Apisolar

February 21, 2019
Portuguese industry without representation

Since 2016, Portugal’s solar industry association Apisolar has had to make do without official data on the country's solar thermal market. The most recent figure, which shows 46,134 m² (32 MW_th) of newly installed collector area, dates to 2015 and marked a 9 % drop compared to...
July 18, 2016
Portugal: Two New Incentive Schemes on the Horizon

Good news for the Portuguese market: This year’s agenda includes two new schemes to support energy efficiency measures in buildings, and solar thermal has been put into the spotlight. The first programme,...
May 3, 2016
Portugal: Incentive Scheme Fails While Sales Take Another Dive

The latest Portuguese incentive scheme for solar thermal energy proved to be a major failure: Launched by the national Energy Efficiency Fund (EEF) in May 2015, the call to support the restoration of solar thermal systems installed before 2005 received only four applications in the end....
January 30, 2016
Portugal: New Government with Good Intentions but Lack of Action

After a politically unstable last quarter of 2015, Portugal’s path for the next years seems to be finally set. The new socialist government, led by António Costa, took office by the end of November and brought back the old promise of supporting renewable energy sources. At least, this is...
October 14, 2015
Portuguese 2020 target for solar thermal: Faraway, so close to deadline

It’s just like in the Wim Wenders movie: Each year, the Portuguese goal for solar thermal energy seems more faraway, so close to the deadline. The country, which aims at a target of 2,214,282 million m² of installed area in 2020, saw a mere 1,080,317 m²...
January 29, 2015
Portugal: Market Transformation in Time of Crisis

The Portuguese solar thermal market seemed to have stabilised in 2014: The first estimates by the Portuguese national solar industry association, Apisolar, show that the collector area sold last year was at around the same level as in the year before. According to a press release from...
April 28, 2014
Portugal: “Good legislation, bad economy”

The Portuguese solar thermal industry is still facing a difficult time: With 57,234 m² (30 MW_th) of newly installed collector area, market volume in 2013 was down to the level of 2007, according to the annual statistics of Apisolar, the Portuguese national solar industry...
August 30, 2013
Solarthermalworld.org Research Video Competition: UrbanSolPlus Project Submission

Here is one of the research videos under competition. It was submitted by APISOLAR - the Portuguese Solar Industy Association. The video features Riccardo Battisti, from Ambiente Italia and provides an...
May 1, 2013
Portugal: Solar Companies Struggle to Keep Business Running

The Portuguese solar thermal market has dropped significantly for the second year in a row. In 2012, the national solar industry association APISOLAR counted only 90,896 m² of newly installed area, 29 % below the previous year, although the result was better than APISOLAR had...
January 28, 2013
Portugal: 45 % Drop in 2012

The Portuguese national solar industry association, APISOLAR, has just released the solar thermal statistics for the third quarter of 2012 and has once again reduced its forecast for the entire year. In September, the...
December 18, 2012
Portugal: Small Residential Grant Scheme, but “Big” Requirements

Portugal has seen the launch of a new incentive scheme - Edifício Eficiente 2012 (Efficient Building 2012) - for installing solar thermal systems on existing residential buildings. Launched on 30 November, the programme has been equipped with a EUR 1 million budget for solar...
November 6, 2012
Customers Appreciate ‘Made in Portugal’

The Portuguese government is campaigning for products ‘Made in Portugal’, in order to increase domestic demand. Soldirecto followed the call and started mass-producing solar thermal collectors this year. The company, which was founded two and a half years ago, is based in...