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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...
May 28, 2014
Sweden: High Internal Rates of Return Attract Investors

Swedish company Absolicon Solar Concentrator has developed a Solar Energy Calculator to enable commercial clients to determine the Internal Rate of Return (IRR) when purchasing and...
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...
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 –...
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...
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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