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SunPeek – Automated Power Check for Utility-Scale Solar Heat Systems

Evaluating the performance of solar thermal plants is of great interest for operators and it provides a basis for optimizations. A tool for this task is...

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,...

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...

“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.

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...

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...

Solar District Heating Info Package for Cities and Towns

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...