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Status Report

Heating/Cooling / capacity (solar heating/hot water)

Definition:
Installed Solar hot water/heating capacity in GWth

International/World Regions

Global	126 GWth as of 2007 year: 2007 GSR 2009 technologies: All, Solar Thermal
European Union	22.78 GWth as of 2009 year: 2009 http://www.eurobserv-er.o... technologies: All, Biomass, Solar Thermal

National Level

Albania	0.035 GWth as of 2007 year: 2009 IEA- SHC http://www.iea-s... technologies: All, Solar Thermal
Australia	4.271 GWth year: 2007 http://www.iea-shc.org/pu... technologies: All, Solar Thermal
Austria	3.03 GWth as of 2009 year: 2009 http://www.eurobserv-er.o... technologies: All, Biomass, Solar Thermal
Barbados	0.057 GWth as of 2007 year: 2009 http://www.iea-shc.org/pu... technologies: All, Solar Thermal
Belgium	0.23 GWth as of 2009 year: 2009 http://www.eurobserv-er.o... technologies: All, Solar Thermal
Brazil	2.4 GWth as of 200 year: 2008 IEA SHC http://www.iea-sh... technologies: All, Solar Thermal
Bulgaria	0.025 GWth as of 2009 year: 2009 http://www.eurobserv-er.o... technologies: All, Biomass, Solar Thermal
Canada	0.618 GWth as of 2007 year: 2009 http://www.iea-shc.org/pu... technologies: All, Solar Thermal
China	79.898 GWth year: 2009 IEA SHC http://www.iea-sh... technologies: All, Solar Thermal
Cyprus	0.49 GWth as of 2009 year: 2009 http://www.eurobserv-er.o... technologies: All, Solar Thermal
Czech Republic	0.35 GWth as of 2009 year: 2009 http://www.eurobserv-er.o... technologies: All, Solar Thermal
Denmark	0.34 GWth as of 2009 year: 2009 http://www.eurobserv-er.o... technologies: All, Biomass, Solar Thermal
Estonia	0.001 GWth as of 2008 year: 2009 EurObserv'ER barometer ht... technologies: All, Solar Thermal
Finland	0.019 Gwth as of 2009 year: 2009 http://www.eurobserv-er.o... technologies: All, Biomass, Solar Thermal
France	1.4 GWth as of 2009 year: 2009 http://www.eurobserv-er.o... technologies: All, Biomass, Solar Thermal
Germany	9.0 Gwth as of 2009 year: 2009 http://www.eurobserv-er.o... technologies: All, Biomass, Solar Thermal
Greece	2.85 GWth as of 2009 year: 2009 http://www.eurobserv-er.o... technologies: All, Solar Thermal
Hungary	0.04 as of 2009 year: 2009 http://www.eurobserv-er.o... technologies: All, Biomass, Solar Thermal
India	1.8 GWth as of 2008 year: 2008 IEA SHChttp://www.iea-shc... technologies: All, Solar Thermal
Ireland	0.08 GWth as of 2009 year: 2009 http://www.eurobserv-er.o... technologies: All, Solar Thermal
Israel	2.6 GWth as of 2008 year: 2008 IEA SHC http://www.iea-sh... technologies: All, Solar Thermal
Italy	1.4 GWth as of 2009 year: 2009 http://www.eurobserv-er.o... technologies: All, Biomass, Solar Thermal
Japan	4.1 GWth as of 2008 year: 2008 IEA SHC http://www.iea-sh... technologies: All, Solar Thermal
Jordan	0.6 GWth as of 2007 year: 2007 IEA SHC http://www.iea-sh... technologies: All, Solar Thermal
Latvia	0.006 GWth as of 2009 year: 2009 http://www.eurobserv-er.o... technologies: All, Biomass, Solar Thermal
Lithuania	0.003 GWth as of 2009 year: 2009 http://www.eurobserv-er.o... technologies: All, Biomass, Solar Thermal
Luxembourg	0.014 GWth as of 2009 year: 2009 http://www.eurobserv-er.o... technologies: All, Solar Thermal
Macedonia	0.013 GWth as of 2008 year: 2009 IEA SHC http://www.iea-sh... technologies: All, Solar Thermal
Malta	0.031 GWth as of 2009 year: 2009 http://www.eurobserv-er.o... technologies: All, Solar Thermal
Mexico	0.639 GWth as of 2007 year: 2009 IEA SHC http://www.iea-sh... technologies: All, Solar Thermal
Namibia	0.004 GWth as of 2007 year: 2009 IEA SHC http://www.iea-sh... technologies: All, Solar Thermal
Netherlands	0.54 GWth as of 2009 year: 2009 http://www.eurobserv-er.o... technologies: All, Biomass, Solar Thermal
New Zealand	0.083 GWth as of 2007 year: 2009 IEA SHC http://www.iea-sh... technologies: All, Solar Thermal
Norway	0.01 GWth as of 2007 year: 2009 IEA SHC http://www.iea-sh... technologies: All, Solar Thermal
Poland	0.35 MWth as of 2009 year: 2009 http://www.eurobserv-er.o... technologies: All, Biomass, Solar Thermal
Portugal	0.31 GWth as of 2009 year: 2009 http://www.eurobserv-er.o... technologies: All, Solar Thermal
Romania	0.08 GWth as of 2009 year: 2009 http://www.eurobserv-er.o... technologies: All, Solar Thermal
Slovakia	0.07 GWth as of 2009 year: 2009 http://www.eurobserv-er.o... technologies: All, Solar Thermal
Slovenia	0.1 GWth as of 2009 year: 2009 http://www.eurobserv-er.o... technologies: All, Biomass, Solar Thermal
South Africa	0.0613 GWth as of 2007 year: 2009 IEA SHC http://www.iea-sh... technologies: All, Solar Thermal
Spain	1.3 GWth as of 2009 year: 2009 http://www.eurobserv-er.o... technologies: All, Solar Thermal
Sweden	0.3 GWth as of 2009 year: 2009 http://www.eurobserv-er.o... technologies: All, Biomass, Solar Thermal
Switzerland	0.416 GWth as of 2008 year: 2009 ESTIF http://www.estif.or... technologies: All, Solar Thermal
Thailand	0.049 GWth as of 2009 year: 2009 IEA SHC http://www.iea-sh... technologies: All, Solar Thermal
Tunisia	0.153 GWth as of 2007 year: 2009 IEA SHC http://www.iea-sh... technologies: All, Solar Thermal
Turkey	7.5 GWth as of 2008 year: 2008 IEA SHC http://www.iea-sh... technologies: All, Solar Thermal
United Kingdom	0.33 GWth as of 2009 year: 2009 http://www.eurobserv-er.o... technologies: All, Solar Thermal
United States of America	1.9 GWth as of 2008 year: 2008 IEA SHC http://www.iea-sh... technologies: All, Solar Thermal

Regional Level

Taiwan	0.878 GWth as of 2007 year: 2009 IEA SHC http://www.iea-sh... technologies: All, Solar Thermal

Local Level

Beijing	3.8 million m2 of solar water heaters year: 2008 REN21 GSR on local renewa... technologies: All, Solar Thermal
Freiburg i. Br.	15,000 square meters of solar thermal for Hot Water year: 2009 REN21 GSR on local renewa... technologies: All, Solar Thermal
Muenster	13,000 square meters of solar thermal for hot water as of 2008 year: 2008 REN21 GSR on local renewa... technologies: All, Solar Thermal
Rizhao	99% of households in central Rizhao year: 2009 REN21 GSR2009 on local re... technologies: All, Solar Thermal

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