Enerplan

January 25, 2021
Up to 500,000 home renovations in France by 2021

The #SolariseHeat initiative has helped Europe’s solar thermal associations push for better funding conditions, Edwige Porcheyre, Project Coordinator at French Enerplan, said at the Pushing #SolariseHeat Forward online workshop hosted by Solar Heat Europe in mid-November 2020. Enerplan’s...
December 22, 2020
Great advocates join board of Brussels-based SHE

Over the next two years, Solar Heat Europe (SHE) will be represented by both new and re-elected board members. While Costas Travasaros, CEO of Greek-based Prime Laser, will continue to serve as president, the organisation’s general assembly, held on Friday, 4 December, also voted in fresh...
January 10, 2018
French SOCOL network analyses market drivers and barriers

The SOCOL network has become more involved than ever in shaping the future of the French solar thermal sector, having grown quickly from just 155 experts in 2013 to 2,500...
April 26, 2016
Big Ups and Downs on Global Market

The global solar thermal market went into another year of notable decline in 2015. With 37.2 GW_th, the newly installed glazed and unglazed collector capacity in the 18 largest countries was 14 % lower than in 2014 (43.4 GW_th). Between 2013 and 2014, the decrease in...
December 22, 2015
France: Monitoring Innovations – Rebuilding Investor Confidence

“The French market has been suffering from inadequately performing solar thermal installations made in the boom years of 2009 to 2011 because of untrained installers,” said Edwige Gautier, Project Coordinator at Enerplan, the Union of Professionals in Solar Energy, during her speech at...
December 11, 2015
France Increases Public Support for Solar Thermal

The French energy agency Ademe has been supporting renewable heat production in the industry, the district heating sector and at multi-family buildings since 2009. The budget of the national subsidy scheme, Fonds Chaleur (Heat Fund), will double in amount from around EUR 240 million per...
November 3, 2015
France: Industry Does Not Yet Surrender

The one-day workshop of the French solar sector to discuss the General State of Solar Heat in 2015 (États Généraux de la Chaleur Solaire 2015) took place in Nantes on 20 October with around 130 participants. The market is still...
February 3, 2015
France: Mixed Feelings about 2015 Industry Development

The solar thermal industry in France is going through difficult times: In 2014, market volume decreased again, this time by around 15 %, and business satisfaction among solar thermal system suppliers has been low. Both results are outcomes of the second one-day workshop held in Aix-les-...
December 31, 2013
France: Debate about Planned Tax Credit Reductions

In 2013, all indicators are flashing red! According to the sales statistics from Uniclima, the French union for the heating, cooling and ventilation industry, the newly installed collector area is expected to shrink to around 200,000 m² in 2013. All three major segments of the market...
November 1, 2013
France: Solar Thermal Energy under Review

On 11 October, around 100 solar thermal specialists followed the invitation of the French Environment and Energy Management Agency, ADEME, to Paris, France, in order to discuss the unsatisfying situation of the French solar heating and cooling market. The meeting included a presentation...
June 18, 2013
France: One Voice for Renewable Heat

In France, players of solar thermal, geothermal, heat pumps and biomass founded the Alliance Chaleur Renouvelable (translated as Renewable Heat Alliance) in February 2013. "This network speaks with one voice when it comes to the demands and suggestions from the renewable heat industry,"...
April 15, 2013
France: SoCol Network Shares Best Practices for Multi-family Houses

Taking a close look at the SoCol network website - www.solaire-collectif.fr - will get you several useful documents on solar thermal best practices for multi-family buildings. First, there are the technical guide and the maintenance guide -...