Το work with title The philosol project: a strategic market development of the solar thermal sector in southern Europe by Rainer Berkmann is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
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M. Karagiorgas, T. Tsoutsos, R. Berkmann ,"The philosol project: A strategic market development of the solar thermal sector in Southern Europe ",Ener. Conv. and Manag.,vol. 44,no.11, pp. 1885–1901,2013.doi :10.1016/S0196-8904(02)00218-2
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0196-8904(02)00218-2
Given the rapid development of the European ST market and the tremendous potential of the local marketsduetofavorableclimaticconditions,thelocalSmallandMediumEnterprises(SMEs)oftheEU face the opportunity to enter this rapidly growing market with reliable technologies and know-how.Inordertoassistthem,thePHILOSOLprojectaimedatstimulatingawarenessofthelocalauthorities, promoting the use of ST technology and involving the local market actors in business partenariat meetings. The experiences of the more ST technology mature countries show that more than a product and a subsidyprogrammeareneeded.Amongstothers,themotivationofthepopulationbyinformationandimage campaigns can assist solar energy in becoming an intrinsic part of household technology. Ó 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.