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The impact of greenhouse effect on climate is taking on big dimensions. A high frequency of huge mega-fires in dry areas of California and Canada, Siberia, the tropics, Australia, and the Mediterranean area as well as floods, longer drought periods, and many other climatic extremes are directly correlated to this global human-made effect. Additionally, the world population is growing nonstop, which results in a strongly increasing energy demand globally. In order to face these problems and reduce the global CO2 emission, different approaches are considered. One of them which is considered in this volume is the expansion of the use of solar thermal systems (concentrated and non-concentrating) for energy, heat, and cooling. Solar thermal energy as a renewable source of energy has been used already since ancient times; thus, there exists a broad knowledge about this energy carrier, which include environmentally sound, economically viable, and socially acceptable technological solutions for efficient energy provision.