Dear Solarthermalworld.org Reader,
Bringing
together urban planners and solar heating and cooling experts was the
objective of the workshop on the French island of Réunion at the end of
September (see photo) as part of Task 51, Solar Energy in Urban Planning,
of the IEA Solar Heating and Cooling (SHC) Programme. The French
overseas department intends to do away with fossil energies in the
electricity sector by 2020 and in the island's total energy mix by 2030.
As the generation of PV electricity has grown drastically over recent
years and the small island grid is getting into trouble managing solar
electricity, some new housing areas on the island have made solar
thermal mandatory and banned PV.
The SHC2015
conference in Istanbul from 2 to 4 December 2015 will highlight the most
important results and outcomes of the IEA SHC programme's main tasks
and aims at discussing them with representatives from the industry and
public bodies. For the first time, an Industry Day gathers topics of
high interest to the industry, such as the role of solar heating and
cooling in Europe's future energy mix, new opportunities in the MENA and
Gulf region, as well as Global Certification to remove market barriers.
Have a good read and sunny regards
The editorial team
Task 51's workshop on La Reunion
SHC2015 programme online