Solar Water Heaters: "Plan Soleil"

In 1999, approval was given by the government to the French Agency for Environment and Energy Management (ADEME) to launch Plan Soleil. This plan is designed to support the development of solar hot water heaters. The first phase of this programme, specific to individual solar hot water heaters, was extended to collective applications of solar water heating. The objective is to reach 112 000 m2 per year of collector surfaces installed and 330 000 m2 between 2000 and 2006.