HIMHOT: Low-Cost Solar Water Heaters for Himalayan Region
A study carried out in 2011 initiated by the Global Solar Water Heating Project (GSWHP) of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) clearly stated the need for low-cost...
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January 5, 2013
June 11, 2012 India: 90 Process Heat Projects with Concentrating Collectors in Five Years
On 19 May 2012, the Joint Secretary of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Tarun Kapoor, announced the official launch of the initiative Market Development and Promotion of Solar Concentrator based Process Heat Applications. In cooperation with the United Nations Development...
August 15, 2011 Chile: Solar Energy Workshop for Latin America and the Caribbean
Amr M. Abdel Hai, Programme Officer for the Energy Branch of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) (left), and Eduardo Noboa, Renewable Energy and Environment Coordinator from the Latin American Energy Organisation (OLADE), organised a two-day workshop with the aim to strengthen...
July 28, 2011 Regional Workshop Presentation on the Situation of Solar Thermal Energy Market in Latin America and Caribbean (2011)
This is a presentation made during the UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme) Regional Workshop of Solar Thermal Water Heating in Chile in June 2011. This presentation of Eduardo Noboa from OLADE, the Latin American Energy Organisation, passes in review the solar thermal...
July 26, 2011 Mexico: UNDP starts Best Practices Recognition Award 2011
Public institutions and private enterprises which run high-yield solar water heater projects are now able to submit their application to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) office in Mexico. “The most outstanding projects on solar water heating development in Mexico will be...
May 4, 2011 PROMASOL: Democratizing Access to Solar Water-Heaters (2011)
This is a case study prepared by the UNDP in the framework of the project PROMASOL, a UN-funded initiative aimed at developing the Moroccan solar water heating market.
March 16, 2011 User’s Technical Handbook on Solar Water Heaters (India, 2010)
This handbook was prepared in the framework of the Global Solar Water Heating Market Transformation and Strengthening Initiative (GSWH Project), - a project co-executed by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the United Nations Development Programme (UNEP), funded by Global...
November 22, 2010 India: Ideal Frame Conditions for Solar Heating and Cooling Sector
More than 200 participants attended the side-event dedicated to the solar heating and cooling sector during the Delhi International Renewable Energy Conference (DIREC) 2010 in New Delhi, India, at the end of October. International thought leaders highlighted the global development of low-...
January 14, 2010 Albania: Solar Water Heaters Project increases Market Size (2008)
Albanian's solar thermal testing centre: inaugurated in September 2008, managed by the Harry Fultz Institute in Tirana and financed by the Austrian Development Agency (ADA) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
Photo: www.entwicklung.atStimulating the...
December 29, 2009 Albania: 75,000 m2 of Newly Installed Collector Area
Alongside the government, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Global Environment Facility (GEF) officially launched a solar water heater project in Albania, with its first workshop in Tirana on the 4th of December. The project titled “Country Program of Albania under the...
November 24, 2009 Lebanon: Performance of a Solar Water Heater – a Case Study
Solar water heaters are still rarely seen on Lebanese roofs. The Lebanese Centre for Energy Conservation Project (LCECP) has now published the promising results of a study about the performance of one particular residential solar water heating system in South Lebanon.
Photo: www...
March 30, 2009 Namibia: Solar Water Heaters Mandatory for Public Buildings
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