IEA Bodies Dealing with Thermal Energy Storage

• IEA SHC Solar Heating and cooling Programme
• IEA ECES Energy conservation through energy storage Annex 17
• Official site of Annex 17

Research Institutes Participating in Task 32

• IWT TUG Graz, Austria
• SPF Rapperswil Switzerland
• BASE consultants Lausanne Switzerland OA
• ITW Stuttgart Germany
• BYG-DTU Denmark
• INES, France
• ECN Petten The Netherlands

Industries Proposing Thermal Storage Units or Materials

• Teap Energy
  Manufacturer of PCM the series : TH from -32 °C to +89 °C
• Rubitherm
  Provider of PCM based on paraffins and waxes materials
• Sortech
  Manufacturer of cooling systems based on adsorption processes (sorption, silica gel material)
• Cristopia Energy Systems
  Manufacturer of PCM available in spherical modules from -33°C to +27°C
• Mitsubishi Corporation Chemicals
  Manufacturer of PCM

Publications on Thermal Storage

• ZAE Bayern list of reports (search Sorption or Zeolite)
• OFEN Switzerland research program (search storage or zeolith or speicher)

Books on Thermal Storage and Solar Energy

• Solar Collectors, Energy Storage, and Materials
  June 1991, MIT Press .. Historical ! A must...
• MIT press : check the list of books from MIT Press. Great quality and bodies of information !

Some Projects with Thermal Storage for Solar Energy

• Solar combisystems in Altener programme