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Belo Horizonte – Brazil´s Solar Capital
Belo Horizonte, a municipality about 600 km north of Sao Paulo in the state of Minas Gerais, is also known as the solar capital of Brazil. Not only does it have a population of about 2.5 million, but ......
Read MoreBrazil: Energy Ministry with Big Plans for Solar
The focus of the Intersolar South America in Sao Paulo: photovoltaics. Increasing electricity prices in Brazil and net metering options have generated interest among PV manufacturers from all over the......
Read MoreFlat plate collector sales in China reach a record 6 million m2 in 2017
2017 saw again an increase in flat plate collector area in China. Newly installed flat plate collector area rose by 13 %, whereas vacuum tube collector area declined by 9 % (see the table at the end ......
Read MoreSIDITE SOLAR attend 2018 The China Trade Week in Kenya
From June 13th to 15th, 2018, Zhejiang Sidite New Engergy Co.,Ldt participated in the China Trade Week ,which hold in Nairoi, Kenya. it’s the secondt time that Sidite Solar take part in exhib......
Read MoreSolar Is UK's Best District Heating Option
The UK government has clear and ambitious plans to raise the share of district heating (DH) in total heat consumption. GBP (Pound Sterling) 320 million is said to be made available for increasing the ......
Read MoreAustralia: Think Big, Think Solar
In Australia, the deployment of large commercial solar thermal plants is picking up speed. This year, Monash University had a solar field of 0.5 MW put into operation and aims to expand it to 1 MW. Th......
Read MoreNamibia’s path to a solar thermal future
The Namibia Solar Thermal Technology (STT) Roadmap outlines the country’s path to 1.5 million m² of collector area by 2030. The aim is to have an average 0.5 m² installed per inhabitan......
Read MoreSolar to replace coal in Polish district heating networks
Zbigniew Kamieński, adviser to the president of NFOŚiGW’s board, has recently made some encouraging statements. During the conference Use of renewable energy sources and seasonal heat storage......
Read MoreSpain’s 2017 figures show increase in solar collector production despite declining market
2017 saw the Spanish solar thermal market dropping by 5 % to 201,505 m2, or 141 MWth, but surpassing 4 million m2 overall, totalling 4,106,195 m2, or 2.87 GWth. The main reason for the downward tr......
Read MoreLebanon´s success in driving down prices
The Lebanese solar thermal market has made great strides in bringing down the cost of solar water heating. Between 2010 and 2016, average system prices decreased by 43 %, from USD 1,880 to USD 1,313. ......
Read MoreThermosiphon market rebounds in Italy
System suppliers and importers in Italy have reported significant growth in thermosiphon sales in 2017 thanks to the national support scheme Conto Termico 2.0. “Compared to the previous year, ......
Read MoreIndia: Flat plates up, concentrating technologies down
In 2017, India’s solar thermal market shifted heavily in favour of flat plate collectors, with systems based on concentrating technologies losing ground. The chart shows the annually installed......
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