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new build, because of the construction is now causing great concern, where as a water production. This newly-installed
slump. result of the policy of promoting conden- area is almost double the previous year’s
While the outlook is grim, it is not disas- sing boilers and electrical hot water pro- figure (264 564 m2).
trous, for while the individual home seg- duction systems (such as thermodyna- Denmark has built 31 new solar heating
ment cannot deliver to expectations, the mic hot water heaters), solar thermal networks and extended the collector
growth prospects for solar thermal in has become a niche market for domestic field to 5 other networks. It had already
the collective housing hot water produc- hot-water production or solar heating. built 15 heating networks and extended
tion, industrial heat production and dis- The decline is not so pronounced in the 3 networks the previous year. According
trict heating are much more promising. Italian and Spanish markets, but the to PlanEnergi calculations there are
Arcon-Sunmark
In fact they are underpinned by stricter momentum is still negative. Only Greece 104 olar heating networks in Denmark
European regulations and the offer of is a safe bet and can be trusted to main- supplied by 1 301 000 m 2 of collectors.
suitable equipment by the manufac- tain a 270 000 m2 installation level from The town of Silkeborg holds the record
turers to slash production costs (large year to year, partly as it needs to replace for the biggest solar heating network
collectors, suitable technologies). The existing equipment. in the countr y (and the world) since
solar thermal heating network segment Outside of the European borders, solar December 2016. With a collector area
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he European solar thermal mar- mal technologies (flat plate collectors, easier-to-install, renewable solutions that calls for large areas of collectors thermal is skyrocketing thanks to the of 156 694 m 2 (110 MW), i.e. 12 536 col-
ket’s foundations are being increa- vacuum collectors and unglazed collec- whose purchase price is lower, such as has proven how relevant it is and has Chinese market. The country may have lectors with a surface area of 12.6 m 2
singly eroded, a s the European tors) and factors in the decommissio- thermodynamic hot water heaters and been championed by pro-active poli- installed 28 000 MWth in 2016 for an (manufactured by the Danish company
Union market now stands at 2.6 mil- ning assumptions made by the experts AGHP. This has created a downward spi- cies pursued by a number of countries. overall capacity of 337 GWth, which is Arcon-Sunmark), solar energy is capable
lion m2, which is 2 million m2 less than it contacted during the study and Euros- ral in the number of installations as hea- Denmark leads the way in solar heating ten times bigger than the UE capacity. of covering 20% of the annual heating
was in the reference year, 2008 (4.6 mil- tat data for year N-1. In the absence of ting network installation engineers now networks just as it did for wind energy in The second market in the worldwide requirements for 21 000 users. Silkeborg
lion m 2 ) (graph 1). EurObserv’ER puts official data, EurObserv’ER relies on the specify fewer solar thermal solutions in the early 80s (see below). ranking is far away, as it is Turkey, with has effectively toppled the previous
the thermal capacity of newly-installed market data it has gathered and applies the residential sector, which has weake- Market forces are roughly the same as 1 467 MWth installed in 2016. (table 1). record held by the town of Vojens that
solar thermal facilities at 1 823 MWth a 20 year decommissioning assumption ned the sector’s structure (drop in the they were last year. The German mar- has a 70 000 m2 (48.9 MWth) solar heating
in 2016, which is 4.6% less than in 2015 for glazed collectors and 12 years for number of installers, poorer skills). ket is still well placed in European solar network.
(tables 2 and 3). Flat plate collectors unglazed collectors. P V ’s c o nt in uin g a p p e a l t o p r i v a t e thermal market; as yet again it accom- News from around The solar heating network inst alla-
still account for most of the installed The underlying reasons for the trend homeowners and investors also stands modates almost 30% of the newly-ins- the main markets tion peak has been precipitated by the
surface area (93.4%), followed by vacuum decline are constant. The solar thermal in the way of solar thermal’s develop- talled collector area in the European end of the Energy Saving agreement
collectors (5.3%) and unglazed collectors market is directly hit by the low price of ment. Even if PV technology is not in Union. However it has failed to stem its Solar heat warms up Danish scheduled for December 2016 that was
(1.3%). Since 2009, the European Union’s natural gas that affects solar heat’s abi- head - on competition for hot water own domestic market’s decline. Den- networks signed in 201 2 bet ween the Danish
solar thermal market has been contrac- lity to compete by giving the advantage production in the residential segment, mark, which promotes the construction D e nm a r k h a d a n e xc e p t i o n a l y e a r energ y operators and the Danish
ting by an annual average of 6.9%. to the condensing gas boiler market. silicon panels are generally prescribed of vast collector fields to supply heating in 2016. According to Jan Erik Nielsen Energy Ministry. The utilities effecti-
The total surface area of the European The stop-start, degressive subsidy poli- especially since self-production of elec- networks, is clearly relishing its momen- of PlanEnergi, the countr y installed vely brought forward the completion
Union’s solar thermal base was about cies operating in some countries have tricity became profitable. The sector’s tum. The main change with regard to last about 500 000 m 2 of collectors, 99% of of their installations to avoid paying
51 million m2 (35 713 MWth), which is 3.8% also hit solar thermal’s momentum in prospects have also dwindled in mar- year has been felt in the Polish market, which were intended to supply hea- penalties and also because of uncer-
more than in 2015 (table 4). This esti- the residential sector segment. Solar kets such as Spain and Italy, where solar which having grown 2015, took a nose ting networks while the remaining one
mate includes the three main solar ther- thermal also competes badly with other thermal is a priority energy source in dive in 2016. The state of play in France percent was for individual domestic hot
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of the Maison de l’Ile-de-France
solar thermal and concentrated solar power barometers
DEERNS France
market is to all intents and purposes a Credit for energ y transition scheme in t h e s a m e way a s s y s t e m s u sing
niche market. The number of individual cannot support individual solar devices
solar water heaters has dropped from in t he cont e x t of “ low - co s t ” fo s sil
Tabl. n° 2 Tabl. n° 3
Annual installed surfaces in 2015 per type of collectors (in m ) and power equivalent (in MWth)
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Annual installed surfaces in 2016** per type of collectors (in m2) and power equivalent (in MWth)
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N
N 400 km
km
400
Finland* n° 24
40
2.8
Sweden n° 15
340 Estonia* n° 28
2.2 10
Denmark n° 8 1.4
Ireland n° 16 1 153
350.0 Latvia* n° 26
238
16
13.8
1.3
Netherland n° 13 Lithuania* n° 27
457 Poland n° 7 13
United-Kingdom n° 11 1.5
19.6 1 493
499
80.8
8.1 Belgium n° 12
482
TOTAL EU
32.6
Germany n° 1 35 713
Alliance Soleil
13 385
536.2 Czech Rep. n° 10 1 823.2
Luxembourg n° 23 796
42 21.7
2.6 Slovakia n° 21
124
Austria n° 2 4.2
France*** n° 6 3 647
2 118 78.3 Hungary n° 17
renewable energies) – have a high take- 2016, local authorities have been able to and dedicated to collective applications 82.9 201
Slovenia* n° 18 13.2 Romania* n° 19
up rate in France with 454 0 0 0 units award a 30% constructability bonus for (53.9%, i.e. 114 515 m2), ahead of indivi-
Portugal n° 9 169 155
sold in 2016 up from 396 000 units in exemplary buildings whose energy per- dual installations (44.5%, i.e. 94 354 m2) 823 2.0 12.5
Croatia* n° 20
2015 (a 15% rise). The market is taking formance betters RT 2012 by 20%. These and unglazed collectors for pool heating 38.5 143
full advantage of the new eco-design buildings will also be eligible for Heat (1.6%, i.e. 3 321 m2). 15.1
regulations for heating and hot water Fund incentives for collective housing The industry ascribes these losses to Bulgaria n° 22
Spain n° 5 60
appliances. that demand RT 2012 regulations to be similar factors to those of 2015 – namely, 2 734 Italy n° 4 3.9
Nonetheless collective solar thermal bettered by 15%. sluggish property construction and the 148.5 2 955
147.0
should gradually witness an upturn in its discontinuance of regional subsidy pro-
development conditions, for after a four- Spain’s market looks forward grammes – especially those granted in
year struggle, the sector was granted to better times Andalusia (Prosol programme). Another
Greece n° 3
more equitable treatment for solar heat The Spanish solar thermal market per- factor is the upswing in heat pump instal- 3 133
in October 2016 in the RT 2012 computa- formed below expectations in 2016 as lations, which according to the country’s 189.0 Cyprus n° 14
tion engine, which lowered its primary it contracted for the second year run- technical building code (CTE) are now 453
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energy consumption by 20% in relation ning. ASIT, the solar thermal industry eligible as an alternative to solar thermal
Malta n° 25
to the previous calculation formulae. association, claims that Spain instal- for the renewable energy production of 36
The end of the waiver on overconsump- led 212 290 m 2 of collectors, which is domestic hot water. 0.5
tion in new multi-occupancy housing, a 12% decrease on 2015 (the drop was ASIT expects the situation to turn around Key
scheduled for 31 December 2017, is now 6.5% between 2014 and 2015). Most of T otal solar therma capacity installed at olar thermal capacity installed during
S * No data available, estimation based on the 2015
35 713 1 823.2
within sight. Furthermore, since June the collectors installed were flat plate the end of 2016* (MWth) the year 2016** (in MWth) ESTIF market figure. ** Estimate (latest available
information at the end of May 2017).
*** included 47 082m2 in overseas departments.
Source: EurObserv’ER 2017.
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Solar collectors
Company Country Activity
production 2015* (in m2) NREAP Roadmap
* Estimations based on company information and Solrico (Worldwide: Flat Plate Collector Manufacturer Ranking). Note: These figures must be used as evaluation
past the 2.1 Mtoe mark in 2016. EurOb- of the revised directive proposes ASIT (Spain), Uniclima (France), Observ’ER (France),
more than accurate production data. Source: EurObserv’ER 2017. serv’ER reckons that if nothing is done that each Member State should try to PlanEnergi (Denmark), Ministry of Industry and
to reverse the trend quickly, the diffe- increase the share of the energy pro- Trade (Czech Republic), Statistics Netherlands,
rence between reality and the targets duced from renewable sources for hea- ATTB (Belgium), STA (United Kingdom), SEAI (Ireland
could be much wider than previously ting and cooling purposes by at least Republic), STATEC (Luxembourg), NSO (Malta),
feared, and could even fall below 50% one percentage point (of the national University of Miskolc (Hungary), Solar Energy
Another growth driver is solar thermal project that kicked off at the end of 2016 Solar thermal is losing of the NRE AP commitments for 2020 final energy consumption share) every Association of Sweden, REN 21, solarthermalworld.
integrated into industrial processes. A and is analysing this market across the ground (graph 2). year until 2030. Article 24 opens rights org, Solar Thermal Federation of India, Observ’ER
basic international shift is underway world. The preliminary project findings Although solar heat is still losing ground, of access to local heating networks and (Others).)
effectively redirecting the solar thermal point to 71 companies that offer to inte- The downward trend of the market the European Union is working on the cooling systems to renewable energy
industry to this market segment. Increa- grate solar thermal in industrial pro- witnessed since 2009 has seen the gap new climate and energy framework for producers– which opens up significant
sing numbers of industries, that require cesses, and 525 installations that have with the National Renewable Energy 2030 and on 30 November 2016 pres- development prospects for solar dis-
heat for specific points in their produc- already come into being. Half of the sys- Action Plan (NREAP) trajectory open up. ented the new Clean Energy Package. trict heating.
tion lines could call on solar energy to tem integrators manufacture the equip- What is of even more concern, is that in In its draft renewable energy directive, The sector has given a warm welcome
produce heat at time T, with tempera- ment to be integrated into the industrial a number of countries (Austria, Swede the European Commission reiterates to this legislative roadmap that puts
tures rising to hundreds of degrees. process themselves. Two-thirds of the and Cyprus) the area of collectors in that heating and cooling amount to renewable heat back into the centre
GREENoneTEC now sells large collectors installers are also facility operators and service is tending to contract as their 50% of the EU’s energ y demand and of the new renewable energ y direc-
ripe for the purpose, in dimensions ran- will carry out installation maintenance newly-installed areas do not make up that 75% of this demand is met by fos- tive’s proposal. However its players are
ging from 8–13 m2 that bear witness to work. The food-processing industry, the for the areas that have been decommis- sil fuel, and also accounts for 68% of waiting for the practical implementa-
this segment boom. Institutional deci- commercial and services sector and the sioned. The capacity and surface area Europe’s natural gas imports (costing tion of regulatory and subsidy measures
sion makers have also taken up this issue textile industry are the sectors most of decommissioned installations tends 44 billion euros). It also observes that that will give solar thermal a second
as through the Horizon 2020 programme, interested in using solar thermal energy to rise every year, because the solar the lack of coordinated renewable hea- chance. Implementation could be very
the European Commission, is financing in their processes. thermal market built up gradually in ting and cooling policy has resulted in quick if the Danish government’s initia-
the three-year Solar Payback research the second half of the 1990s, peaking at highly fragmented markets and curbed tive to oblige energy service companies
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Graph. n° 1
Acciona
1 961.2
According to EurObserv’ER calculations lia (the pilot Jemalong and Sundrop tower
Part 2: Concentrated that are partly based on work carried out plants) which took on-grid capacity in
solar power by IRENA, the International Renewable Australia and Oceania to 6 MW.
Energy Agency and SolarPACES, an Inter-
1 158.7
T
he global concentrated solar power national Energy Agency programme, ins- Africa’s turn
market ha s slowed down af ter talled CSP capacity across the world in
enjoying an installation peak of 2016 stood at about 4 889 MW, boosted In 2016 the continent of Africa was the 738.4
1 267 MW in 2013. It has been hit by the by 273 MW of newly-connected capacity. most active for CSP plant installation.
keen competition coming from PV, sup- Installed capacity remained unchanged On 4 February 2016 Morocco switched on
ported by countries looking to make fast in Europe (2 313.7 MW including pilot the Noor 1 plant (160 MW) near the city of 281.4
improvements to their efficiency levels facilities), North America (1 758 MW) and Ouarzazate. Noor 1 became the world’s
while reducing costs. Nonetheless the the Middle East (123 MW). Most of the seventh most powerful CSP plant after 10.0 60.0
number of CSP installations is set to rise new capacity was installed in Africa and the five American plant complexes of
from 2018 onwards, when many projects increased from 169 MW in 2015 to 429 MW Ivanpah (392 MW), SEGS (354 MW), Solana
currently under construction in Morocco, in 2016 (260 MW added). In Asia 10 MW of (280 MW), Mojave (250 MW), Genesis 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
South Africa, China and the Middle East capacity was connected (268 MW total in (250 MW) and Spain’s Solaben complex Source: EurObserv’ER 2017
will be commissioned. 2016) and a little less than 3 MW in Austra- (200 MW).
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Tabl. n° 1
Concentrated solar power plant in operation at the end of 2016. (Source: EurObserv’ER 2017)
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Commercial
Capacity date of
Project Project's holders Location Technology
[MW] operation
expected
Italy
Flumini Mannu Flumini Mannu Ltd Villasor (Sardinia) 55 Parabolic Through 2018
Gonnosfanadiga
Gonnosfanadiga Gonnosfanadiga Ltd 55 Parabolic Through 2018
(Sardinia)
San Quirico Parabolic Through
CSP San Quirico San Quirico Solar Power 10.8 2018
(Sardinia) (hybride)
Noragugume
Sener
Not known Enas 0.7 Not known 2018
(Sardinia)
Carlentini. Melilli
Lentini Lentini Ltd 55 Parabolic Through 2018
(Sicily)
Reflex Solar Power Reflex solar power Gela (Sicily) 12.5 Parabolic Through 2018 will result in the construction of seve- Power (12.5 MW, parabolic trough), CSP the Alba Nova 1 (12 MW) project bearer,
Solecaldo MF Energy Aidone (Sicily) 41 Linear Fresnel 2018 ral plants before the end of 2017. The San Quirico (10.8 MW, hybrid parabolic was put into liquidation on 6 Septem-
Archimede Archimede SRL Melilli (Sicily) 1 Parabolic Through 2018 association reports that at least fifteen trough) and San Severo (10 MW, tower ber 2016, effectively project completion
Bilancia 1 Trinacria Solar Power Palermo (Sicily) 4 Linear Fresnel 2018 projects have construction permits for plant). is now contingent on a hypothetical
Calliope Trinacria Solar Power Trapani (Sicily) 4 Linear Fresnel 2018 a total of 259.4 MW (table 2), including The first two plant projects to be accep- transfer of assets. On the bright side,
Stromboli Solar Trinacria Solar Power Trapani (Sicily) 4 Linear Fresnel 2018 Lentini (55 MW, parabolic trough), Flumini ted in France as part of the 1st CRE call Suncnim (a subsidiary of the CNIM group
Not known Sol.In.Par Partanna (Sicily) 4.2 Not known 2018 Mannu (55 MW, parabolic trough), Gon- for tenders (CRE 1) in 2012 that were and Bpifrance) leading the Llo project
Francofonte nosfanadiga (55 W, parabolic trough), scheduled to start up at the end of 2015
Not known Essecv SRL 1 Not known 2018
(Sicily)
Solecaldo (41 MW, Fresnel), Reflex Solar are plagued by delays. Solar Euromed,
Not known Solar Energy Belpasso (Sicily) 1.2 Not known 2018
San Severo
San Severo 3SP 10 Central receiver 2018
(Puglia)
Total Italy 259.4 Tabl. n° 3
France Main European CSP project developers
Ghisonaccia
Alba Nova 1 Solar Euromed * 12 Linear Fresnel n.a
(Corsica)
eLLo Suncnim LIo (Pyrenees) 9 Linear Fresnel 2018 MW developed or under
Company Country Activity
construction (2016)
Total France 21
Cyprus Ibereolica Spain Engineering - EPC - O&M - Project developer 1 256
Helios Power Infinia Larnaca 50.8 Dish Stirling n.a. Promoter - Project developer - EPC - Engineering -
Total Cyprus 50.8 Abengoa Spain 651
O&M - Components
Greece Promoter - Project developer - EPC -
Maximus Dish project Infinia Florina 75 Dish Stirling n.a. Magtel Renewables Spain 1 050
O&M - Engineering - Consulting
MINOS CSP tower Nur Energy Crete 50 Central receiver n.a.
Cobra Spain Promoter - Project developer - EPC - Engineering - O&M 567
Total Greece 125
Acciona Energy Spain EPC - Project developer - Promoter 314
Spain
Central receiver Torresol Energy Spain Promoter - Project developer - O&M - Engineering 119
Alvarado.
PTC50 Alvarado Acciona Energia 50 (power tower) - n.a. FCC Energia /Enerstar Spain Promoter - Project developer 100
Badajoz
Hybride
Hyperion Spain Promoter - Project developer - O&M 103
Total Spain 50
Total European Union 506.2 Samca Spain Promoter - Project developer - O&M 100
Company in liquidation. Source: EurObserv’ER 2017. Source: EurObserv'ER 2017 (based on company information and CSP-World) http://www.csp-world.com/guide
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