Decarbonising District Heating with Solar Thermal Energy

摘要

The 5th International Solar District Heating Conference presented technical solutions as well as trends for district heating with solar thermal. With 350 scientists as well as industry, community and utility representatives and decision makers from 33 countries the number of participants doubled compared to the conference two years ago. The conference leaders Christian Fink from AEE - Institute for Sustainable Technologies and Thomas Pauschinger from the Steinbeis Research Institute Solites in Stuttgart both see this as a very positive sign for the application of the solar thermal technology in district heating. There are good reasons why Graz, the second largest city in Austria, was chosen as the venue for the conference this year.