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Austria: Incentives for Solar Thermal Installations in old Buildings
Two ministries – one strategy: The minister for the economy, Reinhold Mitterlehner, and the minister for the environment, Niki Berlakovich, introduced Austria’s new incentive measures for solar thermal in April 2009 …
Austria: The 2008 Roadmap to Solar Thermal Success
A good example for solar heating: a semidetached house with a collector area of 92 m2. According to the roadmap of the Austrian Institute for Renewable Technologies, AEE Intec, it is very important to support solar combi systems which supply domestic hot water and space heating …
Karnataka State Aims for 100,000 Solar Roofs by 2013
The Karnataka State Energy Department plans to set up at least 100,000 solar thermal roofs over the next five years, in order to become the number one in India in terms of renewable energy usage. Photo: Wikipedia The idea of a ‘100,000 roofs’ programme can be traced back to Germany, …
“Security Measures Make Vacuum Tube Collector Systems More Expensive”
Marek Szymanski, technical department manager of the Polish collector manufacturer Watt, spoke with solarthermalworld.org about the problems they had with the vacuum tube collectors in the beginning. Photo: Watt …
Dynamic Growth Throughout the European Solar Thermal Sector
Estec2009 – a meeting point for solar thermal experts in Europe: Around 400 representatives of associations, as well as manufacturers, politicians and researchers discussed trends, potentials and obstacles of the solar thermal sector. Photo: Bärbel Epp …
Solar obligation by the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
The state of Rio de Janeiro is the front runner in terms of solar building codes on a state level. In January 2008, its state government approved a law that makes the installation of solar water heating systems mandatory for public buildings …
Solar Obligation by the Municipality in São Paulo
The huge city of São Paulo, with its approx. 19 million inhabitants, approved the first solar obligation on a municipality level in July 2007. Solar water heaters have since become mandatory in a wide range of new residential and non-residential buildings …
Collective Systems on the Rise in France
The segment of collective systems shows high growth rates in France: The main factor behind this growth are the incentives paid by Ademe, the France Energy Agency. The investment for the solar thermal system on top of this multi-storey building in Paris was €353,000 of which 39 % were subsidised …
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