c MARKET REPORT ON SOLAR THERMAL WATER HEATING CABO VERDE AND DRYING OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS UNIVERSITY OF CABO VERDE UNICV SOLtrain West Africa A program managed by ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency IMPRINT Cabo Verde Market Report on Solar Thermal Water Cabo Verde - October 2015 AUTHORS Antúnio Barbosa, Auxiliar Professor (Energy Studies) Department of Engineering and Marine Science, University of Cabo Verde, Cabo Verde e-mail:
[email protected] PROGRAM RESPONSIBILITY This study is part of the Program SOLtrain West Africa www.ecreee.org Mr. Hannes Bauer, Program Manager Ms. Adeola Adebiyi, Program Assistant TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE Mr. Werner Weiss, Mr. Rudi Moschik Mr. Xavier Cholin, Mr. Philippe Papillon FUNDED BY Economic Community of West African States - ECOWAS United Nations Industrial Development Organization Solar Thermal Market Report Cape Verde 2 Table of Content 1 GENERAL ENERGY BACKGROUND ........................................................ 7 2 SHARE OF RENEWABLES ..................................................................... 8 3 SOLAR THERMAL HEATING MARKET .................................................. 12 3.1 Installed capacity ......................................................................... 12 3.2 Estimation of area and installed power ......................................... 13 3.2.1 Technical details of major solar water heaters systems sold in Cape Verde…………….. .................................................................................13 3.2.2 Systems in operation