CAN EUROPEAN SOLAR THERMAL COMPETE?

摘要

This was the key question of the panel discussion at the international conference SMEthermal 2011 in Berlin on 10 February. Representatives from the major solar thermal markets worldwide - China, Turkey, Germany, Brazil and Italy - discussed the challenges of the world market: market barriers and competition on price and quality. SMEthermal is a one-day conference dedicated exclusively to manufacturing of collectors and tanks, new materials and process optimisation. There were 160 participants from 22 countries at the event.