News release – On 9-11 July 2012, San Francisco will host the International Conference on Solar Heating and Cooling for Buildings and Industry – SHC 2012. The scientific conference is organized by the International Energy Agency’s Solar Heating and Cooling Programme (IEA SHC), which coordinates research on solar thermal technologies. “SHC 2012 is the first…
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IEA SHC Releases Solar Heat Worldwide Report for May 2012
Report – Markets and Contribution to the Energy Supply 2010 – Edition 2012 By the end of 2010, an installed capacity of 195.8 GWth corresponding to a total of 279.7 million square meters of collector area was in operation in the 55 countries recorded in the IEA Solar Heating and Cooling Programme 2012 report. These…
IEA SHC Releases Solar Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Report for Oct 2011
Report – Close to a thousand solar assisted cooling (SAC) plants have been installed worldwide, which cover all types of technologies and sizes. This is of course a very early market in comparison to the tens of millions of compression air-conditioning systems sold worldwide every year. Recently, a number of large and very large installations…
Solar Thermal Pioneer Huang Ming Honored With “Alternative Nobel Prize”
News release – Huang Ming, solar thermal pioneer and founder of Himin Solar, was awarded the Right Livelihood Award on 29 September 2011. The International Energy Agency’s Solar Heating and Cooling Programme (IEA SHC) congratulates Huang Ming on this great honour. “Huang Ming really deserves this award.” says IEA SHC chairman Werner Weiss. “He has…
IEA-SHC Releases Solar Thermal Generates 196 GWth Report for Jul 2011
Report – Data collected from 53 countries, representing 90-95% of the solar thermal market, shows solar thermal is second only to wind among non-traditional renewable in its contribution to meeting global energy demand. This year’s edition of the International Energy Agency, Solar Heating and Cooling (IEA SHC) programme reports that 196 GWth or 280 million…
SHC 2012 — San Francisco, CA — Jul 9th-11th
Event – SHC 2012 – International Conference on Solar Heating and Cooling for Buildings and Industry will be held July 9th-11th, 2012 at the InterContinental San Francisco hotel in San Francisco, CA. SHC 2012 is the first of a new series of annual scientific conferences on solar thermal. The conference offers a discussion platform for…
IEA SHC — World’s Solar Industry Update — Release Jan 2011
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