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WEX-RES Renewable energy systems in Austria and their economic growth rates and export potentials

The main focus of this R&D project is an evaluation of the long-term potentials of renewable energy systems in Austria till 2020, primarily with regard to their expectable economic growth rates and export trends. In due consideration of changing economical and political boundary conditions the project aims at strategical recommendations for further future developments and R&D activities.

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Solar Thermal Potential in Europe

In order to provide the European Union and its Member States with substantiated information on the solar thermal contribution to the 20% renewable energy target and its long-term potential, detailed surveys were conducted using a representative sample of five European countries and the information is being extrapolated to the EU-27 countries. Both the technical and economic potential of solar thermal technologies were examined for different applications.
The study was carried out for the European Solar Thermal Industry Federation (ESTIF)

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Compact Thermal Energy Storage: Material Development for System Integration (IEA SHC Task42 Storage-Materials)

The objective of the project of the International Energy Agency is to develop advanced materials and systems for compact storage of thermal energy. To reach this goal experts from material research and system technology in different fields of application work together: solar thermal energy, co- and tri-generation and heat pumps, air conditioning, district heating, industrial waste heat, concentrated solar power etc.

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SolTrain

Southern african solar thermal TRaining and demonstration initiative

The project SOLTRAIN is financed by the Austrian Development Agency (ADA) and it will be implemented by AEE - Institute for Sustainable Technologies from Austria in cooperation with project partners from South Africa (Sustainable Energy Society of Southern Africa and Stellenbosch University), Namibia (Polyetchnic of Namibia), Mozambique (Eduardo Mondlane University and N&M Logotech Lda.) and Zimbabwe (Domstic Solar Heating).

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CombiSol

The aim of CombiSol is an increase of the market share of solar thermal combi-systems in Europe accompanied by the optimization of the system quality. The evaluation and the monitoring of 10 systems in Austria are main tasks in the project.

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Solar Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration IEA SHC Task 38

The goals of the IEA SHC Task 38 “Solar Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration” are the development and testing of pre-engineered systems of solar heating and cooling in small size. Further goals are the development and testing of specially designed solar air-conditioning and refrigeration systems for non-residential buildings as well as the development of new components for solar cooling systems.

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Solar Combi+

- Identification of most promising markets and promotion of standardised system configurations for the market entry of small scale combined solar heating & cooling applications.

The aim of the Solar Combi⁺ project is to take newly commercially available small-scale sorption chillers and promote standardised Solar Combi⁺ systems for small applications (residential, catering, small commercial and office buildings, up to a cooling demand of 20kW).

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HIGH COMBI – High Solar Fraction Heating and Cooling Systems with Combination of Innovative Components and Methods

The EU project HIGH COMBI aims at development and demonstration of solar thermal heating and cooling systems with high solar fraction. Especially in office buildings, where in the summer period domestic hot water load is typically very small but cooling load is high, solar cooling is a perfect match to a solar heating system.

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SOLAIR – Increasing the market implementation of solar air conditioning systems for small and medium applications in residential and commercial buildings

In most European countries the electricity consumption for air-conditioning is increasing dramatically and it is expected an increasing by a factor of 5 in 2020. Under these conditions the use of solar thermal energy for air-conditioning in buildings has a huge unexploited potential.

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Solarkampagne "SPAR mit SOLAR"

Als Reaktion auf die steigenden Energiepreise und um den steirischen Häuslbauern die Installation einer Solaranlage für die Warmwasserbereitung und Raumheizung zu erleichtern lädt Ing. Manfred Wegscheider, Landesrat für Erneuerbare Energien in der Steiermark, im Rahmen von „SPAR mit SOLAR“ zu kostenlosen Informationsveranstaltungen in der ganzen Steiermark ein..

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