While the German district heating market is undergoing a rapid transition to renewable energy, Aalborg CSP has secured their first German energy project order.
A 4.7 MW solar heating plant will be established in Sondershausen and will apply the new high yield solar vacuum collector by TVP Solar. It will also bring into the German market integration and optimization based on Danish expertise combined with Swiss innovative technology.
Aalborg CSP has recently gained exponential interest in their technology integration portfolio, consisting in grid-scale pit thermal energy storage, heat exchangers, heat pumps and solar thermal plants.
After years of preparation in developing the German market, Danish renewable specialist Aalborg CSP has secured its first order in Sondershausen, Germany.
The project was won and developed in close cooperation with the technology and EPC partner, TVP Solar. Switzerland based company, TVP Solar has a unique high vacuum flat collector with yield of more than 500 kWh/m2/yr, even in low irradiance conditions.
As the interest towards Danish district heating technology and optimized integration solutions is growing, TVP’s unique vacuum flat collector technology has secured the first ever project, alongside Aalborg CSP, using Danish district heating technology on German soil, making it a new reality.
The overall project consists of a 6,086 m² construction, based on 3105 vacuum collector panels forming a 4.7 MW solar heating plant, together with the integration unit and thermal storage tank.
Final delivery is scheduled in spring 2023. This order was possible thanks to a close cooperation between Aalborg CSP and the Swiss solar panel producer TVP Solar.
TVP has managed to develop and prove a new type of high yield solar collector which is ideal for the high temperature German solar heating market.
The TVP Solar collector is a high-performance vacuum flat collector capable of delivering temperatures up to 200° C thus being suited for both district heating and industrial process purposes.