European Solar Thermal Industry Federation has published recently a study about the European Solar Thermal Markets. It includes trends and statistical data about those markets that achive a capacity between 200,000 sqm and 400,000 sqm like Italy, Spain Austria, France and Greece, and those that have a smaller capacity below 200,00 sqm like Portugal, Switzerland, Poland, United Kingdom, Denmark. According to the report, Germany still has a leader position in Europe in the Solar Thermal Market, even though here "the impact of the crisis was felt more sharply".
About the Italian market:
"Italy is now the second largest market in Europe, and much more stable that other emerging European markets. Compared with 2008, the Italian market has decreased by 5% in 2009, with 280MWth of newly installed capacity (400,000 sqm of solar thermal collectors). Due to its geographical location and to its high-energy dependency (86,8% in Italy compared with a European average of 53,8%) this market still represents a very strong potential for solar thermal. The major growth in recent years can be credited to a 55% tax rebate covering various energy efficiency measures in existing buildings, including solar thermal installations. These provisions will remain in place until the end of 2010 and the expert predict a steady performance for this year. In the event that this measures is not maintained in the next years, this emerging and important market could face though an important slow down."
To see the entire documents and trends&Statistics about other EU countries click here
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