M2 to KWth Calculation Method
Press ReleaseS & NEWS
Webinar: March 31, 2011
Common Calculation Method for Stationary Collectors
The renewable heating and cooling (RHC) sector offers a huge potential that has been underestimated and even neglected, in part due to the lack of generally accepted methods for calculating and monitoring the decentralized production of renewable heat.
In the past, by developing a consensual conversion factor of 0,7 kWth/m2., the solar thermal sector has contributed to facilitating the calculation of the installed solar thermal capacity in operation in terms of kWth..However, a new method was needed that would be reliable and simple to estimate the impressive amount of energy produced by solar thermal systems worldwide and compare it with other (renewable) energy sources.
Such a method has now been developed and agreed by the IEA-SHC and major solar trade associations.
Presentations
Press Release - Common calculation method of the solar thermal energy produced worldwide now available
March 15, 2011