GSHP market development in Greece Action Plan - geo.power

Sub-action 1d): Job creation potential – Subsidy of labour costAn important opportunity for the market penetration of GSHP systems is the increase oflabour pool particularly under the current economic conditions. The further development ofGSHP market will be accompanied by a significant opening of new jobs as well as theestablishment of new business and retailing companies. As there have been someinstallations of GSHP systems, this already shows an emerging interest from differentmarkets on new technologies, especially those of using renewable energies and it could bean essential opportunity for the reinforcement of the labour market.Job creation potential is more profound in the case of applications in the tertiary sector(domestic, public and tourist), due to the potential size of these market segments. Theavailability of labour pool will enhance/strengthen further the development of manufacturingcompanies in all the relevant fields of the production procedure, from system engineeringdesign to marketing and installation as long as a successful actuation is achieved by properdevelopment measures.The subsidy of labour cost for a specific period (e.g. 6 years), in parallel application ofadditional measures as referred above for the market deploying, would attract companies torecruit high qualified human staff (engineers, technicians, drillers etc.). On the other hand asignificant manpower will access and working opportunities in a developing sector and thestate will effectively fight the unemployment as well.The target value of the labour cost subsidy is 50% for a 6-years implementation period(2013 – 2018). This results to a budget 46,4 M€ that shall have to be directed to this subactioncorresponding to a new GSHP systems installation capacity 162,9 MW.A set of practical steps are recommended as necessary to apply this measure.Creation of certified professionals’ registry. This can be achieved under MA surveillanceassigned to competent authorities (e.g. Technical and Professional Chambers, the Officefor Employment) to call the professionals (installation companies, engineers, drillers,technicians etc.) to participate in this registry.Dynamic registry update with recent information and link to professionals’ profile inorder each concerned person to be able to find useful information such as professionalexperience, number of constructed projects, activity fields etc.15