The IEA Solar Heating and Cooling (SHC) Programme has unveiled the five finalists for the 2026 SHC Solar Award, recognizing outstanding innovations that are advancing solar heating and cooling technologies. […]
In June 2026, the German renewable energy news journal Solarthemen published its 600th issue, marking 30 years of independent journalism covering the energy transition. Founders Guido Bröer and Andreas Witt […]
The global network of scientists within the IEA SHC Task 69 on Solar Hot Water for 2030 has been examining thermosiphon markets worldwide from July 2022 to March 2026. They […]
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 […]
PVT collectors that use air as the working fluid are being evaluated within IEA SHC Task 73 entitled PVT Heating Systems. They can preheat ventilation air in buildings while producing […]
ISEC 2026 in Graz, Austria, became a major international meeting point for the energy transition. Around 550 experts from 42 countries gathered to discuss technological developments, global research cooperation, regulatory […]
PVT collectors can make highly efficient heat sources for heat pumps, but they also create special technical challenges. Unlike conventional heat sources such as ambient air or shallow geothermal energy, […]
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 […]
The beginning of the year has brought a series of important developments for Poland’s solar thermal sector. Construction has started on the country’s largest solar district heating plant – an […]
The combination of PV module and thermal absorber – known as PVT – is available in many different designs. „There is no universally optimal PVT collector; the best solution is […]