This technical study provides an overview on the status on ways of measuring, monitoring and controlling solar thermal in smaller systems, with a clear focus on current methods. It looks into the state-of-the-art for solar thermal, including some components such as sensors, controllers and connectivity. Also, provides possible service offerings based on the remote monitoring, controlling of solar heating systems.

This webinar will give practioners the first hands-on information on the design of RES auctions. Here, we will go through the selecting of adequate auction formats and pricing rules for RES auctions. We base our recommendations on the ongoing theoretical and experimental analysis work currently undertaken by auction experts in the AURES project. We will show how the selection of the appropriate design depends on specific policy goals and market conditions in a country. We also present how certain designs may score in terms of different success criteria (such as effectiveness, efficiency, socio-political feasibility and more), and what trade-offs and synergies may arise between criteria.

This webinar will present international experiences, with auctions for RES support, both in Europe and the rest of the world. We will give special focus to several country cases with detailed insights into the design, process, realisation rates of the auctions. We will present some general lessons learned from international experiences and suggest some best practices for future implementations of RES auctions.

This webinar will give practioners more hands-on information on the design of RES auctions, focusing on actor diversity. It is a goal of policy makers to ensure a broad range of different actors participating in the development of RES. We will present what the different policy goals are and what they exactly mean for the ensuring of actor diversity. This implies going through different definitions of small actors, including but not limited to the definition used in the State Aid Guidelines. We will then present the relevant design options for protecting small actors in RES auctions and discuss arguments for and against each of them.