Task 67 Compact Thermal Energy Storage Materials The purpose of the Task is to push forward the compact thermal energy storage technology development
Task 58 Material & Components for Thermal Energy Storage This joint SHC Task 58 / ES Annex 33 worked on advanced materials for latent and chemical thermal energy storage, Phase Change (PCM) and Thermo Chemical (TCM) materials.
Task 45 Large Scale Solar Heating and Cooling Systems The main objective of this task is to assist in the development of a strong and sustainable market of large solar heating and cooling systems by focusing on cost effectiveness, high performance and reliability of systems.
Task 42 Compact Thermal Energy Storage The overall objective of this task is to develop advanced materials and systems for the compact storage of thermal energy.
Task 32 Advanced Storage Concepts in Low Energy Buildings The main goal of this Task is to investigate new or advanced solutions for storing heat in systems providing heating or cooling for low energy buildings.
Task 7 Central Solar Heating Plants with Seasonal Storage Through the use of central solar heating plants with large, seasonal storage systems, solar energy can be collected during the summer and stored until needed in the heating season when solar radiation is often insufficient.
14 APR 2025 IEA SHC Task 67: a worldwide effort in advancing compact thermal energy storage Over the past three years, a distinguished team of 60 researchers from 14 different countries has collaborated intensively on advancing the characterization... read more
20 MAR 2025 Compact Thermal Energy Storage Materials Webinar April 1 2:00pm - 3:30pm April 3 6:00am - 7:30am Join this session of the IEA SHC Solar Academy webinar series on the topic of Compact... read more
22 JAN 2025 Second Task definition meeting for compact thermal energy storage materials and components From 11 to 13 March a second Task definition meeting for the follow-up work for Task67 will be held in Vienna, Austria. The meeting will be hosted by AIT,... read more
30 DEC 2024 Round robin tests of TES materials lead to adequate standard test procedures The research group on Compact Thermal Energy Storage Materials of the IEA Solar Heating and Cooling Programme has taken a big step forward in developing... read more
09 AUG 2024 Task 67: Standardizing Thermal Energy Storage Measurement Procedures The IEA SHC Programme and the IEA Energy Storage Programme began collaborating in 2009. In this third joint Task on Compact Thermal Energy Storage: Materials... read more
27 MAY 2024 Fine-tuning phase change materials Compact thermal energy storage can be achieved with a large number of materials. To reduce costs, a high energy density of the storage material at optimal... read more
29 DEC 2023 Commercially available products and champions of PCMs and TCMs The Compact Thermal Energy Storage group within the IEA Solar Heating and Cooling programme investigates new materials for storing heat and develops standard... read more
04 DEC 2023 Joint Seminar on Large Thermal Energy Storages for District Heating held in Turkey The online seminar on "Large Thermal Energy Storages for District Heating" organized by TTMD together with its international collaborators the... read more