Solar heating and cooling News for June 2010

Solar heating and cooling News Archive

Intersolar: 23% increase in 2010 visitor numbers

Intersolar Europe, the exhibition for solar energy, saw a 23% increase in visitor numbers to 72,000 visitors from around 150 countries this year in Munich, Germany on 9-11 June.

Intersolar: The 2010 Intersolar AWARD goes to...

This year’s Intersolar AWARD for innovation and improvements in solar power went to ABB Schweiz AG, Gehrlicher Solar AG, SMA Solar Technology AG, FSAVE Solartechnik GmbH, InvenSor GmbH, a research collaboration, Festo AG & Co. KG, GEMO-TEC Ltd, and Gebr. Schmid GmbH + Co.

Solar water heating project in Scotland

The ScottishPower Energy People Trust has donated £90,000 to Lister Housing Co-operative in Scotland for the installation of solar water heating.

Trina Solar and SERIS develop solar cells

Trina Solar Ltd and the Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore (SERIS) will cooperate on an all-back-contact high-efficiency silicon wafer solar cell using Trina Solar's monocrystalline wafers.

European solar thermal market contracted 10% in 2009

The European solar thermal market decreased by 10% in 2009, according to the report ‘Solar Thermal Markets in Europe – Trends and Market Statistics 2009’ from the European Solar Thermal Industry Federation (ESTIF).

Dubai’s first solar cooling plant in operation

Dubai’s first solar cooling plant is in operation at the new offices of welding products supplier ESAB.