• April 18, 2026

Market sector: Domestic Hot Water and Heating

Germany: Solar House Institute Members Win Renergy Award

Prof Timo Leukefeld and Stephan Riedel, solar experts and members of the Solar House Institute (Sonnenhaus-Institut), have won this year’s Renewable Energy Award, or Renergy Award for short. The first […]

Germany: Multi-Family Houses Achieve High Yields

2013 was a very good solar year for the housing developer of 8-19 Kastenienplatz in Querfurt, a city in the east of Germany. The solar thermal system of the developer’s […]

Montenegro: Montesol is dead, long live Montesol!

Montesol, the expired credit line for the installation of solar water heaters in Montenegrin households, may be extended, according to a source at Montenegro’s Directorate for Energy Efficiency (DoEE). In […]

Italy: New Regulations for All Incentive Schemes

The new Italian budget Law 147 from December 2013 also includes important chapters on renewable energy and energy efficiency regulations. The law extends both the 65% tax deduction for energy […]

Chile: New Government to Extend Tax Credits

Chile’s tax rebate scheme for the housing industry ended on 31 December 2013. Since then, Chile has not had any incentive scheme for solar water heaters and local system suppliers […]

Russia: 2014 – Year of Change and Growth

Solarthermalworld.org spoke to important Russian flat plate collector manufacturers New Polus, Inten and Kassol about the current and future trends of the national solar thermal market. According to the industry, […]