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Source: Solar Heat Europe
SHIP is the acronym for Solar Heat for Industrial Processes and describes systems which provide solar heat in a factory.
A collector field heats a process fluid by means of solar radiation and a heat exchanger transfers this heat to a supply system or production process in the factory as hot water, air flow or steam. Storage units make it possible to use the generated heat at night-time.