Solar Water Heating Market Transformation and Strengthening Initiative, Phase 1
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Category: MCF
This project aims to accelerate the global commercialization and sustainable market transformation of solar water heating systems to reduce the use of electricity and fossil fuels for hot water in buildings and industry.
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Request for CEO endorsement/Approval
Project Type: Full Size Project
the GEF Trust Fund
Submission Date: 26 January, 2008
Re-submission Date: 18 April, 2008
2nd Resubmission Date: 20 June, 2008
Expected Calendar
Milestones Dates
Work Program (for FSP) Sept. 2006
GEF Agency Approval Aug 2008
Implementation Start Sep 2008
Mid-term Review (if planned) Feb 2010
Implementation Completion Aug 2013
part i: project Information
GEFSEC Project ID: 2939
gef agency Project ID:
Countries: Global (incl. Albania, Algeria, Chile, India, Lebanon, Mexico, SIDS)
Project Title: Solar Water Heating Market Transformation and Strengthening Initiative
GEF Agencies: UNDP, UNEP
Other Executing partner(s): METE (Albania), APRUE (Algeria), CNE (Chile), MNRE (India), MEW (Lebanon), CONAE Mexico, Barbados RET Centre (SIDS), TERI (South and South East Asia), CRED (East Asia), OME (MENA), ESTIF (CEITs), OLADE (Latin America)
GEF Focal Area: Climate Change
GEF-4 Strategic program: SP1 Buildings Energy Efficiency (GEF-3 SP1 Market Transformation)
Project framework
Project Objective:
Project Components Invest,TA, or STA** Expected Outcomes Expected Outputs GEF Financing*
Co-financing*
Total ($)
($) % ($) %
1. Knowledge Management TA and STA Effective initiation and co-ordination of the country specific support needs and improved access of national experts to state of the art information, technical backstopping, training and international experiences and lessons learnt. See the Logframe (Annex B) of the Project Document 3,450,000
(w/out mgmt)
66 1,770,000
(w/out mgmt) 34 5,220,000
2. Country Programs:
Albania
Algeria
Chile
India
Lebanon
Mexico
TA The specific SWH market transformation targets of the first 6 participating countries reached by the end of the project, conducive to the overall, global market transformation goals of the project.
Incremental 3 million m2 of SWH capacity installed by the end of the project as a combined, direct outcome of the country programs See the Logframe (Annex B) of the Project Document 7,565,000
(w/out mgmt)
8,250,000
(w/ mgmt costs )
Alb. 1,000,000Tags: Funding, Development, Climate Change, Buildings, Solar, Mitigation, Industry, Electricity, Policy, Investment, Fossil Fuels, Renewable Energy, Governance, Finance, Energy Efficiency