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Soldering
Thermal processing
has a sunny future
In the electronics assembly sector, BTU's products have always been
designed to reduce cost of ownership: now the company is applying
this logic to the alternative energy market. As managing director,
Peter Franklin explains, BTU's advanced thermal processing solutions
are set to address environmental concerns the world over
What is the scale of the
into the electricity grid, with Germany domestic and commercial sectors. as PV without the need for
photovoltaic (PV) business
in the dominant position as a PV user Around 10,000 solar thermal systems planning permission.
and manufacturer. are installed in the UK every year, With businesses and homeowners
in Europe?
The UK has also embraced the with over 100,000 systems now in increasingly being asked to look at
Europe leads the world in both
opportunities offered by renewable place. Grants are available for solar their environmental footprint,
manufacture and consumption of PV
energy. It has a small, established panel installation and changes will coupled with rising energy costs, a
solar panels. Government incentives
market for active solar heating, also soon come into force that will product that combines reduced
in Spain, Greece and Germany have
known as solar thermal or solar water allow householders to install energy costs and zero emissions will
helped to incorporate PV solutions
heating, with steady sales into the micro generation technologies such
prove hard to ignore. >
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November/December 2008 Electronics Assembly
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