
Solar Hot Water for Homes The SolarBeam can provide solar hot water for in-floor heating and radiant heating by providing free hot water to the boiler. At a location that has a solar radiation of 900 w/m2, 1 SolarBeam can heat 1,000 liters of water from 12 C to 60 C in 4 hours. This [...]
XcelPlus Global Holdings, Inc.,an alternative energy and renewable energy solutions company, have announced that it has acquired Sunfield Technologies North America, Inc. (Sunfield N.A.), making XcelPlus the exclusive U.S. supplier of Sunfield solar thermal collectors. “This solar thermal collector is the key component of our new line of products to retrofit traditional hot water heaters [...]
The Oregon Department of Energy has issued 11 awards in a competitive process to study the feasibility of specific and new renewable energy, heat, and fuel projects in Oregon. Eleven projects in nine counties received funding ranging from $20,000 to $50,000, at a total commitment level of $351,000. The purpose of the CREFF program is [...]
Located in New South Wales, Ausra Pty Limited has developed and is expanding the world’s first solar thermal power collector system for coal‐fired power augmentation. Ausra’s Compact Linear Fresnal Reflector (CLFR) technology began testing operations at the company’s Liddell Solar Thermal Station in 2004, initially generating one megawatt equivalent (MW) of solar‐generated steam. The solar [...]
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Baxi is part of the Baxi Group, one of Europe’s leading heating and home comfort specialists. The company has developed a Micro-CHP unit, the Baxi Ecogen, a free Piston Stirling engine which will generate useable electricity as well as heat for the home. Baxi Ecogen is a microgeneration unit that generates 1kW of electricity per hour [...]