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A UK start-up believes its rooftop solar photovoltaic thermal technology can help decarbonise buildings
Vacuum tube solar technology captures significantly more heat than traditional flat panel alternatives, says UK company
The technology claim: Combining photovoltaic and solar thermal collectors into a single product means significantly more heat and power is produced than is possible with separate PV and solar thermal installations
The key statistic: The technology, known as Virtu, can produce 40% more heat and power, or energy in kilowatt hours, from a given flat roof area than separate photovoltaic and solar thermal panels
Trials: Virtu has seen its first large-scale commercial installation at the Active Office project in the UK, a building designed to generate more energy than it consumes ...
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Qarnot, a small company based outside Paris, France, is developing computing products that generate heat close to the end user
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Using waste heat from large data centres to heat homes and offices may seem like a no-brainer, but making a business case for getting heat from out-of-town data centres to urban areas at a correct temperature is complicated and costly
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Direct tariffs should be promoted and financed by large-scale donors to accelerate the adoption of renewables in developing countries, argue experts from Dalberg, a global advisory firm. This would encourage the release of extra capital by guaranteeing a market and an energy price for clean energy sources
