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  • Brazil Market Development 2016
    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...
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  • wooden-frame solar collectors
    April 24, 2017

    Germany: Troubling Times for Wooden In-Roof Collectors

    Wooden-frame solar collectors installed by the German cooperative BUSO Bund Solardach may have been the cause of at least 11 fires in 2015 and 2016, listed by solarsicherheit.com. It looks as if fire broke out during collector stagnation. BUSO, a cooperative of about 100 solar installers,...
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  • CSTIF
    April 19, 2017

    China: Solar Process Heat and Space Heating and Cooling Rack Up Market Shares

    China’s shift away from residential towards commercial solar thermal applications continues: The collector area of newly installed solar water heaters in single-family buildings declined by 26 % in 2016, whereas the ‘engineering segment’ remained stable last year (see the table below). This...
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  • California Incentive Programme
    March 24, 2017

    USA: Commercial Systems Dominate Californian Solar Thermal Market

    The California Solar Initiative (CSI) – Thermal Program seems to have stabilised at around 20,000 m² (or around 200,000 ft²) of subsidised collector area per year. Commercial applications dominate the statistics, although there was a spike in the share of residential systems in 2016. The...
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  • Belarus: 287 Completed Systems Prove Growing Interest in Solar Heat
    March 16, 2017

    Belarus: 287 Completed Systems Prove Growing Interest in Solar Heat

    The use of solar heat is becoming increasingly popular in Belarus, an eastern European country with around 10 million population. Official statistics from the Ministry of Energy put the number of systems installed across the country at 287; their combined collector area, however, has not...
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  • NREAP Lebanon
    March 3, 2017

    Lebanon: On Track for 2020 Square-Metre Target of 1 Million

    Lebanon seems to be one of only a handful of countries that are on track for meeting their solar thermal targets. The market statistics from the Lebanese Centre for Energy Conservation (LCEC) show around 250,000 m² of collector area were installed between 2009 and 2014, which exceeded the...
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  • Macedonia Incentive Programme
    February 14, 2017

    Macedonia: National Subsidy Budget Raise

    The Republic of Macedonia has been in a state of political turmoil for some time. The most recent general election was held in December 2016, but it is still unclear whether a new government can be formed. Considering the circumstances, the provisional authorities have taken laudable steps...
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  • Austria: Tisun Sees Rising Interest in Solar Thermal in Gulf Region
    January 24, 2017

    Austria: Tisun Sees Rising Interest in Solar Thermal in Gulf Region

    Austrian collector manufacturer Tisun is currently the supplier for three major projects in Kuwait, Abu Dhabi and Qatar. Its subsidiary, Tisun GCC with two Dubai stakeholders, have been the ones helping the company enter the Arab markets. Since 2010, Tisun has had a local subsidiary in...
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  • New Zealand: Over 35 Years of Steel Absorber Collector Production
    December 19, 2016

    New Zealand: Over 35 Years of Steel Absorber Collector Production

    For more than 35 years, Thermocell collectors have been exclusively manufactured in New Zealand. Developed and commercialised in the late 1970s by Professor Emeritus Arthur Williamson from the University of Canterbury, these patented collector types have been produced in Christchurch ever...
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