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This document provides an overview of a project financed under UN GEF Small Grants Programme to boost the use of solar thermal water heating in remote areas of Egypt. The project resulted on the installation of 164 water heaters, reaching 3,790 people, in poor villages and neighborhoods surrounding El Menia, a city in Upper Egypt.

This paper reports the developments of four projects financed by the UN Global Environment Facility (GEF) in India, Morocco, Mexico and Egypt. The GEF chose those countries to develop solar thermal power technology as it has shown to be one of the most cost efficient options for renewable bulk power production, besides being the most cost-effective way of producing electricity from solar radiation.

This document was prepared by the World Bank and summarises the progress of projects in four countries — Egypt, Morocco, India and Mexico — and to establish a timetable for costs and completion.

It also mentions milestones and expected target dates for projects (average time elapsed for the solar thermal projects range from six to eight years).

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The Renewable Energy Market Transformation Project (REMT), established in November 2008, was developed to help South Africa address some of the barriers within the renewable energy sector. It is funded through the world bank by the Global Environmental Facility (GEF) and endeavours to fulfil the 2013 renewable energy target of 10,000 GWh, set out by the South African government.

A recoupment period of two years: The University of Namibia in Windhoek replaced an oil boiler that had reached the end of its life cycle with 109 solar water heaters.
Photo: Namibian Engineering Cooperation/Solahart

Promasol is a development programme built up in partnership between the GEF, the UNDP, the Italian Ministry for the Environment and Territory and several ministries in Morocco to improve the use of renewable energies through the implementation of appropriate financial mechanisms that will help creating a more efficient local market for solar water heating systems.