Germany: Vaillant Establishes End-Customer Online Platform
German Vaillant has launched a project which has stirred controversy among installers: Online platform heizungonline.vaillant.de can be used by manufacturers to directly address those end customers who...
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Professor Vitaly A. Butuzov is one of Russia’s well-known experts on solar heating and cooling. He is professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering, Heat and Renewable Energy of Kuban State...
View ArticleBelarus: 287 Completed Systems Prove Growing Interest in Solar Heat
The use of solar heat is becoming increasingly popular in Belarus, an eastern European country with around 10 million population. Official statistics from the Ministry of Energy put the number of...
View ArticleISH in Germany: Easy Selling – Heating Industry Starts Digital Marketing Journey
Traditionally, the ISH has been the biannual forum for the European heating industry to showcase product innovations and new business strategies. The big five in Europe – Bosch Thermotechnik with its...
View ArticleGermany: Tool to Calculate Solar Feed into District Heating Network
Interest in solar district heating is growing in Germany. A map by German research organisation Solites shows the systems currently in operation to be 23 totalling 49,600 m² of collector area (34.7...
View ArticleSerbia: EU Supports 903 m² Solar District Heating Installation
Throughout the last years, the EU has been criticised for many things, and the UK has now been the first to decide on leaving. Still, there are good examples of how the union can benefit even...
View ArticleIEA SHC Task 54: Solar Thermal Cost Reductions
The objective of IEA SHC Task 54 is to reduce the purchase price of solar thermal systems by up to 40 % across the entire value chain. To achieve this, the project partners have been evaluating...
View ArticleSolar thermal goes digital
On 14 December 2017, members of industry associations Austria Solar and BSW-Solar met founders of start-ups to draw up digital strategies for solar thermal. One of the key findings from the one-day...
View ArticleWorld’s largest flat plate collector manufacturers in 2017
The 2017 ranking of the world’s largest flat plate collector producers clearly shows the market dominance of Chinese companies. Even second-ranked Greenonetec, an Austrian collector manufacturer, is...
View ArticleBonilait Dairy: Largest Solar Process Heat Installation in France
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View ArticleFrance: Monitoring Innovations – Rebuilding Investor Confidence
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View ArticleGreat Britain: Solar thermal proposed to exit the Renewable Heat Incentive...
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...
View ArticleGermany: 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...
View ArticleRussia: 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...
View ArticleSwitzerland: 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,...
View ArticleGermany: Vaillant Establishes End-Customer Online Platform
German Vaillant has launched a project which has stirred controversy among installers: Online platform heizungonline.vaillant.de can be used by manufacturers to directly address those end customers who...
View ArticleRussia: “I estimate the potential at 2 million m², half each for tourism and...
Professor Vitaly A. Butuzov is one of Russia’s well-known experts on solar heating and cooling. He is professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering, Heat and Renewable Energy of Kuban State...
View ArticleBelarus: 287 Completed Systems Prove Growing Interest in Solar Heat
The use of solar heat is becoming increasingly popular in Belarus, an eastern European country with around 10 million population. Official statistics from the Ministry of Energy put the number of...
View ArticleISH in Germany: Easy Selling – Heating Industry Starts Digital Marketing Journey
Traditionally, the ISH has been the biannual forum for the European heating industry to showcase product innovations and new business strategies.NewsGermanyISH 2017online marketingOnline sales...
View ArticleGermany: Tool to Calculate Solar Feed into District Heating Network
Interest in solar district heating is growing in Germany. A map by German research organisation Solites shows the systems currently in operation to be 23 totalling 49,600 m² of collector area (34.7...
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