ISOL Barometer: international solar thermal market development and outlook
Asia moves up, while Europe lags behind: solrico presented the results of the latest ISOL Index survey at the opening session of the Intersolar Europe Conference at the International Congress Center Munich (ICM) at the New Munich Trade Fair on 7 June 2011.
The figure above shows the trend of the ISOL Navigator in the regions: Compared to the ISOL Index surveys in 2010, the score of the selected BRIC countries – China, India and Brazil – shows a clear upward trend. In contrast, the long-term trend of the Mediterranean Region Index shows a strong decrease – 6 points – due to the difficult economic situations in Greece, Portugal and Spain. North/Middle America scores lowest in regional indices with 41 points, because the market in the United States is not picking up as expected.
Global solar thermal market
China is dominating the solar thermal market. 80 % of the annually solar thermal capacity worldwide is installed in the people´s republic. The presentation gives an overview of the global solar thermal market. News and key trends of the Chinese market are explained. It also includes a worldmap of solar / renewable building codes. The speech was given by Bärbel Epp at the 2nd Solar Energy Industry Forum on the 21st of May 2009 in Poznan, Poland .
Key solar thermal markets - today and tomorrow
This presentation explains the market development in the 14 biggest, solar thermal markets worldwide. The presentation was held by Bärbel Epp at the symposium “Thermische Solarenergie” (solar thermal energy) 2009 in Staffelstein, Southern Germany, at the beginning of May. The three-day conference organized by the German company OTTI brought together knowledge from industry and research.