sell complete automated production lines for parabolic trough collectors throughout the world. The company has so far signed 13 letters of interest with investors on various continents.

Germany’s biggest solar-heated house nears completion
by Ina Röpcke

This summer, the first families will be able to move into Solardomizil III, a multi-family property. The core component of the building’s heating system is a 72 m³ steel tank, which extends to all floors of the house.

Workflow stories describe use of planning tools
by Bärbel Epp

Experts working on the IEA SHC Task Solar Neighborhood Planning have created workflow stories to find out which tools urban planners use and what problems they encounter while doing so. The image shows a simulation of sunlight patterns during morning hours in a new neighbourhood in Norway where inner courtyards should have access to direct sunlight at least 50 % of the time.

IRENA report highlights falling solar heat project costs

The Renewable Power Generation Costs in 2020 report illustrates how the competitiveness of solar and wind power improved dramatically in the decade 2010 to 2020. For the first time the flagship publication includes a renewable heat chapter, highlighting cost trends for large commercial and industrial solar heat systems across the world.

Multinationals strive to add more clean heat solutions

The latest SHIP Supplier World Map shows detailed information on 75 solar technology suppliers from 23 different countries. The global hubs of the SHIP supply chain were Mexico and Germany. New industry clusters have emerged over the last years in the United States and in France.

German university offers new tool to display factory heat loads

To simplify the design of industrial solar heat systems in Europe, the German University of Kassel has developed an Excel tool that can be used to create standardised heat load profiles in multiple industrial subsectors. The free tool was created as part of IEA SHC research platform Task 64.