Collector with newly-developed pipe hydraulics
Solmetall GmbH is introducing a new flat plate collector with a surface area of 2.32 m2 that has improved hydraulics for lower pressure losses.
08.09.2015
Solar Thermal
The collector label is misleading
The solar thermal industry is debating whether it should introduce its own efficiency label for solar collectors. Uwe Trenkner, who was secretary general of the European Solar Thermal Industry Federation ESTIF from 2005 to 2009, explains in a commentary why he rejects this idea.
03.09.2015
Solar Thermal in New York: A Significant Role
A revised incentive programme in New York State has increased the number of installations of solar thermal systems that replace fossil fuels and electricity. Now, the programme’s financial resources are already nearly exhausted.
27.08.2015
Efficiency label planned for existing heating systems in Germany
The German government intends to equip old heaters with an efficiency label starting on 1 January 2016. The purpose of this measure is to encourage owners of inefficient heaters to replace them sooner. This could set an example for the rest of the EU.
19.08.2015
Ratiotherm begins manufacturing collectors
During recent years, many manufacturing sites for solar thermal collectors in German-speaking countries have been closed down. Ratiotherm Heizung & Solartechnik has decided to go against the trend and has opened a production site to manufacture its own range of solar collectors for pitched and flat roof systems. The plant is located in the Bavarian municipality of Dollnstein.
04.08.2015
Bosch builds large-scale solar thermal plant in India
The heating technology company Bosch Thermotechnik has installed a 208-m² solar thermal plant at a hotel in India. The type of substructure used is particularly interesting.
28.07.2015
First solar desalination plant to be built in California
Due to Californian draughts, 2015 was the second year in which agriculture in the Central Valley was left with a water allocation of 0 %. A company wants to fix this problem using solar thermal technology to recycle unusable water for agricultural irrigation.
21.07.2015
Photovoltaic Feed