District Heating

Technical and efficiency-orientated comparison of solar collectors for district heating

A large number of different collector types are available for planners to integrate into district heating systems. A recent report by the IEA Solar Heating...

Solar Heat Europe/IEA SHC Joint Industry Session: Solar Heat Market Segments: State of play and prospects to reach climate neutrality by 2050

The IEA Solar Heating and Cooling Programme in collaboration with Solar Heat Europe is offereing a joint Solar Heat Industry session at Eurosun 2024 in...

“District heating has never had such a high significance in Germany"

In Germany, one record-breaking plant is being built after another. Solar district heating is a large, rapidly growing business.

Investigation of the boost effect of heat pumps in solar district heating

During their most recent meeting in Sweden in October the district heating experts from the IEA SHC Programme discussed the impact of integrating heat...

Open data sets have great importance when analysing and optimising operation strategies for solar district heating plants

A complete annual data set of monitoring results for a solar district heating plant is an important prerequisite for meaningful simulations of such systems...

Solar District Heating Info Package for Cities and Towns

Solar District Heating Info Package for Cities and Towns

Among the 6,000 cities and towns in Europe with district heating, 266 already feed solar heat into their grid. For municipalities that plan to expand and...

Innovations in the front-running solar district heating country Denmark

The Danish solar district heating sector is a role model for the world. Researchers from IEA SHC Task 68 Efficient Solar District Heating met in the Danish...