Task 68 Efficient Solar District Heating Systems 46% of total heat produced is consumed in buildings for space and water heating.
Task 55 Integrating Large SHC Systems into DHC Networks Developing technical and economic requirements for introducing solar district heating and cooling (DHC) systems.
09 FEB Support joint marketing efforts for solar district heating At a workshop set to take place on 4 and 5 April in Graz, Austria, the IEA Solar Heating and Cooling Programme will launch a new research platform about... read more
26 MAY New SDH factsheet database goes online The IEA Solar Heating and Cooling Programme has just launched a database containing a substantial number of fact sheets about solar district heating technologies,... read more
26 MAR Improving the efficiency of Solar District Heating (SDH) Since the end of IEA SHC Task 55 – Large Solar District Heating and Cooling Systems last December, there have been multiple calls for continuing the work... read more
20 NOV Fact sheets TASK 55 available TASK 55 ends soon! Currently the fact sheets are in finalization. There are already some fact sheets downloadable. read more
27 OCT Improved design for giga-size pit heat storage Denmark’s cost-effective, tried-and-true seasonal pit heat storage concept needs to be modified if it is to be implemented across Europe, since district... read more
30 SEP Four years of global SDH research summarised in online workshop and factsheets On Thursday, 15 October 2020, an online technology transfer workshop about large solar district heating networks will provide attendees with the perfect... read more
24 JUN Success factors in top SDH countries In the last decade, Denmark, China, Germany and Austria played a leading role in the deployment of large solar thermal systems around the world. What country-specific... read more
11 JUN SWC/SHC 2019 Proceedings now available We are pleased to announce that the proceedings of the SWC/SHC 2019 are now available online. read more