The Time For Solar Is Now (2007)
Submitted by Todd Costello on Thu, 08/06/2009 - 14:14.
This document describes the advancement of the Solar Heating & Cooling (SHC) Programme by the International Energy Agency in 2007. This report starts out identifying main barriers that stand in the way for advancing solar thermal technologies and the key areas to focus on for improvement: education of users and decision makers; expansion of the solar thermal market; research, development and testing of hardware, materials and designs.
It identifies the mission over the past three decades of the SHC and the key players for the programme. It also identifies the economic, environment and user benefits for using solar thermal, while showing examples of commercial uses for solar thermal hot water heating and storage.
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