01 NOV 2024 Latest IEA SHC Solar Academy Webinar on District Heating is Now Open for Registration Registration is now open for the latest IEA SHC Solar Academy webinar on Boosting the Efficiency of Solar Thermal District Heating with Digitalization,... read more
28 AUG 2024 Technical and efficiency-orientated comparison of solar collectors for district heating A large number of different collector types are available for planners to integrate into district heating systems. A recent report by the IEA Solar Heating... read more
30 APR 2024 “District heating has never had such a high significance in Germany" In Germany, one record-breaking plant is being built after another. Solar district heating is a large, rapidly growing business. read more
25 FEB 2024 Investigation of the boost effect of heat pumps in solar district heating During their most recent meeting in Sweden in October the district heating experts from the IEA SHC Programme discussed the impact of integrating heat... read more
26 SEP 2023 Open data sets have great importance when analysing and optimising operation strategies for solar district heating plants A complete annual data set of monitoring results for a solar district heating plant is an important prerequisite for meaningful simulations of such systems... read more
27 JUN 2023 Solar District Heating Info Package for Cities and Towns Among the 6,000 cities and towns in Europe with district heating, 266 already feed solar heat into their grid. For municipalities that plan to expand and... read more
09 JUN 2023 Innovations in the front-running solar district heating country Denmark The Danish solar district heating sector is a role model for the world. Researchers from IEA SHC Task 68 Efficient Solar District Heating met in the Danish... read more
06 MAR 2023 SDH info package to be presented during webinar in March Decarbonising the around 6,000 district heating networks in Europe is a challenging task in the next decade. read more
06 FEB 2023 IEA SHC investigates cost reduction potential of solar district heating Transparency about costs makes claims more credible and helps energy modellers. For these reasons the IEA SHC Task 68 on Efficient Solar District Heating... read more
05 JAN 2023 Task 68: Fault-Detective – Fault Detection Based on Artificial Intelligence Good monitoring is essential to ensure the performance of solar thermal systems. Only then can solar al systems live up to their full... read more
07 DEC 2022 Solar district heating solutions providing higher temperatures A well-attended second meeting of the research group IEA SHC Task 68 Efficient Solar District Heating took place at the beginning of November. A total... read more
15 SEP 2022 Heat pumps: Competition or complement in district heating? For decades, the Danish solar district heating sector has been a shining example for the world. And with the help of new heat pump-solar hybrid designs,... read more
09 FEB 2022 Support joint marketing efforts for solar district heating At a workshop set to take place on 4 and 5 April in Graz, Austria, the IEA Solar Heating and Cooling Programme will launch a new research platform about... read more
26 MAY 2021 New SDH factsheet database goes online The IEA Solar Heating and Cooling Programme has just launched a database containing a substantial number of fact sheets about solar district heating technologies,... read more
26 MAR 2021 Improving the efficiency of Solar District Heating (SDH) Since the end of IEA SHC Task 55 – Large Solar District Heating and Cooling Systems last December, there have been multiple calls for continuing the work... read more
27 OCT 2020 Improved design for giga-size pit heat storage Denmark’s cost-effective, tried-and-true seasonal pit heat storage concept needs to be modified if it is to be implemented across Europe, since district... read more
30 SEP 2020 Four years of global SDH research summarised in online workshop and factsheets On Thursday, 15 October 2020, an online technology transfer workshop about large solar district heating networks will provide attendees with the perfect... read more
24 JUN 2020 Success factors in top SDH countries In the last decade, Denmark, China, Germany and Austria played a leading role in the deployment of large solar thermal systems around the world. What country-specific... read more
13 SEP 2019 Solar District Heating Infographics Available for Download Task 55 has developed eleven infographics to illustrate SDH technologies, advantages and market developments. The files are available as jpgs and pdfs... read more