100,000 Solar Water Heating Systems Installed
Chile has three mechanisms to encourage installing solar water heaters (SWHs) for residential water heating: A tax exemption for SWH installation in new housing (from 2017) Subsidy to incorporate SWH into housing reconstruction programmes (2014-17) Ministry of Housing and Urban Development (MINVU)’s Family Heritage Protection Programme for existing public housing (from 2011). With these measures, more than 100, 000+ homes have hot water supported by solar thermal systems. Tax benefits for installing SWHs were initially granted from 2010 to 2014, and the programme was [...]
