Dear Solarthermalworld.org Reader,
There
is enormous demand for industrial heat in the temperature range between
100 and 250 °C all around the world, and solar thermal technologies are
said to play an important role in covering this demand over the next
decades. But potential customers are not aware enough of the sunny
options. To win their trust, solar process heat needs to become a mature
and recognised technology and have a high number of reference projects
to show for.
An online database and a world map –
both published in March this year – will help close this gap. Online
database www.ship-plants.info already incorporates 122 solar process
heat projects from around the globe with a total thermal power of 88 MW.
The first World Map of the Solar Process Heat Collector Industry shows
33 manufacturers of concentrating solar collectors from 9 countries,
including their technology’s stage of development: prototype,
demonstration project or commercial plant. Both the database and the
world map will be updated regularly – to open the eyes of potential
clients to new opportunities.
Best regards
The editorial team
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