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September 24, 2015
Bonilait Dairy: Largest Solar Process Heat Installation in France

The solar heat supply system of dairy processor Bonilait Protéines, which has its factory near the French town of Poitiers, is a unique showcase in many ways. First of all, it is currently the largest solar process heat installation in France. Second, it is equipped...
May 2, 2015
France: New ESCO Focuses on Process Heat

A start-up company will host the next Task 49 meeting in Montpellier, France. This is unusual for the IEA Solar Heating and Cooling Programme, but the business target of French company Sunti is a perfect fit for Task 49, which aims at increasing solar heat integration into industrial...
January 19, 2015
Contracting Models for Solar Thermally Driven Cooling and Heating Systems (2014)

This report highlights new perspectives of financing large solar thermal cooling projects with the objective to expand the use of solar cooling technologies in the public and private sectors through an improved understanding of the approaches adopted by contracting models. The work was...
August 29, 2014
USA: S.O.L.I.D. Operates 3.4 MWth Cooling System as ESCO in Arizona

It is an ideal location for solar cooling use: Scottsdale, a US city in the Greater Phoenix area in Arizona enjoys an average of 312 days of sunshine every year. Between May and September, temperatures rise above 38°C and can even reach 46°C on a hot day. This is where in July...
March 4, 2014
SMEThermal 2014: “Take the risk away from the customer and the financier”

Solar thermal is not just about technology, it´s also about financing. It takes much more than just an improved, mature technology to have a successful industry. It needs new business models which attract the financial sector and it requires transparency in terms of performance and...
July 13, 2013
Austria/Brazil: Mechanism to Guarantee Energy Supply Contracts

Energy Service Companies (ESCOs) sell solar heat to clients instead of solar systems. To be profitable, the ESCO or contractors need to supply the energy over long contract periods between 10 and 20 years. For example, Austrian company S.O.L.I.D. has received a EUR 4 million loan...
September 30, 2012
USA: Solar Heating and Cooling Gets Less Attention

The US-American solar heating and cooling industry has been receiving significantly less attention than solar electricity technologies. An example of that is the webpage “My Solar Job”, which gathers profiles of people who...

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