Recent developments of solar air-conditioning in Europe

During the last few years especially in Europe various new sorption chillers with small-scale capacity have been developed. Many of these absorption and adsorption chillers have now passed over from prototype stadium into field tests and production, so that a rising amount of products is expected within the next few years. The market potential for solar cooling with small-scale capacity is very large, so that different companies are developing solar cooling kits for the product business. An all-season use of renewable energy sources for hot water, space heating and solar cooling is here indispensable. Therefore the latest sorption chiller and solar cooling kit developments as well as projects are presented.