30 Juni 2016

Joint webinar on the Status of Solar Heating and Cooling Worldwide - recording available

Three major SHC institutions – REN21, IEA Solar Heating and Cooling Programme and Solarthermalworld.org – organised jointly the webinar: Global View on Solar Heating and Cooling: Market, Industry and Policy on Thursday 30 June 2016.

This webinar highlighted the key data and findings of the two most recent studies REN21´s Renewables 2016 Global Status Report (GSR 2016) and Solar Heat Worldwide from the IEA Solar Heating and Cooling programme (IEA SHC). Three expert panellist speakers presented during the 1.5 hours seminar: 

Rana Adib, Research Coordinator of the REN21 Secretariat, highlights the status of renewable energies based on GSR 2016.

Werner Weiss, Director of the Austrian Institute AEE INTEC and co-author of the study Solar Heat Worldwide, shares the key data on solar heating and cooling from the Solar Heat Worldwide study on added capacity, prospering applications, jobs and costs.

Bärbel Epp, News Editor of solarthermalworld.org and author of the GSR section Solar Heating and Cooling Market and Industry Trends, presents recent developments in the industry and policy.

The webinar was be moderated by Nigel Cotton, Programme Director at the European Copper Institute and initiator of solarthermalworld.org.

Recording and slides are available on solarthermalworld.org.