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Solar Thermal

23.05.2013

The UK doubles its subsidies for solar energy

The British Ministry of Energy and Climate Change has increased subsidies for renewable heat. The Renewable Heat Premium Payment (RHPP) for solar thermal systems has been doubled to £ 600 (approximately € 707). more...

Solar Thermal

15.05.2013

Austria's large plant subsidisation goes into the fourth round

In Austria, the fourth tender for large-scale solar installations has begun. Between the end of April and the end of September, applications for the subsidisation of demonstration plants of large solar thermal plants can be submitted to the Austrian Climate Fund. more...

Solar Thermal

08.05.2013

Thermosiphonic system with aluminium tubing

The solar specialist Chromagen from Israel has developed an innovative cooper-free, aluminium tubing thermosiphonic, closed-loop system for flat or inclined roof installations. The aluminium tubing was realised to lower the cost of the system. more...

Solar Thermal

06.05.2013

Solar heat for an entire town

The international solar industry often gives Denmark envious looks. Large solar thermal heating networks are being built there on a grand scale. Even more gratifying is the fact that a 1,000 m² collector field will now also supply a German solar thermal heating network in the county of Büsingen. more...

Solar Thermal

11.04.2013

Chiller in the collector

ClimateWell AB, a Swedish manufacturer of absorption cooling systems, has developed an innovative type of chiller. The CoolStore tubes are vacuum tubes in which an absorption cooling process is integrated, based on the material pair of lithium chloride (LiCl) and water. These tubes can be accommodated in a flat plate collector housing. more...

Solar Thermal

11.04.2013

BDR Thermea acquires Baymak

The Dutch BDR Thermea Group has acquired the Turkish heating technology manufacturer Baymak. BDR Thermea has held half of the shares in Baymak since 2002. At that time, the company acquired these shares under the name Baxi, before it merged with the DeDietrich Remeha Group and became BDR Thermea. more...

Solar Thermal

04.04.2013

Green Paper 2013: Heating sector not satisfied

The Green Paper 2013 of the EU Commission neglects the heating sector. According to "Heat Coalition", an organisation consisting of 11 companies from the European heating and air conditioning industry, neither the potential nor the future problems of the heating sector were adequately mentioned by the EU Commission. The Commission should have considered the future role of the heating and air conditioning sector. Forty-five per cent of the energy generated more...