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  • PVT Oberfeld
    July 29, 2016

    Switzerland: PVT System Output Reaches 330 kWhth/m² on Top of 163 kWhel/m²

    Crystalline PV modules utilise only 12 to 15 % of the incoming sunlight, while the rest is usually treated as waste heat. Hybrid solar panels, also called PVT elements, will channel this unused low-temperature heat, as shown by a large-scale demonstration plant in Switzerland. The PVT...
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  • Euroheat & Power Logo
    July 1, 2016

    Top District Heating Countries – Euroheat & Power 2015 Survey Analysis

    Solar district heating has enjoyed increasing attention from all across Europe and China, triggered by Denmark’s enormous growth rates in the field. Until the end of last year, the Scandinavian country had seen 577 MW of solar thermal power fed into 79 district heating networks mostly run...
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  • Aalborg Tars Inauguration
    June 20, 2016

    Denmark: Solar Concentrating Systems to Offer Wide Array of Uses

    At present, the Danish turnkey supplier of concentrating solar systems, Aalborg CSP, has two more large projects under construction. Both installations – one for Danish district heating company Brønderslev Forsyning and one for Australian vegetables producer Sundrop Farms – cover...
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  • Gleisdorf Solar 2016
    June 17, 2016

    Austria: Decision on Operating Company for Big Solar Graz Expected Soon

    “Large-scale solar thermal systems in the GW range – an insignificant niche market or the future for solar thermal?” was the official title of a panel discussion at the Gleisdorf Solar conference in Austria in early May. The most important question was: What will be next for the planned 350...
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  • Sunrain Arcon Joint Venture
    June 10, 2016

    China: Arcon-Sunmark and Sunrain Establish Joint-Venture for Large Projects

    A new joint venture founded in Beijing, China, on 31 May aims at offering large-scale solar heating solutions on the Chinese market. The country’s market leader, Jiangsu Sunrain Solar Energy, and Arcon-Sunmark, a Danish turnkey large-scale system provider, joined forces to establish Arcon-...
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  • May 19, 2016

    Germany: Construction Starts on 2,230 m2 Solar Field in Chemnitz

    On 11 May, construction work started on a new 2,230 m2 ground-mounted collector array (2,090 m2 of aperture area) in the city of Chemnitz. The project is said to be completed within about a month, and the plant is scheduled to come into operation a few weeks later. The collector...
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  • April 28, 2016

    Bulgaria: Solar District Heating Becomes Realistic Option

     paradoxical: Although abundant sunlight is usually associated with southern Europe, the most solar district heating (SDH) plants in Europe are located in the north, mainly in Denmark, but also in Norway and Sweden. Milan Rashevski, a Bulgarian architect from the non-governmental Institute for...
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  • Kleine Zeitung
    April 15, 2016

    Austria: Big Solar – EUR 200 Million Investment in Graz

    The Austrian municipality of Graz is preparing for the post-fossil fuel heating era: On 27 February, the front page of national newspaper Kleine Zeitung (copies sold each day: around 300,000) read “Graz plans largest solar storage worldwide”. According to the news article, regional energy...
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