It’s tempting to view solar thermal heaters as an old, boring technology compared to solar photovoltaics. More photovoltaics are installed worldwide, supplying twice as much energy, with several times more GW installed each year, accelerating more swiftly. Photovoltaics are enjoying adoption at scale in every major economy other than Mexico and Russia, whereas solar thermal has depended more on local conditions, both sunlight and policy incentives. Traditional solar thermal heaters are pedestrian, reaching high temperature only sporadically in the summer. Instead it has been combinations of solar, wind, green hydrogen, and batteries which have made headlines promising to decarbonize various industries by 2050. But for Gilbert Farina, VP Sales and Marketing of Swiss startup TVP Solar, it is photovoltaics which…