Saudi Arabia: Women’s University with Solar District Heating
Submitted by Baerbel Epp on September 3, 2014
A 25.4 MWth plant produces heat for the women’s university in Saudi Arabia, the Princess Nora Bint Abdul Rahman University in Riyadh. The campus offers space for 40,000 students, lecturers and other staff, 13 faculties, accommodations, research facilities and a hospital. The collectors feed the heat into the return line of the district heating system. The grid´s return temperature is 72 °C, the feed-in temperature 92 °C. The Austrian company AEE Intec designed the primary solar loop, including field hydraulics, stagnation behavior and safety features. Millennium Energy Industries from Jordan was responsible for setting up the plant.
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Name of project / installation site |
Princess Noura University for Women (PNUW) / Riyadh |
Country |
Saudi Arabia |
Start of operation |
July 2011 |
Application |
Solar district heating for space heating and hot water demand |
Gross collector field size |
25.4 MWth / 36,300 m2 |
Storage size |
6 Storage tanks à 150 m3 each as well as 9,000 m3 grid volume |
Predicted specific solar yield per year |
n/a |
Predicted solar share |
n/a |
Customer |
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Millennium Energy Industries is sub-contractor to a Joint-Venture between El-Seif Contracting and Consolidated Contracting Company (CCC), which are responsible for implementing the infrastructure works (Package 3) of the PNUW project including the solar system |
Planning |
AEE Intec, Austria |
Construction |
Millennium Energy Industries, Jordan |
Collector manufacturer |
Greenonetec, Austria |
Contact |
Millennium Energy Industries, Jordan, info@millenniumenergy.co.uk |
More information |