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Over 80% of the domestic water heating systems in Albania are powered by electricity. At present, about 2/3 of Albania's total electricity consumption is used for domestic hot water and space heating. Albania, with its typical Mediterranean climate, could in fact offer preferential climatic conditions for the utilization of hot water systems based on solar thermal energy. Until now however, the market for solar water heating systems has been very limited.
The National Energy Agency (NEA) of Albania proposed a project to GEF's executive board that is designed to accelerate the market development for solar water heating (SWH). The project has formally been endorsed by GEF and the UNDP in summer 2008 as a first country program of the global SWH program. |
