Solar thermal and concentrated solar power barometer 2016

– 8.6% The decrease of the solar thermal market in the European Union in 2015
In 2015, the European Union saw its solar thermal market contract for the seventh year in a row. EurObserv’ER puts sales of solar thermal capacity installed for the heating market (hot water and space heating) at 1 861 MWth, equivalent to a 2.7 million m² of collectors… a further 8.6% decrease on the previous year’s poor performance. Combined solar thermal capacity installed to date in the EU stands at 34.3 GWth, or 49 million m² of collectors.

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