Concentrating process heat collectors: global survey results, June 2014 Bärbel Epp Managing Director of solrico

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1 Photos: Clique, Feranova, Trivelli Concentrating process heat collectors: global survey results, June 2014 Bärbel Epp Managing Director of solrico

2 Solrico global solar research network focusing on the solar thermal sector Intersolar

3 solrico published around 1,000 news and background articles since 2009 focusing on solar heating and cooling Intersolar

4 Analyses of the current and future business development on a global and national level in the ISOL Navigator study Intersolar

5 1 st World Map of the Solar Process Heat Industry Intersolar

6 1 st world map: Who took part? Huge potential world wide for solar process heat Dynamically growing industry of process heat collectors which are not included in the existing world maps of solrico (flat plate, vacuum tubes, air collectors) Concentrating collectors for operation temperatures between 100 C C Market survey carried out at the end of companies from 10 countries participated in solrico s 1 st World Map of Solar Thermal Process Heat Industry 2014 Process Heat World Map 2014 Page 6

7 Companies by collector types Receiver / Absorber tubes; 4 Dish; 9 Other; 1 Parabolic trough; collector companies from 10 countries by most important collector type 26 companies do also planning and installation Fresnel; 4 Process Heat World Map 2014 Page 7

8 Definitions of the 1 st world map World map shows the variety of technologies that are offered by company parabolic trough fresnel parabolic dish others receiver /absorber tube State of the technology is clearly identified prototype = red number of pilot/demonstration projects = yellow number of commercial projects = green Process Heat World Map 2014 Page 8

9 The 1 st World Map of Solar Process Heat Industry

10 Ranking by the number of commercial project Company Country Technology Number of commercial plants Taylormade Solar Solutions Pvt. Ltd India Dish 26 Sharada Inventions Pvt. Ltd India Dish 25 Industrial Solar GmbH Germany Fresnel 11 Megawatt Solutions Pvt. Ltd India Dish 11 Trivelli Energia Srl Italy Parabolic trough 10 Clique Developments Ltd India Dish 10 Solitem Germany Parabolic trough 8 SRB Energy Research Sarl Switzerland other 7 NEP Solar AG Switzerland Parabolic trough 5 Chromasun Inc USA Fresnel 3 The Indian manufacturer Thermax would also have been mentioned here, but has withdrawn his registration for the world map. Sopogy, USA, would also be expected to figure among the top ten, but has not participated in the survey. Process Heat World Map 2014 Page 10

11 Year of first commercial projects Solitem Industrial Solar, Solarlite CSP Technology Sharada Inventions Thermax, SRB Energy Research, Clique Developments NEP Solar, Trivelli Energia, Taylormade Solar Solutions Bhagawati International, Chromasun, Royal Tech CSP, Mithras Vicot, Aksons s Solar Equipments, Solarmirrortec Smirro, Himin, SkyFuel, Megawatt Solutions Process Heat World Map 2014 Page 11

12 Different Parabolic Dish Technologies in India Scheffler Dish Mostly used for community cooking in India with Scheffler dish design from the 1990ies Reflectors rotate around stationary absorber Low concentration (temperature limited to approx. 170 C) Photo: Thermax High concentrating dish Receiver moves with the mirror field installed on one pole Automated two axis tracking Photo: Clique Solar Higher concentration (higher temperature is possible, e.g. for electricity generation) Process Heat World Map 2014 Page 12

13 Important export market South Africa 4% Africa 6% Europe Switzerland South Europe Spain 4% Italy 6% Brasil USA 4% 4% Turkey 6% Chile 4% India 4% Saudi Arabia 10% Japan China 6% UAE 4% Middle East 10% MENA Iraq Australia 4% Egypt Oman Qatar GCC (Gulf States) Morocco 19 different countries and 11 different regions were named. Summary by regions: MENA 39 % Europe (incl. Turkey) 22 % Africa 10 % South America 8 % East Asia 8 % North America 4 % South Asia 4 % Australia 4 % Process Heat World Map 2014 Page 13

14 Important sectors What are/will be the two most important sectors for your process heat collectors? food and bevarage What are/will be the main processes your industry solar process heat collectors are used for? steam generation cooling cleaning cooking mining building sector textile industry commercial and service sector drying agriculture 8 0 0% 5 25% 10 50% 15 75% % Dish collector manufacturers Linear concentrating collector manufacturers Data is presented as percentage of valid answers. All manufacturers of dish collectors consider food industry as important application. So do 72 % of linear collector manufacturers Mining and building are relevant for linear focusing collectors, but not for dish collector suppliers Process Heat World Map 2014 Page 14

15 Important processes What are/will be the two most important processes for your collectors? What are/will be the main processes your steam production solar process heat collectors are used for? cooling/refrigeration steam generation cooling cleaning drying cleaning/washing Dish collector supplies (blue bars) consider Cooking as the most important process. Linear collector suppliers (orange bars) assume steam generation as major process together with solar cooling. drying cooking cooking Dish collector manufacturers 8 9 0% 50% 100% Linear concentrating collector manufacturers Process Heat World Map 2014 Page 15

16 Agree or disagree with certain statements Can you agree with the following statement regarding trends in the global segment of solar process heat? Low cost per produced solar thermal kwh is more important in the process heat segment than in the residential segment Process heat is already competitive in many niche markets today, it is just not known well enough to customers (Strongly) disagree (Strongly) agree It is now time to standardise components and products to drive down costs. -90% -60% -30% 0% 30% 60% 90% Process Heat World Map 2014 Page 16

17 Different statements in India and Worldwide Can you agree with the following statement regarding trends in the global segment of solar process heat? (Strongly) disagree (Strongly) agree Linear / worldwide: There is a lack of receiver manufacturers Dish / India: There is a lack of receiver manufacturers -90% -60% -30% 0% 30% 60% 90% Process Heat World Map 2014 Page 17

18 Evacuated or non-evacuated Receivers No answer; 9% non-evacuated Receiver; 35% evacuated Receiver; 57% Recommanded working temperature range in average: 121 to 284 C Recommanded range of working temperature in average: 135 to 317 C Answers from 23 linear concentrating collector manufacturers Process Heat World Map 2014 Page 18

19 Different statements in India and Worldwide Can you agree with the following statement regarding trends in the global segment of solar process heat? (Strongly) disagree (Strongly) agree Linear / worldwide: Solar process heat will stay a niche market because of high investment costs Dish / India: Solar process heat will stay a niche market because of high investment costs -90% -60% -30% 0% 30% 60% 90% Process Heat World Map 2014 Page 19

20 Conclusions from the 1 st World map The high participation (37 companies) shows a big interest in a global market overview. It is a young industry with pioneers in technology development and opening up markets Technical data are difficult to evaluate since each collector is individually designed standardisation is needed Further evaluations about materials and components will be done throughout the year The next world map of concentrating process heat collectors will be published in 2015 Process Heat World Map 2014 Page 20

21 Photos: Clique, Feranova, Trivelli Thanks for your attention! For all further questions: Bärbel Epp