Five multi-megawatt district heating plants under construction
by Bärbel Epp

Denmark’s turnkey system suppliers are dominating the European solar district heating market. Over the past weeks, they have begun construction on five solar fields larger than 10,000 m² (7 MW_th), with four having been announced by Arcon-Sunmark and one by Aalborg CSP. 

Solar Cooling at Intersolar 2019
by Lotus Shaheen

This year’s Intersolar Europe featured a conference session titled Solar, the new cool? Among the speakers were Daniel Mugnier and Uli Jakob, former members of the IEA SHC research platform New Generation Solar Cooling & Heating Systems, who gave an update on the current situation in the market.

Go-to-market strategies for industrial solar heat
by Bärbel Epp

Preparations have been made to establish a new international research platform focusing on nearly market-ready SHIP technologies. “Our aim is to raise the profile of solar heat, which has been a reliable and affordable source of energy for industry,” said Andreas Häberle (photo right), who coordinates work in the definition stage.

Seasonal pit heat storage: Cost benchmark of 30 EUR/m³
by Bärbel Epp

Denmark has had a successful learning curve regarding to the cost and efficiency of seasonal pit heat storage. Take Sunstore 3, for example, a 60,000 m³ storage system built at a cost of 38 EUR/m³ in 2014. It has now reached a storage efficiency of more than 90%.