European Solar Thermal Industry Federation

Steering Commitee of the ESTTP

Date: 20 Feb 2017
Category: Solar Heat News

On January the 23rd, the Steering Committee of the European Solar Thermal Technology Panel (ESTTP) held its first meeting for 2017, in Brussels. The meeting focused on the main issues at stake for this year, namely the RHC-ETIP, the debate on the SET-Plan, and the policy framework for the sector, following the release of the Commission Clean Energy Package.

Participants extensively discussed the role of H&C in the SET-Plan with DG RTD representative Piero de Bonis, expressing their concerns regarding the low representativeness of RHC technologies in the plan, particularly regretting that renewable heating and cooling sources are not addressed under actions 1 & 2, related to making the EU number 1 in renewable energy, more concretely aiming at “performant renewable technologies integrated in the system” and to “reduce costs of technologies”.

Furthermore, the Steering Committee debated the perspective of the industry’s role in the 2050 EU energy mix, in order to feed into the current policy debate, focusing in particular on the technology potential to achieve 100% market-ready solutions in the run up to 2050. Particular technological advancements in the sectors of storage and hybrid systems have been discussed.

Participants also received a policy update on the Commission’s Clean Energy Package, and commented some specific measures that could positively impact on the solar thermal sector.

Finally, the Steering Committee debated goals and organisation of activities for the new year.

 

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