Berlin Brandenburg Innovation Award for the Lumenion high-temperature steel storage system for renewable energies

According to the DGS (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Sonnenenergie e.V. - German Solar Energy Society), the general conditions for solar thermal systems are more attractive than ever before, which is related to the market incentive programme (MAP) for solar thermal subsidies that was overhauled last year. After years of dwindling sales, the latest collector sales statistics from the German Solar Industry Association (BSW) and the German Heating Industry Association (BDH) show around 7 percent growth from November 2015 to March 2016. Certainly, the level is no longer very high due to the lean years, but there is once again an application backlog at BAFA for a long time. In addition to the financial incentives, the many programme components of the MAP are particularly interesting. Thanks to innovation funding, additional funding for process heat and solar houses, it has become much more attractive.

According to Ministerial Councillor Dr. Frank Heidrich in his introductory lecture at the 26th DGS Thermal Solar Energy Symposium in April 2016, the programme is being promoted by the BMWi in a "communication activation campaign". The DGS considers a merger with the Renewable Energies Heat Act in the course of the EnEV amendment to be a more suitable funding approach for solar thermal energy.

In the study "What does the energy turnaround cost?" by Fraunhofer ISEwhich deals with the ways to transform the German energy system by 2050, Prof. Dr Hans-Martin Henning concludes that economically good solutions are only possible with solar thermal energy.

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DE-News, Funding, Climate protection, Solar thermal