| Summary:
The Hellenic Solar Thermal Systems market after almost 20 years of development
and fluctuations could be considered as a developed market, at least regarding
the residential sector. The most important reasons of the success of Solar Thermal
Systems in Hellas are summarised as: - High solar radiation, climatic conditions
and morphology of the country
- Successful marketing campaigns
-
Legislative support and incentives at early stage
- Broad dissemination
of the technology (advertisements, information brochures, demonstration projects,
etc.)
- Public acceptance
- Continuous effort from the manufacturers
for better and cheaper products
- Easy access of solar thermal products.
Despite the success of the solar thermal systems in the residential
sector, there is still area for more applications, especially in the industrial
and tertiary sector where their penetration is minimal. During the last few years
there was an increase in solar thermal applications in the industrial and tertiary
sectors mainly due to subsides coming from the National Development Law and the
Operational Program for Energy. In order to achieve further penetration of solar
thermal applications in the industrial and building sector Hellenic key players
have to: - Further advertise the products
- Raise environmental
awareness
- Improve installation and product quality
- Implement
promotion campaigns to engineers, architects, installers
- Implement promotion
campaigns for large systems
- Further penetrate solar systems in the public
sector
- Continue subsidisation and incentives
- Introduce green
taxes
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