Bosch India has said that they will enter the Indian Solar water heater market as soon as next month. The Bosch India's Solar operations will be operated from their Bangalore office.
The Bangalore based division will also cater international markets, with importance given to Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Vidyasagar Halingali, country head, of the Thermo technology Bosch
said, the company will focus on capturing 10-15% of the market within the coming two to three years.
The Indian Solar water heater market is seeing a massive growth, with the market standing at Rs 1,200 crore, of which electric
heaters are dominating the category accounting for half of the share while solar heaters a close second at Rs 400 crore. Several other state governments
have also made it mandatory to use of solar water heaters (link), driving heater
sales.
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Absolutely impressive news, that government supports much for the solar energy consumptions this will of course reduce the burden of electricity board.
Yes Definitely.. This is indeed a good news, the market is still Baby stepping, but the water heater market should eventually spring up without the support from the government and that too should happen fast.
Hi Sumesh, great insight. we do believe the same.The Market should grow up as a non subsidy utilizing segment, which basically means a matured segment. But nowadays commercial market is opening up, more and more players are looking into Solar heaters as a good investment for heir property and it is expected to remain that way, in the coming few years.
The best way to save energy and heating costs is to turn down the thermostat a few degrees. Odds are you don’t really need to evenly heat your entire house. Rooms and areas that you rarely use could be kept cooler to save energy. Using space heat allows you to only heat the areas you are using most, and only during the times you need the extra warmth.
Reference: http://www.electricheaters.ie/
German companies are a bit slow in entering Indian market. That too without commitment. What difference is it going to make weather one uses the top Bocsh technology or a cheap Chinese technology in solar water heaters. It is the simplest and most reliable technology of all the renewables. It can not fail. I would go for V-Guard, at least an ethical company for solar hot water.
I was looking to buy Bosch PV panels. But they are yet to announce a dealer in India. Shame. They should bring their top notch PV panels, inverters and charge controllers to India and immediately set up research centre to adapt those pricey stuff for Indian conditions and markets. Hallo Bosch, hast du "Frugal Engineering" gehoeren?
Rose, people are talking about using this technology for hot water and electricity.. people don't heat their homes in India...(in 95% of the country) you idiot. "turn down your thermostat" lol.
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