June, 2010 // Posts published in June, 2010
19 Jun
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Dubai: Solar-cooled, 6,000 m2 Office Building
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Under the burning sun of Dubai, United Arab Emirates: 161 m2 of vacuum tube collectors by Irish manufacturer Kingspan Renewables provide enough heat for 6 small-size absorption chillers with a 10 kW cooling capacity by Swedish company Climatewell. Photo: Climatewell.
16 Jun
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Greece: Residential PV Feed-in Tariff Requires Renewable Heating Installation
The statement "Photovoltaics is strong competition" resulted in different responses among the solar industries of different countries. Greece is one of the countries where the industry does not agree with it. Source: solrico
16 Jun
Posted by Todd Costello in Solar Thermal News | 2 comments
Solar Thermal Energy – New Light on a Mature and Market Ready Technology (2007)
This presentation was created by Sterling Planet in 2007. This presentation covers several aspects of solar thermal technology including system types, job creation, market growth, different applications, and the outlook of solar thermal energy in the future.
16 Jun
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Status and Potentials of Renewable Energy Technologies in Lebanon and the Region (2007)
This document released by Green Line Association, a Lebanese NGO, provides an overview of the renewable energies penetration in Lebanon and in surrounding countries (Egypt, Jordan, Palestine, Syria).
In Lebanon, collective solar water heating (SWH) systems' installations have verified an annual increase rate of 24% since 2000, whereas in the past individual SWH systems were more common. The figures show that a decrease in the purchasing costs of the systems has been positive to the market.
14 Jun
Posted by Todd Costello in Solar Thermal News | 3 comments
DOE – Guide to Water Heating (2000)
This publication was prepared by the US Department of Energy and provides general information on the various types of solar water heaters currently available. It also discusses the environmental and economical benefits of installing a solar water heating system and provides a detailed cost benefit analysis.
14 Jun
Posted by Raquel Costa in Solar Thermal News | 3 comments
The Sun Shines a Bit More in Härnösand (2010)
This is a document released by the Swedish company Absolicon about the solar thermal and PV project being carried out through a public-private partnership in the small town of Härnösand in Sweden.
The hospital in Härnösand is now an example of energy efficiency and use of renewable energy sources for Sweden and Europe. 50 m2 of suntracking solar panels, generating
power and heat simultaneously, were installed on the roof of the hospital.
10 Jun
Posted by Todd Costello in Solar Thermal News | 2 comments
Conceptual Design of a Solar-Thermal Heating System with Seasonal Storage for a Vashon Greenhouse (2006)
This is a thesis research paper from the University of Washington in 2006. The objective of the study is to design a solar thermal heating system with seasonal storage for a greenhouse, optimized for the environmental impact, thermal efficiency and cost.
The main goals of the study is to: provide 100 percent solar heat to the greenhouse; limit the size of the storage to fit within the footprint of the greenhouse; minimize environmental impact and cost; maintain greenhouse temperatures ideal for optimum growing; maintain historic greenhouse structure.
10 Jun
Posted by Raquel Costa in Solar Thermal News | 3 comments
The Market Potential of Micro-CHCP (2009)
This is a study assessing the market potential of small scale Combined Heating Cooling and Power (CHCP) in several European countries (Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland).
The study is one of the final deliverables of the PolySMART Project (POLYgeneration with advanced small and medium scale thermally driven air-conditioning and refrigeration technology), an integrated project partly funded by the European Commission under 6th Framework Programme.
10 Jun
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Building Sector Policies and Regulation for Promotion of Solar Water Heating System (2010)
This comprehensive report from 2010 reviews and assesses the building sector policies and regulations in India in the context of solar water heating (SWH) and needs to be seen in the context of the ambitious goal India set to reach 10 million m2 of installed SWH systems by 2012.
10 Jun
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Solarhot: New Collector Production in the US
Solarhot collectors on a cold winter day: The solar system supplier from Morrisville, North Carolina, ships his collectors to all parts of the US. The company started its collector production in March 2010.
Photo: Solarhot
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