Thermal

Solar Thermal Technology Panel gets new steering committee

Wednesday, 22 June 2011 REM

The european Solar Thermal Technology Panel has selected a new Steering Committee following the announcement in early May at the 2nd RHC-Platform Annual Conference in Budapest (Hungary).

Europe

Solar thermal market remains resiliant in tough times

Thursday, 09 June 2011 Toby Price At Intersolar 2011 yesterday, the european Solar Thermal Industry Federation (ESTIF) released the latest market statistics for the 27 EU member states and Switzerland. Although the european solar thermal ...

Tenesol launches new building-integrated solar modules

Monday, 27 December 2010 Tenesol, the global solar power provider owned by energy giants TOTAL and EDF, has launched a new custom-made dual-glass BIPV (building integrated photovoltaic) module in europe. The new module gives architects ...

Robin Welling elected new President of ESTIF

Tuesday, 14 December 2010 The european Solar Thermal Industry Federation (ESTIF) elected a new President and a new Board of Directors on 3 December at its General Assembly in Brussels. During the meeting, discussions were held ...

Wagner – a pioneer of the european solar thermal market - expands to North America

Monday, 19 July 2010 Wagner & Co Solar Technology, originally founded in 1979 by a group of environmental technology students, has established a US subsidiary in Cambridge, Massachusetts

The Lumenhaus wins the Solar Decathlon europe 2010 Competition

Tuesday, 29 June 2010 The Lumenhaus design from a team from Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University has been pronounced the most efficient at this year’s Solar Decathlon europe Competition held in Madrid ...

EurObserv’ER calculates EU solar thermal collector surface area down 10% on 2008

Thursday, 10 June 2010 EurObserv'ER, which measures the progress made by renewable energies in each sector and in each member State of the european Union in an as up-to-date way as possible, has release its latest baromter ...

Two for the price of one – Solimpeks’ hybrid solar collector

Friday, 05 March 2010 The Turkish company, Solimpeks Corp., has launched its Volther hybrid photovoltaic-solar thermal collector, which produces electricity and hot water simultaneously. The hybrid system allows extra module ...

Project So-Pro looks to boost take-up of solar process heat

Tuesday, 16 February 2010 While solar heat for domestic and service applications has increasing market shares across europe, solar process heat is very much in its infancy. The european Commission’s Directorate General for ...

Record growth in global solar thermal heating

Tuesday, 25 August 2009 The Worldwatch Institute has published its latest statistics showing that the solar thermal heating sector achieved record growth rates worldwide in 2007, driven strongly by China.