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Welcome to www.solar-district-heating.eu, the website of the Intelligent Energy Europe 'SDHtake-off - Solar District Heating in Europe' project! SDHtake-off is supporting the market rollout of solar district heating in Europe.
This website provides you with updated news and informations on solar district heating as well as project products and services presented here according to the SDHtake-off project progress.
Denmark faces a significant Upswing of Large-Scale Solar District Heating Plants
In Denmark happens in those years a veritable boom in connecting large solar thermal plants in combination with district heating and CHP. In addition to the already installed capacity of 80,000 m2, new plants in Ringkøbing with 15,000 m2 and in Jægerspris with 10,000 m2 have just been taken into service.
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Germany’s Heat and Power Association AGFW and Solites established a new Working Group on Solar District Heating
The second workshop of this group was recently held in Crailsheim, where representatives of district heating and solar thermal sector enterprises visited Germany’s largest SDH installation. The objective of the working group is to bring together the two sectors and to conjointly develop new opportunities for solar thermal in the district heating sector.
New Solar District Heating Installations in Sweden
In June 2010 a new solar block heating plant was taken into operation on the Orust island in West Sweden. A second small demo plant shall demonstrate the (technical and contractual) possibilities for house owners to have local solar heating plants in a large district heating network.
Support Scheme of two Million Euros for Large Scale Solar Plants in Austria started
Austria’s climate and energy fund supports solar plants of 100 up to 2000 m² collector are at 40% of invest.
Marstal Solar District Heating - EU supports the extension to a 100% renewable energy system
In Denmark, the project SUNSTORE 4 supports the further development of the renewable energy supply system for the community of Marstal. The expansion of the solar plant , a new pit heat storage, heat pump and a biomass boiler is part of the innovative cost efficient energy supply system.
Solar District Heating will be presented at the Conference of Alternative Energy Sources at Kroměříž in the Czech Republic
In the Czech Republic the project partners Cityplan and the Czech District Heating Association ADHCR promote solar district heating at national level. Possibilities of solar systems implemented into district heating and the project SDHtake-off will be presented at the conference Alternative Energy Sources 2010, which is held from 13. to 15. July in Kroměříž.
DHC+: Join the European technology platform for district heating and cooling
District heating and cooling (DHC) shows great potential to be at the forefront in the transformation of the European energy sector towards a sustainable future. With the necessary innovations DHC will be able to offer European citizens an entirely carbon free indoor comfort by 2050… and much more. The European technology platform “DHC+” works on defining research strategies and conceiving joint innovative research projects to realize this potential.
Not only electricity – Potential, opportunities and perspectives of renewable heat in Italy
On April, 14th, the association Amici della Terra organised in Rome a workshop on renewable heat. It was clearly highlighted that, to reach the 17% objective or renewable energy in Italy by 2020, the key contribution must come from renewable heat, with relevant benefits on the economy and the enviroment.
Feed-in model for Solar Thermal Heat in Hamburg
The north German district heating operator E. ON Hanse presently develops a feed-in model for solar thermal heat for the northeast area of Hamburg. The feasibility of district heating connected solar thermal systems will be achieved by using improved incentive conditions for buildings at other places in the district heating network, to which the solar heat will be allocated.
New German Website on Seasonal Thermal Energy Storage is Online
The Steinbeis Research Institute for Solar and Sustainable Thermal Energy Systems Solites started the new internet platform saisonalspeicher.de. The new website offers today’s available information about seasonal thermal energy storage and offers a unique extend of knowledge about this subject.
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