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Henri Horn Oct 15, 2023

Finnish Meriaura / #Savosolar to deliver industrial size #SolarThermal system to Germany. Contact size is 9 million and customer is Bauer Holzenergie in Bad Rappenau. Construction should be completed in 2024.
https://meriauragroup.com/meriaura-group-oyj-savosolars-solar-thermal-system-delivery-to-bauer-holzenergie-in-bad-rappenau-germany-begins/

In May, Savosolar finished Finlands largest #SolarHeating collector system in Mikkeli. That system was 360kW 415m2 and worth 200.000€.

The rererence projects on Central Europe are much larger, like 10MW 13.000m2 in Issoudun, France https://meriauraenergy.com/cases/issoudun-2/

Meriaura Group Oyj: Savosolar’s solar thermal system delivery to Bauer Holzenergie in Bad Rappenau, Germany, begins – Meriaura Group

Nick Chase Sep 17, 2023

automated passive solar floor heating for the green house is nearly ready. The passive solar air heater is still missing the black metal sheets, which need to be cut. The automation already works - nearly. The fan starts when the temperature difference between the heater and the floor is 10°C. Need to include a hysteresis to make it work properly. #DIYGreenhouse #Permaculture #Permakulttuuri #SolarHeating

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Jul 22, 2023

The Sun Queen: She lit the way for solar
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/sun-queen

For ~50 years chemical engineer/inventor Mária Telkes applied her intellect to harnessing the power of the sun.

She designed & built the world’s 1st successfully solar-heated modern residence & identified a new chemical that, for the first time, could store solar heat like a battery.

Along the way, she was undercut and thwarted by her boss and colleagues, all men, at MIT.
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#SolarHeating #MariaTelkes #SunQueen #SolarPower

The Sun Queen | American Experience | PBS

Scientist Mária Telkes dedicated her career to harnessing the power of the sun. Though undercut and thwarted by her male colleagues, she persevered to design the first successfully solar-heated house in 1948 and held more than 20 patents.