Action Plan for 50%: How Solar Thermal Can Supply Europe's Energy

[jpak]

http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/04/action-plan-for-50-how-solar-thermal-can-supply-europes-energy

In presenting a research agenda, the solar thermal sector sets out a strategy to reach a 50% contribution to Europe's space and water heating requirements by 2050. David Appleyard summarizes the document, which reveals what must be achieved if this ambitious goal is to become reality.

The research efforts and infrastructure needed to supply 50% of the energy for space and water heating and cooling across Europe using solar thermal energy has been set out under the aegis of the European Solar Thermal Technology Platform (ESTTP). Published in late December 2008, more than 100 experts developed the Strategic Research Agenda (SRA), which includes a deployment roadmap showing the non-technological framework conditions that will enable this ambitious goal to be reached by 2050.

A strategy for achieving a vision of widespread low-temperature solar thermal installations was first explored by ESTTP in 2006, but since then the SRA has identified key areas for rapid growth. These focus points include

the development of active solar buildings, active solar renovation, solar heat for industrial processes and solar heat for district heating and cooling. Meanwhile, amongst the main research challenges is the development of compact long-term efficient heat storage technology. Once available, they would make it possible to store heat from the summer for use in winter in a cost-effective way.

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[NNadir]

1. Oh goody. Another 50% "by 2050" dump on future generations.

And once again no accounting for how many exajoules of energy humanity will be using by then, no explanation where the 50% of dangerous fossil fuels will come from, just soothsaying and soothsaying and more soothsaying.

It sort of reminds me of around 2004 on this website when people came here to hype the big wind to hydrogen thingy on Utsira that powered 10 homes and then, instead of inspiring 100 wind to hydrogen homes, never mind 1,000,000, just disappeared into the wind.

This may come as a surprise to the dangerous fossil fuel apologists here, whoops I mean "solar will save us" advocates, but climate change is serious, um, <em>now</em>.

[kristopher]

2. Poor little feller is having another meltdown.

Cyclic and of diminishing intensity....

[Systematic Chaos]

5. Font of wisdom.

[NNadir]

8. Same old moron...soothsaying.

Do you wear a little moon hat with stars and suns on them when you talk about dumping your fantasies on people who aren't born yet, or are you still too morally unsophisticated to give a flying fuck about people who aren't born yet?

I'd go with the latter.

[madokie]

3. I have but one question for you

How long has it been since you've drawn a sober breath?

[Systematic Chaos]

6. Rapier-like wit.

[jpak]

4. McCain lost - no nukes for you!

:rofl:

[Systematic Chaos]

7. Boundless intelligence.