The SHIP Plants Database by AEE INTEC documents implementations of Solar Heat in Industrial Processes (SHIP) worldwide. It demonstrates its feasibility and viability across various applications, industrial sectors and countries. The SHIP Plants Database continuously tracks new systems, provides georeferenced information, and presents key performance indicators of SHIP plants.

AEE INTEC regularly collects and manages this information, allowing solar companies to add and maintain their systems. Plausibility and verification checks are conducted to ensure data accuracy. The database serves multiple stakeholders:
• Solar Companies: Register plants and use the database as a reference for best practice examples. • Policy Makers and Stakeholders: Access up-to-date data on SHIP plants worldwide. • Industry Clients: Filter by industry sector or region to find relevant best practice examples.

AEE INTEC collaborates with Solar Payback, a platform documenting solar companies that deliver turnkey systems to industrial clients. Both sources are consolidated in the annual IEA SHC Solar Heat Worldwide statistics. The SHIP Plants Database was established under the framework of IEA SHC Tasks 49 and 64 on Solar Process Heat.

All information is available for full or partial download. When using this information, please cite: AEE INTEC (2023), SHIP Plants Database, derived from https://ship-plants.info on DD.MM.YYYY.

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Wolfgang Gruber-Glatzl Head of Department – Industrial Systems AEE - Institute for Sustainable Technologies A-8200 Gleisdorf, Feldgasse 19 Phone: +43 (0)3112 5886-455, Fax: Ext. 18 Email: w.gruber-glatzl@aee.at www.aee-intec.at