trans-solar
Transfer of experience for the development of solar thermal products (TRANS-SOLAR)
With the transformation of the Central and Eastern European economies in the 1990s, the often thriving solar thermal markets came to an almost complete halt. Signs of recovery and even strong growth, e.g. in Poland, are evident today.The TRANS-SOLAR project aimed at supporting this development by transferring know-how in the manufacturing and marketing of solar thermal products from the old EU Member States to the countries of Central and Eastern Europe. Information packages were compiled and a series of workshops and trade missions to the 7 CEE partner countries were organised within the framework of this project.
It included the organization of national workshops in the participating countries namely Bulgaria , Romania , Slovenia , Poland , Croatia , Czech Republic and Hungary which provided information adapted to the local conditions. The information consisted of up-to-date technical, marketing and policy knowledge for the development of the national thermal markets. Moreover, dissemination of the European standards and the Solar Keymark certification scheme should strengthen local markets and industry while contributing to the higher integration of European market.
Project objectives were:
- Transfer manufacturers and installers' experience from the most developed European countries
- Disseminate the latest information about European standards and certification schemes and to promote policies for solar thermal products to the selected target group in these countries
- Promote networking and create business links between the most and the least developed European markets
- Capacity building of National Associations of solar thermal manufacturers and installers in order to strengthen their presence in the National and European markets
The project started on 1 December 2007.
The following information can be accessed from the TRANS-SOLAR website:
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Events
Sofia - Bulgaria
Seminar “Solar Energy and Building Sustainability” 8-9 October 2009
- 29-30 October 2009
Bucharest - Romania
Seminar “Solar Energy with Building Integration Methods”
- 3-5 March 2010
Kielce - Poland
8th Fair of Renewable Sources of Energy ENEX - New Energy
- 4-5 March 2010
Sosnowiec, Poland
SILESIA POWER MEETING 2010
- 4-6 March 2010
Warsaw - Poland
Clean Energy Exhibition CENERG
- 19-21 March 2010
Lublin - Poland
Construction Trade Fair LUBDOM-spring 2010
- 19-21 March 2010
Bydgoszcz - Poland
Renewable Energy Fair TEO 2010
- 9-11 April 2010
Kielce - Poland
17th Fair of Residential Building Materials and Interior Fitments DOM
- 19-29 April 2010
Czech Republic
Seminars: utilisation of RES by and besides donations Zelená úsporám (green for savings)- Liberec - 19.4
- Plzeň - 20.4.
- České Budějovice - 21.4.
- Prague - 22.4.
- Hradec Králové - 27.4.
- Ostrava-28.4.
- Brno - 29.4.
- 13-15 July 2010
Kroměříž, Masarykovo nám. 183/15 - Czech Republic
Conference :Alternative energy sources 2010 - sustainable heating and cooling supply for housing
- 12-14 October 2010
Golden Sands - Bulgaria
1st Russian Bulgarian Solar Business Forum
- 10-12 November 2010
Varaždin - Croatia
2nd International Trade of renewable energy sources Cro Eco Energy Expo 2010!
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10-12 November 2010
Sofia - Bulgaria
Policy Framework & Business Opportunities in SEE Energy Forum
- 23-26 November 2010
Poznań International Fair - Poland
Ecological Trade Fair
- 24-26 November 2010
Bucharest - Romania
RENEXPO® South-East Europe
- 25-26 November 2010
Plovdiv - Bulgaria
Sixth National Conference of ABEA
- 7-9 July 2011
Bucharest - Romania
RoEnergy
- 25-29 September 2011
Dubrovnik - Croatia
Dubrovnik Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems