STESCOs

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Development of pilot Solar Thermal Energy Service
Companies (ST-ESCOs) with high replication
potential Acronym ST-ESCOs EIE/04/059/S07.38622
Duration January 2005 June 2007 (30 months)
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ST-ESCOs Aims and objectives

• Main aim found and foster the Solar Thermal
  ESCOs sector
• Specific objectives
• Elaborate the existing experience and make
  know-how transfer from Austria to the
  Mediterranean countries.
• Make specific suggestions for supporting actions
  at EC and National level.
• Inform and involve relevant actors from
  financial, legislative, technical sectors and
  possible ST-ESCOs users.
• Prepare pilot agreements in each participating
  country.
• Disseminate the gained experience among
  stakeholders.

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ST-ESCOs Activities
The Work Packages (WP) of the project were WP1
State of the art and market analysis WP2 Raise
Stakeholders awareness WP3 (develop a) Guide
and policy paper WP4 (develop a) Software
tool (for ST-ESCOs developers) available at
www.stescos.org WP5 Case studies and Pilot
agreements WP6 Dissemination of project
results WP7 Common dissemination activities

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ST-ESCOs Results Deliverables

• Main results
• Motivated stakeholders for ST-ESCOs development
  (more than 2500 attendants on various events)
• Enhancement of the legislative and other actions
  to be taken at EU and National levels
• Realisation of pilot ST-ESCOs agreements
• Initialization of a pilot ST-ESCOs network

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ST-ESCOs Results Deliverables

• Most important deliverables
• Reports, analyses, tools Market Analysis, Policy
  Paper, ST_ESCOs Guide, Software, feasibility
  and detailed case studies, Pilot Agreements.
• Dissemination material leaflet, maxi-brochure,
  articles, conference, E-newsletter, web site
  www.stescos.org (several thousand of interested
  people communicated via email and telephone, more
  than 2000 brochures and 4000 leaflets delivered,
  about 1300 web visitors and 130 downloads of the
  tool).

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ST-ESCOs current status

• Through www.stescos.org project deliverables are
  available
• Market Analysis, Policy Paper, ST_ESCOs Guide,
• Software
• Best practices
• e-Newsletters
• up to now in Hellas, Austria, Spain and Italy
• 25 pre-feasibility studies have been worked out
  and
• 9 detailed studies,
• 6 agreements have been achieved while 2 more are
  in the preparatory phase

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ST-ESCOs Consortium
Coordinator Centre for Renewable Energy Sources
(CRES) www.cres.gr

PartnersHellenic Association of Solar
Industries (EBHE) - HellasGraz Energy Agency
(GEA) - AustriaSolar Thermal and ESCO company
(NAHWAERME) - AustriaTechnical University of
Milan (POLIMI) - ItalyItalian Association of
Solar Industries (ASSOLTERM) - ItalyEnergy
Agency of Murcia (ARGEM) - SpainSolar thermal
Design and Consultant Company (AIGUASOL)
SpainCatalonian Association of Solar Industries
(APERCA) - Spain