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  • Austria: Solar Process Heat Cheaper than Oil Boiler
    May 31, 2014

    Austria: Solar Process Heat Cheaper than Oil Boiler

    The solar process heat plant at Fleischwaren Berger in Sieghartskirchen, Austria, went into operation in July 2013. With its 1,067 m² of high-temperature flat plate collectors, it pre-heats water for steam and hot water production. According to calculations by Austrian company SOLID, which...
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  • India: ESCO Concept for Wheel Producer
    March 29, 2014

    India: ESCO Concept for Wheel Producer

    Wheels India, one of the world’s largest wheel manufacturers for commercial vehicles, is profiting from one of the few ESCO projects in India. The Energy Service Company (ESCO) Aspiration Energy has been delivering heat from a 1,365 m² vacuum collector field for almost two years now. The...
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  • Germany/Denmark: Solar District Heating Prices between 37 and 88 EUR/MWh
    March 24, 2014

    Germany/Denmark: Solar District Heating Prices between 37 and 88 EUR/MWh

    The calculation of solar heat prices very much depends on the frame conditions. The chart on the left shows heat prices for a solar district heating system, with costs differing between 37 and 88 EUR/MWh. The best-case scenario - with a 3 % low-interest loan and a 40 % investment subsidy –...
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  • India: Solar System Benefits Garment Factory
    December 19, 2013

    India: Solar System Benefits Garment Factory

    A concentrating solar thermal system has been operating successfully at Purple Creations, a children‘s clothing factory at the Baramati Hi-Tech Textile Park in Maharashtra state in western India. The 30 dish concentrators with an absorber area of 480 m² provide the steam required to iron...
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  • India: Best Practise Applications for Hotels
    March 16, 2010

    India: Best Practise Applications for Hotels

    Profiting from cost-effective solar thermal technology: The JP Siddhartha Hotel in the city of Gurgaon, Haryana, runs a 56 m2 collector system supplying solar energy for the domestic hot water demand of the hotel. The investment of INR 490,000 will pay off in less than 2 years.
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