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.
30 APR 2024 “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. read more
25 FEB 2024 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... read more
26 SEP 2023 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... read more
27 JUN 2023 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... read more
09 JUN 2023 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... read more
06 MAR 2023 SDH info package to be presented during webinar in March Decarbonising the around 6,000 district heating networks in Europe is a challenging task in the next decade. read more
06 FEB 2023 IEA SHC investigates cost reduction potential of solar district heating Transparency about costs makes claims more credible and helps energy modellers. For these reasons the IEA SHC Task 68 on Efficient Solar District Heating... read more