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Solar Keymark: Additional Table Allows Comparison of Annual Collector Output
The Solar Keymark certification is getting more consumer-friendly: Since the beginning of this year, the new certificate data sheets include a second page on the annual collector unit output for...
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France: Uniclima Study Predicts Stagnating Market in 2012
Uniclima, the French union for the heating, cooling and ventilation industry, presented its latest take on the French solar thermal market in 2012 at a press conference in Paris on 18 October. Compared...
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France: High Solar Thermal Standing, But Shrinking Market
French people like solar thermal, but their wish to install a system seems to hardly come true. According to a recent survey among 1,008 persons, which was conducted by French survey company Ifop in...
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Germany: Industrial Solar and Viessmann Work on Standardised Process Steam...
Together with the German Aerospace Centre's Institute of Solar Research, DLR, German companies Industrial Solar and Viessmann are working on a standardised hybrid system based on solar energy and...
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France: Viessmann Acquires SAED Technology
French company Viessmann Faulquemont, a subsidiary of the German Viessmann Group, has bought up the assets of French company Sophia Antipolis Energie Developpment (SAED), which was put under turnaround...
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Germany: Strong Decrease in Retrofit Market for Solar Combi Systems
According to the German solar industry association, BSW Solar, and the German heating industry association, BDH, the country saw an 11 % decrease in newly installed solar collector area in 2013,...
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German Centrotec Sustainable: “Increasing international business“
“The change at the top of Centrotec made the first quarter of 2014 an unusually turbulent one.” These were the words with which Guido A Krass (left), founder and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of...
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Germany: First Solar Energy Technology in Development Cooperation Conference
On 6 and 7 November, experts in development cooperation and solar specialists from all around the world met in Frankfurt, Germany, for the Solar Energy Technology in Development Cooperation conference....
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France: Third Solar District Heating Conference Call for Paper
After Denmark and Germany, it will now be France’s turn to host the Solar District Heating Conference. Researchers, as well as representatives from municipality utilities and solar thermal system...
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Poland: Swiss Contribution Ups Solar Thermal Funding
The binational cooperation between Switzerland and Poland to support solar thermal technology has reached the halfway mark: According to the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), there...
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ISH 2015: Letter A with or without + Dominates International Heating Fair
From 10 to 14 March, energy labels dominated Hall 8 at the ISH 2015 in Frankfurt. “Obviously, we have a competitive advantage with the label,” Uwe Glock, Head of the Management Board of Bosch...
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Germany: Viessmann Offers Turnkey Solutions for Bioenergy Villages
The German Viessmann Group, one of the leading manufacturers of heating and cooling technology, offers bioenergy village cooperatives their own turnkey systems for renewable district heating. These...
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Germany: ISH 2015 and Its Prominent Novelties
Managers from four different companies showcasing one innovation – a rare occurrence, even at a large fair like the ISH 2015 in Frankfurt. At the beginning of March, Rudolf Pfeil, CEO of Resol,...
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Slovakia: Industry Waits on Incentive Programme Start
Since Slovakia and its 5.45 million citizens joined the European Union in 2004, the country has made considerable progress in increasing its energy efficiency and decreasing greenhouse gas emissions....
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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...
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France: Monitoring Innovations – Rebuilding Investor Confidence
“The French market has been suffering from inadequately performing solar thermal installations made in the boom years of 2009 to 2011 because of untrained installers,” said Edwige Gautier, Project...
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The previously reported rumours of significant changes for solar thermal support in the UK have now been confirmed by the government in a consultation proposal on 3 March. Already we knew the Renewable...
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Germany: Thermondo Digitalises Heating Industry Planning and Sales
Start-up Thermondo, based in Berlin, Germany, has turned the tables on sales and planning methods for home heating systems. Not only does the company generate its turnover online, it also leaves most...
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Russia: Basel Aero Plans Solar Installations on Three Airports near Black Sea
Russian airport operator Basel Aero, which is part of Russian financial conglomerate Basic Elements, is planning additional installations of solar collectors at airports managed by the company in...
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Switzerland: Solar Thermal Market Decline, Unclear Policy Situation
In 2015, the solar collector area newly installed in Switzerland shrunk by 16 % compared to 2014. Imports outperformed domestic production, and larger systems for multi-family and commercial buildings,...
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