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Steam and Cooling: no Problem for a Solar Thermal System
The 38 Abengoa parabolic trough collectors on the roof of the piano maker Steinway & Sons in Island City, New York, will produce steam at 200 °C from spring on. Photo: SteinwayNewsProcess HeatPool...
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“I have several major goals at this point”
Les Nelson – re-elected chair of the solar thermal division at SEIA Photo: privat NewsDomestic Hot Water and HeatingProcess HeatPool HeatingSolar CoolingPolicyFinance and IncentivesUSACSPRenewable...
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Mexico City Shows the Way to Solar Obligations in Central America
Larger flat plate collector systems are gaining momentum in Mexico city, thanks to a Environmental Norm which makes solar water heaters mandatory. The photo shows a 144 m2 collector field of a public...
View ArticleMexico: Every Third Solar System is Used Commercially
Commercial use of solar water heaters is gaining momentum in Mexico. Hotels, public swimming pools and industries used about 30 % of the 165,632 m2 (116 MWth) of collector area installed in 2008 to...
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New Zealand: 300 m2 for a new Swimming Pool Complex
The dream team: This team of installers from New Zealand-based company Solar Technology Systems needed only a few days to install 300 m2 of vacuum tube collectors on the roof of a swimming pool...
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South Africa: SEG Solar Energy Offers Training and Marketing Support to...
A training day in Randburg: SEG Solar Energy, the newly founded solar system provider in South Africa, provides trainings and free marketing for its dealers and plumbers.Photo: SEG Solar Energy...
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Taiwan: National Athletic Games in solar-heated Pools
Both the National High School Athletic Games (April 2011) and the National Intercollegiate Athletics (May 2011) were held at the National Chung Hsing University (NCHU) located in Taichung City, Taiwan....
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UAE: Dubai with two Greek Solar Thermal Installations above 1,000 m²
Greek manufacturer Sole has already completed its second large-scale solar thermal project in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The company installed a 1,026 m² (0.72 MWth) solar thermal system at the newly...
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USA: California Solar Initiative to Add Technologies to Eligibility List
The California Solar Initiative (CSI) is further extending the number of system types eligible for its CSI – Solar Thermal programme. Already in December 2012, California’s Governor, Edmund Brown,...
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Greece: Sole’s Pool Heating Combines Geothermal Heat Pump and Solar Collectors
The new swimming pool complex in the sports centre of the Amaliada municipality in the Greek province of Ilia is heated by a combination of solar thermal collectors, three warm wells and an electric...
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REN 21: Solar Thermal Contributes Significantly to Hot Water Production
According to REN21’s Renewables 2014 Global Status Report, which was published at the UN-hosted Sustainable Energy for All Forum in New York at the beginning of June, solar thermal technologies...
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USA: Ups and Downs of Californian Incentive Levels and Application Numbers
If there were an award for the most transparent support programme in the field of solar heating and cooling, then the California Solar Initiative (CSI) – Thermal Program would get the prize. The CSI-T...
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Webinar: Global View Solar Heating and Cooling Market, Industry and Policy
Latest Global View on Solar Heating and Cooling: Market, Industry and PolicyA recording of the webinar is available below.Thursday 30 June 2016, 14:00 CEST / 12:00...
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India: Local Manufacturer Exports First Pool Heating System to Oman
Indian collector manufacturer Inter Solar Systems (ISS) has recently put into operation a solar swimming pool heating system at a private villa in Muscat, the capital of Oman. Local solar thermal...
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USA: Commercial Systems Dominate Californian Solar Thermal Market
The California Solar Initiative (CSI) – Thermal Program seems to have stabilised at around 20,000 m² (or around 200,000 ft²) of subsidised collector area per year. Commercial applications dominate the...
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3,300 m² for sports club in Brazil
A 3,300 m² solar field is currently being built at one of Minas Tênis Clube’s four locations in Brazil. The system at the sports club in Belo Horizonte, in the province of Minas Gerais, is planned to...
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Solar thermal biomass drying in Chile
Grammer Solar, a German manufacturer of solar air collectors, has signed a contract with Ligno Pellets, a Chilean producer of wood pellets, for the delivery and installation of a 220 m² solar field....
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New at IEA SHC: Solar neighbourhood planning
Case study reporting by research platform Solar Energy in Urban Planning has recently concluded with the publication of an interactive map showing 34 case studies altogether.NewsSwedenTask...
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New technologies for solar cooling in industry
The aim of just launched HyCool is to present, in the form of two demonstration plants, new solar heating and cooling technologies for industrial use.NewsProcess HeatSolar CoolingAwareness...
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Carefree heat supply package plus green marketing
Newly founded SWA Solar Wärme Austria is offering solar heat supply to hotels, sports centres, car washes and manufacturing companies. Clients pay individually agreed-on rates, which are up to 20 %...
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