europe's solar thermal industry is booming. According to surveys conducted by the european Solar Thermal Industry Federation (ESTIF), the european market grew by 35% to more than 2.7 million m² collector ...
The european Commission has published a new solar map with a detailed description of the solar PV potential in the different european geographical areas. The chart, which can be viewed online, allows ...
Gas Natural, one of Spain's largest utilities, has launched a new business line to promote the joint use of natural gas and solar energy in homes and service industries. The new business line will ...
The project, which is being promoted jointly by Abener and Neal, has been called Solar Power Plant 1 (SPP1). The initiative has a lifespan of 25 years and all the energy produced will be sold to Algerian ...
After a 22.8 % the EU's solar thermal market has reached the 2 million square meters per year for the first time. The capacity installed during 2005 was 2,073,391 m2, which corresponds to a power of 1,450 ...
The world's solar heat industry -mainly for hot domestic water- has seen a growth rate 10 times bigger than the global economic growth during the last decade.
The creation of the european Solar Thermal Technology Platform, ESTTP, is part of the european Commission's technological platform concept, aimed to promote and ease the development of industries with ...
Last Friday, Barcelona's City Council passed a new solar thermal Ordinance. Among the characteristics of the new legislation, the elimination of the thresold of application, placed to date at 292 MJ per ...
According to the last Eurobarometer, the european Commission's periodical survey, solar energy is the energy alternative preferred by european citizens. 48% of those surveyed believe that solar energy ...