Renewable Energy Benefits Leveraging Local Capacity for Solar Water Heaters

By International Renewable Energy Agency IRENA

This report aims to expand policy makers’ understanding of the steps needed to develop a local market for solar water heaters, and the existing capabilities that can be leveraged to do so. The report also highlights opportunities to create local value by setting up a domestic industry around solar water heaters.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRENA
• Release date: Jan 1, 2022
• ISBN: 9789292604103

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ISBN: 978-92-9260-343-4

eBook ISBN: 978-92-9260-410-3

This publication should be cited as: IRENA (2021), Renewable Energy Benefits: Leveraging Local Capacity for Solar Water Heaters. IRENA, Abu Dhabi.

ABOUT IRENA

The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) is an intergovernmental organisation that supports countries in their transition to a sustainable energy future and serves as the principal platform for international co-operation, a centre of excellence, and a repository of policy, technology, resource and financial knowledge on renewable energy. IRENA promotes the widespread adoption and sustainable use of all forms of renewable energy, including bioenergy, geothermal, hydropower, ocean, solar and wind energy, in the pursuit of sustainable development, energy access, energy security and low-carbon economic growth and prosperity. www.irena.org

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

This report was developed under the guidance of Rabia Ferroukhi (IRENA) and authored by Celia García-Baños (IRENA) with the support of Deloitte Advisory S.L.

The report greatly benefitted from valuable feedback and inputs from Diala Hawila, Ulrike Lehr and Michael Renner (IRENA).

The report benefited from the review by Jose María González Moya (APPA Renovables), Tahmina Mahmud and Olga Strietska-Ilina (ILO), Joumana Sayegh and Tony Gebrayel (LCEC), Deger Saygin (SHURA Energy Transition Center), Jesús García Martín (EU Energy Solutions), Darius Milcius (Lithuanian Energy Institute), Hanna Bartoszewick-Burczy (Institute of Power Engineering), Arslan Khalid (IRENA consultant), Leighton Waterman (formerly IRENA), Jinlei Feng, Abdullah Abou Ali and Sufyan Diab (IRENA) and leading companies from the private sector.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. INTRODUCTION

2. SOLAR WATER HEATERS TODAY: AN OVERVIEW

2.1 Global and regional deployment

2.2 Policy instruments driving the deployment of solar water heaters

3. SOCIO-ECONOMIC VALUE CREATION FROM THE DEPLOYMENT OF SOLAR WATER HEATERS

3.1 Jobs

3.2 A closer look at the value chain

4. REQUIREMENTS FOR 10 000 SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS WITH RESIDENTIAL SOLAR WATER HEATERS

4.1 Overview of labour inputs

4.2 Procurement