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Thailand: Results of the Commercial Incentive Programme

Submitted by Baerbel Epp on Mon, 01/31/2011 - 07:00.

Results of the Commercial Incentive Programme”

16,880 m2 of collector area were subsidised between 2008 and 2010 in the Thailand incentive programme for commercial installations that are combined with waste heat from an air conditioner or boiler. According to the programme administrator, the Department of Alternative Energy Development and Efficiency (DEDE), hotels show the biggest share within the subsidy programme, followed by process heat applications in the industry.
Source: DEDE

Thailand: Highly Interested Enterprises, But Low-Quality Systems

Submitted by Baerbel Epp on Fri, 02/26/2010 - 08:00.

solar systems in Thailand” 37 commercially installed solar thermal systems of between 50 and 500 m2 received subsidies in Thailand over the last two years. Nevertheless, the sector shows a lack of professional service to operate these solar systems at an optimum efficiency.
Photo: STA

New Association and Subsidies in Thailand

Submitted by Baerbel Epp on Sat, 11/29/2008 - 21:42.

The solar thermal sector in Thailand finds its voice. After one year of preparation, the Solar Thermal Association (STA) is very close to being approved by the government. “We expect approval by January 2009”, says STA president Somsak Chutanan, CEO of the company Infratech Engineering & Services. It will be exactly one year after officially founding the association in January 2008.