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Tisun: One Machine to Make Complete Solar Absorbers
The new absorber production unit at Austrian collector and tank manufacturer Tisun has turned out to be a success: Since October 2011, the Pulsspeed Bender forms the meander pipe, while welding it...
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New Government in Serbia – New Hope for Solar Thermal Energy?
At the end of July, Serbia elected a new government led by socialist Prime Minister Ivica Dačić. He promised to follow through with the integration of the country into the European Union. This means...
View ArticleAustria: Tough Competition in a Shrinking Market
2012 meant shrinking sales figures in the Austrian solar thermal market for the third time in a row. Although most states have increased their subsidies for solar thermal, 2013 does not seem to get any...
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UAE/Dubai: Solar-Heated Chocolate Factory
Austrian collector manufacturer Tisun has announced that it sold 510 m² of solar collectors to an “international confectionery manufacturer” in Jebel Ali in the emirate of Dubai. The company which...
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UK: More Good than Bad News from the British Islands
In March 2013, the UK Government came under criticism for their updated heat strategy when they announced further delays to the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) being made applicable to householders. As...
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Iran: POMAco’s View on Iranian Solar Thermal Market
After Iran’s elections in June and the new government taking over in August, hopes are that solar thermal could become an increasingly important technology in the Mideast country. Hossein Riyahi...
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SMEThermal 2014: “Take the risk away from the customer and the financier”
Solar thermal is not just about technology, it´s also about financing. It takes much more than just an improved, mature technology to have a successful industry. It needs new business models which...
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Europe: 1.19 GW and 15,000 Jobs Lost Since Boom Year of 2008
It’s a disaster. There is not much more to say about the statistics of the solar thermal market in Europe. The newly installed capacity dropped again, this time by 11% compared to the previous year,...
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Austria: Tisun’s Biggest Relaunch in 25-Year Company History
A desk and a phone were all that the owners of a garage and a basement office in Kitzbühel, Austria, needed to found solar thermal manufacturer Tisun (formerly known as Teufel & Schwarz) 25 years...
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Europe: Solar Keymark Network to Improve Complaint Procedures
The Solar Keymark Network has decided to establish a working group in order to revise and improve the complaint procedures and put them into one document, as they have so far been described in several...
View ArticleDenmark/Sweden: Arcon-Sunmark Collector Retesting Prompts Discussion on Solar...
This July, SP issued new Solar Keymark certificates for four Danish Arcon-Sunmark collectors after the Swedish test lab and certification body had retested these four systems in April. The retesting...
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Spain: EuroSun 2016 Focuses on Complete Solar Systems
From 11 to 14 October, more than 300 experts in solar energy met in Palma de Mallorca for the EuroSun 2016 conference. Organised by the International Solar Energy Society (ISES) in cooperation with the...
View ArticleAustria: Tisun Sees Rising Interest in Solar Thermal in Gulf Region
Austrian collector manufacturer Tisun is currently the supplier for three major projects in Kuwait, Abu Dhabi and Qatar. Its subsidiary, Tisun GCC with two Dubai stakeholders, have been the ones...
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Macedonia – Small Country, But Innovative Industry
During the last days of May, it got rather heated in Skopje, Macedonia’s capital – politically and climate-wise. While the summer sun was providing all the warmth it could muster, the nation’s deputies...
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ESTIF Rebranding: “We are solar, we are heat, we are Europe”
The European Solar Thermal Industry Federation (ESTIF) has recently changed its name to Solar Heat Europe and developed a new corporate identity. It represents the interests of the solar thermal sector...
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Sonnenkraft, Holter and Tisun – the changing face of Austria’s industry
Two strategic decisions taken by Austrian-based supplier Sonnenkraft in early 2018 have strengthened its position on the market. First, it secured an exclusive national distribution agreement with...
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New Government in Serbia – New Hope for Solar Thermal Energy?
At the end of July, Serbia elected a new government led by socialist Prime Minister Ivica Dačić. He promised to follow through with the integration of the country into the European...
View ArticleAustria: Tough Competition in a Shrinking Market
2012 meant shrinking sales figures in the Austrian solar thermal market for the third time in a row. Although most states have increased their subsidies for solar thermal, 2013 does not seem to get any...
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UAE/Dubai: Solar-Heated Chocolate Factory
Austrian collector manufacturer Tisun has announced that it sold 510 m² of solar collectors to an “international confectionery manufacturer” in Jebel Ali in the emirate of Dubai.NewsProcess...
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UK: More Good than Bad News from the British Islands
In March 2013, the UK Government came under criticism for their updated heat strategy when they announced further delays to the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) being made applicable to householders. As...
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