ACTION PLAN FOR 50%: HOW SOLAR THERMAL CAN SUPPLY EUROPE'S ENERGY

摘要

In presenting a research agenda, the solar thermal sector sets out a strategy to reach a 50% contribution to Europe's space and water heating requirements by 2050. David Appleyard summarizes the document, which reveals what must be achieved if this ambitious goal is to become reality.rnThe research efforts and infrastructure needed to supply 50% of the energy for space and water heating and cooling across Europe using solar thermal energy has been set out under the aegis of the European Solar Thermal Technology Platform (ESTTP). Published in late December 2008, more than 100 experts developed the Strategic Research Agenda (SRA), which includes a deployment roadmap showing the non-technological framework conditions that will enable this ambitious goal to be reached by 2050.