Solar thermal barometer

This annual evaluation is a synthesis of works published in 2006. Comparisons are presented between the wind power performances and European Commission White Paper and Biomass action plan objectives. The continuous increase in the prices of energies, associated with support systems set up by the majority of governments, consolidated the solar thermal sector growth. However the today situation and the promising future must not hide the fact that due to a late implication on the part of most of the European governments, the White Paper objectives are not going to be reached in the established time limits. (A.L.B.)