Case Study on PROMASOL: Democratizing Access to Solar Water-Heaters

For a country like Morocco with 3,000 hours of sun per year, totally depending on imports for its energy needs seems like a paradox. Being aware of such a situation, Moroccan authorities strive to benefit from renewable sources of energy to produce at least 10% of the country’s energy needs by 2010. Within this framework, the Moroccan Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM) launched PROMASOL in 2002 to promote the market of Solar Water-Heaters (SWHs) in Morocco through quality improvement and certification, awareness raising campaigns, and training and certification of qualified solar water-heaters’ installers. The program management was entrusted to the Center for Development of Renewable Energies (CDER). Thanks to the active contribution of some partners such as UNDP, the French Global Environment Facility (FFEM). Click here to read more…

Case Study on PROMASOL: Democratizing Access to Solar Water-Heaters

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