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April 30, 2017
Brazil: 2016 Market Statistics by Newly Founded Industry Association ABRASOL

A recently introduced annual statistic by Brazil’s newly established industry association ABRASOL based in São Paulo shows that in 2016, the country was again the one with the third-largest number of new installations and the largest solar thermal market in South America. The 1,304,922 m²...
April 26, 2016
Big Ups and Downs on Global Market

The global solar thermal market went into another year of notable decline in 2015. With 37.2 GW_th, the newly installed glazed and unglazed collector capacity in the 18 largest countries was 14 % lower than in 2014 (43.4 GW_th). Between 2013 and 2014, the decrease in...
May 22, 2015
France, Italy and Brazil: Programmes for Dedicated Solar Heating and Cooling Conferences

Solar thermal professionals who have taken an interest in solar district heating, in solar air conditioning or the Brazilian solar thermal market will be able to participate in dedicated conferences over the next months, namely the 3^rd International Solar District Heating...
May 18, 2015
Brazil: INMETRO Changes Certification to Counter Industry Complaints

There has been a change in the Brazilian Labelling Programme, PBE: The National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology, INMETRO, has simplified solar thermal certification in its new decree (Portaria n.° 159), which was published on 19 March...
May 4, 2015
Estimated Global Solar Thermal Turnover in 2013: around EUR 18 billion

Solar heating and cooling is not really the most transparent sector regarding market and industry figures. There is no global solar heat industry council and companies around the globe are using quite different technologies and supply chains – which is exactly why all entities and...
March 27, 2014
Brazil: Rising Electricity Prices Put Spotlight on Solar Thermal

Because Brazil has been using hydropower to generate more than 75 % of its electricity, constant droughts have increased average electricity costs tremendously. What seems to be bad news for the end customers could turn into an opportunity for the solar thermal sector. DASOL, the Solar...
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...
July 17, 2012
Brazil: Collector Area Exceeds 1 Million a Year

For the first time, the newly installed collector area in Brazil has surpassed the one million mark. 1,029,616 m² were newly set up in 2011 – 7 % more than in 2010. The chart shows that it was mainly due to the solar swimming pool segment with unglazed collectors that market...
December 23, 2011
Brazil: New Requirements for Solar Installations on Social Housing

The Brazilian social housing programme 'My Home My Life' has now entered its second phase (2011/2014). Despite new rules, installing a solar water heater remains mandatory for all single-family houses whose owners have a wage lower than Brazilian Real (BRL) 1,600. The sector had to wait...
October 7, 2010
Brazil: My Home My Life Programme requires Qualisol certified Installers

The Brazilian installer label Qualisol has recently gained greater visibility in the market. Not only does CAIXA, the national mortgage bank for the housing sector, now require installers to provide a Qualisol label to take part in the social housing programme My Home...
May 25, 2010
Brazil: Sizing tool for Solar Water Heaters in Multi-Family Housings of São Paulo

Since July 2008, it has been mandatory for all newly built residential and non-residential buildings in the Brazilian city of São Paulo to install a solar water heating system on their premises (see http://www.solarthermalworld.org/node/631)....