News release – The North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners (NABCEP) is pleased to announce the release of Learning Objectives and an exam blueprint for its new Solar Thermal Entry Level Knowledge Assessment program. The Learning Objectives, which were developed by a volunteer committee of Solar Thermal Industry practitioners and educators, are focused...
Event – The 5th World Future Energy Summit (WFES) will be held in January 16th -19th, 2012 at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. WFES 2012 hosted by Masdar focuses on climate change and the latest technological advances in the renewable energy sector targeting energy companies and professionals, consumers,...
News release – The Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) has unveiled a new rebate program to help residents finance solar hot water projects. Beginning in early February, MassCEC will begin accepting applications for a pilot version of the Commonwealth Solar Hot Water program, which is designed to help Massachusetts residents adopt solar thermal water...
News release – The New York Solar Energy Industries Association (NYSEIA), the trade association representing the New York solar energy industry, has re-appointed Ron Kamen, a solar energy executive from the Hudson Valley, as president. Kamen of Rhinebeck is a founding partner and chief development and public policy officer of EarthKind Solar, the leading...
News release – Free Hot Water, a leading solar water heating manufacturer and distributor, has introduced new, easy-to-use solar thermal cost calculators and other estimation tools for estimating the size and project design of solar thermal systems. While there are many public solar photovoltaic (PV) calculators on the Internet, there are very few calculators...
News release – Solar thermal systems are gaining visibility in commercial energy audits because they can produce electricity, provide heat and drive air conditioning, fueled only by free, clean energy from the sun. Commercial energy audits are recommending solar thermal installations with increasing frequency. The reason is that solar thermal technologies are increasingly cost...