What better way to celebrate 50 years of international research collaboration than with an evening of inspiring stories, good company, and a special birthday cake? At EuroSun mid-September, the IEA […]
The EuroSun conference of the International Solar Energy Society (ISES) returned to Freiburg last week, exactly 30 years after the first EuroSun was held in the same city in 1996. […]
One of Central Europe’s most innovative demonstration projects for solar process heat was the destination of a technical visit offered by the German Aerospace Center (DLR) as part of the […]
The initial programme for the EuroSun2026 conference in Freiburg this September has been finalised. The International Conference on Sustainable and Solar Energy for Buildings and Industry will take place from […]
The project pipeline of solar industrial heat developers is robust and expanding. For the Solar Industrial Heat Outlook 2026–2028, developers reported 65 projects with a weighted capacity of 223 MW. […]
In 2025, solar heat for industrial processes (SHIP) continued to be deployed across a broad range of industrial sectors, as illustrated in the chart above. Drying processes and barn heating […]
One of the strengths of the IEA Solar Heating and Cooling Programme is its ability to bring together scientists working on similar topics from across continents to exchange ideas. This […]
Applications for the EU-SOLARIS ERIC Annual Awards 2026 are open until 30 April 2026. EU-SOLARIS ERIC is a consortium of European countries jointly developing research infrastructures for concentrating solar thermal […]
Medium-temperature solar collector systems for industrial heat are becoming increasingly established. Companies in the food and pharmaceutical sectors in particular are increasingly turning to solar thermal energy to decarbonize their […]
The long-term operation of the concentrating collectors at the fruit juice factory Kean Softdrinks in Cyprus has shown that this technology can reliably supply steam even in dusty environments and […]