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July 18, 2016
Portugal: Two New Incentive Schemes on the Horizon

Good news for the Portuguese market: This year’s agenda includes two new schemes to support energy efficiency measures in buildings, and solar thermal has been put into the spotlight. The first programme,...
May 3, 2016
Portugal: Incentive Scheme Fails While Sales Take Another Dive

The latest Portuguese incentive scheme for solar thermal energy proved to be a major failure: Launched by the national Energy Efficiency Fund (EEF) in May 2015, the call to support the restoration of solar thermal systems installed before 2005 received only four applications in the end....
January 30, 2016
Portugal: New Government with Good Intentions but Lack of Action

After a politically unstable last quarter of 2015, Portugal’s path for the next years seems to be finally set. The new socialist government, led by António Costa, took office by the end of November and brought back the old promise of supporting renewable energy sources. At least, this is...
April 28, 2014
Portugal: “Good legislation, bad economy”

The Portuguese solar thermal industry is still facing a difficult time: With 57,234 m² (30 MW_th) of newly installed collector area, market volume in 2013 was down to the level of 2007, according to the annual statistics of Apisolar, the Portuguese national solar industry...
July 24, 2013
Brazil: Residential Demand Drives Market

In 2012, the Brazilian market of glazed collector area increased by 21 % to 625,866 m², whereas the unglazed swimming pool market segment only grew by 3 % to 525,508 m². According to the market statistics of the Solar Heating Department, DASOL, of the Brazilian Association of...

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