District Heating, Standards

Switzerland: Plans for Solar District Heating Pilot System

Submitted by Baerbel Epp on October 10, 2017

“Why is there no solar district heating in Switzerland?” Swiss scientists were asking after their visit to Denmark. They had been investigating the feasibility of solar heat in district heating networks in the St Gallen canton and published a 50-page study this March (see the attached document in German). As it turns out, solar heat could be produced in several networks for 60 to 160 CHF/MWh (50 to 140 EUR/MWh). Assuming plant owners or operators could get an incentive similar to the one for small-scale solar heat systems, it would make several larger ones economically viable. Now, the Swiss-based SPF – Institute of Solar Technology has begun to work with a district heating company on giving the country its first pilot plant.

News

SPF Institute for Solar Technology

Finance and Incentives

Energy Agency St Gallen

state of the art analysis

schweiz_district_heating_2017_in_german.pdf 2.2 Mb [27 download(s)]

Market Study - EU HighCombi project (2011)

Submitted by Raquel Ponte Costa on April 27, 2012

This document provides information on the EU project HighCombi. It includes a market study of the project's six target countries, and outlines the solar thermal state of the art in each.

Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development

SDHtake-off - Solar District Heating in Europe

HighCombi Market Study.pdf 1.9 Mb [510 download(s)]

Training Course on Solar District Heating (2011)

Submitted by Raquel Ponte Costa on November 23, 2011

This document comprises training material developed in the framework of the SDHtake-off project with the support of Intelligent Energy Europe Programme. It has been designed as a “pool” of information to be used by all training organizations. It gives a broad overview of the solar thermal technologies employed for district heating, their characteristics as well as the legislative and technical requirements that are applicable in the EU.

markets

market status

SWOT analysis

installed collector area

Training and Education

Intelligent Energy Europe

Intelligent Energy Europe

The Effects of Passive Heating and Cooling on the Energy Performance of Buildings – CEN Calculation Procedures (2009)

Submitted by Raquel Ponte Costa on May 13, 2011

This is a document providing an overview on passive heating and cooling technologies and their impact on the energy performance of buildings presented by Anna Staudt and Hans Erhorn from the Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics concerning the CENSE project in Germany, with the funding from the EU’s Intelligent Energy Europe programme.

technology comparison

standardisation

Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics

Solar Cooling

template application forms

P093_EN_CENSE_Passive_H_and_C[1].pdf 305.2 Kb [417 download(s)]

Code of Practice for Manufacture and Installation of Solar Water Heating Systems in New Zealand (2004)

Submitted by Raquel Ponte Costa on February 10, 2010

This Code of Practice was published by the New Zealand Solar Industries Association (SIA) to provide guidance to manufacturers, suppliers, and purchasers of solar hot water systems on manufacturing and installation standards to be observed in New Zealand, especially for household installations.

New Zealand

solar thermal installation

site checks

procedures

manufacturing standards

installation standards

code of practice

Training and Education

Standards

Awareness Raising

SIA

New Zealand Solar Industries Association

RES 2020

Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development

New Zealand Code of Practise.pdf 1.5 Mb [490 download(s)]

Barriers to Technology Diffusion: the Case of Solar Thermal Technologies (2006)

Submitted by Hans Craen on March 27, 2009

This joint paper from the OECD and IEA (October 2006) looks into the different barriers that exist which prevent solar thermal technologies to deliver its real potential. Next to listing the barriers, the document also looks into means to overcome these, the existing technologies & markets and identifies best practices which can be used by policy makers in both industrialised and developing countries.

Three barriers to diffusion are analysed in more detail:

(1) Technical barriers,

(2) Economic barriers and

Finance and Incentives

OECD

International Energy Agency

IEA

Global Environment Facility

GEF

Water Treatment/Desalination

Solar Cooling

Process Heat

Solar Rating and Certification Corporation

oecd_IEA.pdf 795.8 Kb [1189 download(s)]

Enlarging Testing Facilities for SRCC in the USA

Submitted by Baerbel Epp on February 15, 2009

The extension of the federal tax credits by eight years and the election of Barack Obama have suddenly made the U.S. market for solar thermal energy far more attractive. The importance of imports of collectors and systems is growing. The number of flat plate and evacuated tube collectors has increased more than tenfold within three years according to the statistics of the Energy Information Administration (EIA) from 3,000 m² (2005) to 36,000 m² (2007).

Finance and Incentives

US Energy Information Administration

TÜV Rheinland

FSEC

Florida Solar Energy Center

EIA

Bodycote Testing Group

Spain: Solar Obligation since 2006

Submitted by Baerbel Epp on August 29, 2008

In March 2006 the Spanish Government passed the new Technical Buildings Code (CTE). It has been the most significant reform of the country’s building sector in decades. The law covers safety, health and noise protection issues in buildings, and it deals with sustainability and energy efficiency aspects. The solar sector of the CTE includes an obligation regarding the use of solar thermal energy in all new buildings and buildings undergoing major renovation and/or changes of use. Solar energy is supposed to cover 30 to 70 % of the domestic hot water demand.

Spain

technical building code