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Publications about the ISOL Index

• ISOL Index Autumn 2010: A mixed mood - depending on the region (Janaury 2011)
• Launch of ISOL Index spring 2010: Europe in a funk (June 2010)

SMEthermal: Articles about production technology

• Fantastic plastics: revolution or devolution? (SMEThermal 2011)
• All Aluminium!? - one major topic discussed at SMEthermal 2011
• Can European Solar Thermal compete? Panel Discussion about the challenges of the world market (SMEThermal 2011)
• Presentation: overview of machinery suppliers by solar thermal specialist Joachim Berner at SMEThermal 2011 (February 2011)
• Collector manufacturung: Generating inexpensive solar heat (February 2011)
• Automation in the solar thermal industry: a new collector every two minutes (April 2010) 
• Gluing in collector production: finding the right adhersive (February 2010)
• Bending machines: the challenge of equipment suppliers (October 2009)

Articles about the North American solar thermal market

• USA market 2010: The second big chance (October 2010)
• Off to the States!(March 2009)
• Canada: One solar market, three incentive programmes (January 2009)
• US solar thermal market: Explosion or slowdown? (August 2008)
• USA: Sunny States at the bottom of the ramp (August 2008)

World map of Solar Thermal Industry

• World map of solar thermal industry 2008: Global solar economy (December 2008)
• World map of solar thermal industry 2007: Big business with the sun (December 2007) 
• Solar Obligations in Brazil (August 2007)