Karl-Anders Weiß has spent the past three years intensively working on the life cycle and cost assessment of alternative heating technologies. The researcher from the German institute Fraunhofer ISE has […]
IEA SHC Task 68 on efficient solar district heating systems is coming to an end. Over the past three years, the task has made strong progress. It helped introduce the […]
This quote comes from someone who knows all about the development of parabolic trough technology: Markus Balz. He spent over 20 years of his career at Schlaich Bergermann Partner (sbp), […]
Solar process heat using concentrating collectors has proven to be economically viable in Germany. According to a recent study by the German Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE, presented […]
The IEA predicts a 50 % growth in renewable industrial heat in the period 2024 to 2030 compared to the period 2017 to 2023 due to electrification (see chart above). […]
The IEA Solar Heating and Cooling Programme wants to help industries and associations identify their environmental footprint. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a suitable method to compile the environmental impacts […]
It is generally a big challenge to contract and design solar industrial heat projects (SHIP). The IEA Solar Heating and Cooling Task 64 on Solar Process Heat aims at supporting […]
Whenever large heat consumers want to move away from oil and gas, combining a collector field and brine heat pumps is an idea well worth considering. The crucial question then […]
“We want multi-megawatt solar heat plants to become a no-brainer for clients in industry and the energy sector”, states Guglielmo Cioni, Vice President of Business Development at TVP Solar. The […]
Concentrating collectors that provide heat or steam for large energy consumers are still far and few between. In 2020, 35 projects with a total aperture area of 16,300 m2 (11 […]