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France: Heat Fund for Solar Thermal Collective Systems

Submitted by Baerbel Epp on Mon, 02/15/2010 - 21:46.

At the beginning of 2009, Ademe started a support scheme called “Heat Fund” (Fonds Chaleur) to provide for more large-scale solar thermal systems in older buildings, hotels, campsites, hospitals and military barracks. 70 to 80 % of the preparatory study costs are subsidized, as well as 70 to 80 % of the investment costs, with subsidy funds being divided between the government and the single regions.

 

Country / region   France
Name of programme  Fonds Chaleur
Type of incentive  Subsidy
Eligible technologies  Solar thermal, geothermal, biomass, biogas
Applicable sectors  Multi-family houses and commercial sector (hotels, campsites, hospitals, older buildings etc.)
Incentive for investment  Maximum at 2.5 EUR/kWh of heat produced annually (equals 1,000 to 1,200 EUR/m2 of collector area)
Maximum incentive for a pre-study  Pre-studies financed with a total of EUR 2,300. If a pre-study already includes recommendations for implementation and investment, the maximum amount of the subsidy can rise to EUR 3,800
Maximum incentive for the investment  80 % of the investment costs are subsidized if the building is a public one or related to social housing; private buildings can expect a maximum subsidy of 70 % of the investment costs
Maximum incentive for the monitoring  EUR 4,000 per system
Requirements for system 
  • Solar thermal yield of at least 350 kWh/m2a
  • At least 50 m2 of collector area per building
  • Solar thermal systems without heat pump
Requirements for installation  Monitoring a system for at least 10 years after its installationCertified collectors
Finance provider  Ademe – the French Energy Agency
Total funds  EUR 1 billion over three years together for all of the stated technologies
Funding source  Public funds
Effective date  December 2008
Expiration date  December 2011
Website  www.ademe.fr
www.solaire-collectif.fr/index.php?pid=4
Last review of this tabloid  February 2010
Contact ADEME and Agencies in each region
www.ademe.fr
Effective Date: 
December 1, 2008
Incentive Program: 
Fonds Chaleur / Heat fund
Contact: 
Ademe / Socol