Revenue of individual solar thermal equipment sales in France 2015-2018

Solar thermal installations are well known in France. Almost 80 percent of the population trusted solar water heater or combined solar systems in their home according to a 2019 survey. It doesn’t come as a surprise; primary production of solar thermal energy has been constantly increasing. Starting from 50 ktoe in 2005, France’s production exceeded 170 ktoe in 2017.
In 2018, the individual solar thermal equipment market was dominated by pure players. Almost two thirds of the distribution were handled by installers.

In 2018, the global revenue of individual solar thermal equipment market peaked at 135,1 million euros. We can observe a global increase from the three previous years despite a drop in 2016. According to the source, 105 million euros were generated by the combined solar system market: sales, installation and maintenance.