Prosol: Successful grant and credit programme in Tunisia

Mon, 29 September 2008

The grant programme Prosol II started 2005 in Tunisia and increased the market volume of solar water heaters tenfold within some years. Then in 2009 Prosol was opened for hotels, hamams (Turkish baths), academic houses and hospitals and in 2013 Prosol Industry was started. In 2017 the programme was extended until 2020.

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Country / region	Tunisia
Name of programme	Prosol II
Type of incentive	Grant or reimbursable credit
Eligible technologies	Solar water heaters
Applicable sectors	Residential / commercial
Amount	Residential buildings: up to TND 200 for SWH with 200 litres and up to TND 400 for SWH with 300 litres .The rest of SWH investment will be divided into a credit grant (that will be paid through the electricity bill) and a contribution of the costumer. Commercial buildings: grant covering 70 % of the cost of the conception (up to TND 30,000) and a national grant covering 30 % of the investment cost of the system (up to 250 TND/m2) (TND = Tunisian Dollar = Dinar)
Requirements for system	eligible system suppliers
Requirements for installation	eligible installers
Finance provider	Société Tunisienne d’Electricité et du Gaz (STEG), http://www.steg.com.tn
Total funds	TND 220 million (TND = Tunisian Dollar = Dinar)
Funding source	Public funds
Effective date	2005
Expiration date	extended to 2020
Website	http://www.anme.nat.tn/index.php?id=137
Last review of this tabloid	October 2017
Contact	Abdelkader Baccouche Solar Deputy Director Agence nationale pour la maîtrise de l’énergie (Anme) Tunis, Tunisia abdelkader.baccouche@anme.nat.tn

Prosol: Successful grant and credit programme in Tunisia

Baerbel Epp

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