This is the third report in a new series of three unique studies covering the emerging UK microgeneration industry. Other reports cover the Domestic Biomass market and Ground and Air Source Heat Pumps. In comparison to other microgeneration technologies, solar thermal heating is by far the most popular with over 140,000 unit installations in total [...]
The condenser for the power plant block of the Andasol 3 Solar Thermal power project arrived at the building site near La Calahorra on Monday. Also the turbine for the Andasol 3 power plant has already reached the Mediterranean coast in the south of Spain. At the same time, the generator that was built in [...]
Vinci Energía C.V. has announced that it is poised to launch one of the first pre-commercial solar thermal electric plants based on its new Luter 10 Stirling dish technology. Rather than using conventional mirrors, the solar receivers will be fitted with Vinci Energía’s patented optical assembly. The new Stirling dish unit developed by Vinci Energía [...]
Brussels, 25 September 2009. Since heat accounts for nearly half of the overall energy demand in the European Union, the solar thermal industry will no doubt make a significant contribution to the 20% target of renewable energy set by the new RES Directive. A new Study “Potential of Solar Thermal in Europe” examines the growth [...]
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