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1982
• Torvalla - First large-scale solar district heating in Sweden (Europe). The first-ever ground-mounted
SDH system was a 2,000 m² collector field operated by Östersund Energi in Torvalla between 1982 and
1992. The second was a 4,320 m² collector plant run by Uppsala Energi in Lyckebo from 1983 to 2001
and the third a 7,500 m² collector field operated by Telge Energi in Nykvarn between 1984 and 2008. For
more information please see: https://www.sunwindenergy.com/bioenergy/sweden-pioneer-solar-district-
heating
• 50,000 solar thermal systems built in self-assembly groups in Austria From 1982 onwards, around
50,000 solar thermal systems for domestic hot water but also for space heating with a total collector area
of 400,000 m² were assembled by organised self-assembly groups in Austria. The AEE INTEC research
institute in Austria emerged from this in 1988.
• From 1982 to 1984. Geoffrey Harding of University of Sydney and Prof Zhiqiang Yin from Tsinghua
University Beijing worked on the development of selective surfaces for evacuated tubes. Prof Yin also
worked with Morrison at the outdoor test facility at UNSW.

1983
• 800 m Solar water heating system installed in the ZAZ tannery in Nový Bydžov, about 80 km from Prague.
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1984
• Al N/Al solar selective absorbing coating making by single-target magnetron sputtering was completed by
Prof. Zhiqiang YIN from Tsinghua University, which created the industrialization of all-glass vacuum tube
solar collectors in China.
• Beasley industries installed a 3855m solar water heating system installed at Yulara resort near Uluru in
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Central Australia.
1987
• First application of Guaranteed Solar Results (GSR) in France. The first-ever solar collective domestic hot
water system using the mechanism of Guarantee of Solar Results. Hospital of Castres (South of France)
installed a 92m flat plate collector system using 5000 liters of storage. Collectors were from SOLEFIL,
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French solar collector manufacturer. Installation cost was 70 000 EUR. The plant operated successfully for
more than 20 years.

1988
• An agreement between Greece and Germany leads to the Solar Village in Lykovryssi. Intended for 435
families. Its main goal was to demonstrate the feasibility of energy conservation as well as the utilisation
of low temperature solar systems for space heating and heating of domestic hot water.
• Integrated storage collector with Transparent insulation materials Fraunhofer ISE in Germany developed
an integrated storage collector with transparent insulation material.

1989
• Australian Standard 3634- 1989 “Solar Heating Systems for Swimming pools” Published.
• Solar house in Switzerland. The Oberburger Sonnenhaus was built in 1989, it supplies a house with
100% solar energy for heating, hot water and electricity all year round. The system consists of 84 m² solar
thermal collectors, PV 48 kW and Heat storage 118 m³. For more information please see: https://jenni.ch
• David Mills and Qi Chu Zhang Mills modelled and created examples of Ge surfaces in the Dept. of Applied
Physics at Sydney University Australia and also performed a more general simulation showing that surfaces
using two uniform cermet layers of different refractive index could perform as well as Ge. These would be
thinner and able to use cheaper materials such as stainless-steel carbide.

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