The sun undoubtedly continues to be a game-changing energy source for the district heating industry in Denmark, where most district heating plants typically switch from natural gas to solar or biomass.
Aalborg CSP received the order from the Danish district heating plant Egedal Fjernvarme A/S to deliver a 2.6 MWth solar heating plant. Renewable energy is a well-known territory for the district heating plant, who joined the ring of renewable heat and hot water producers in 2018 with the installation of a biomass boiler. With the construction of a new solar heating plant, the district heating plant takes yet another step towards a greener and more sustainable energy production.
Cost-competitive solution and best warranty
The 3,458 m2 solar field will – when constructed - consist of 34 rows of flat panels with up to 10 collectors per row. With a capacity of 2.6 MWth, the plant is capable of producing 1,850 MWh heat per year. Combined with the district heating plant’s already existing biomass boiler and an accumulation tank with a capacity of 2,400 m3, the solar heating plant will provide sustainable heating to 875 customers in Stenløse and Ølstykke.
“Aalborg CSP presented us with the best price per delivered MWth as well as an attractive warranty agreement, providing us with a 10-year warranty on the solar collectors. These two factors combined made us choose Aalborg CSP as our partner on this project. We look forward to a great collaboration with Aalborg CSP and aim at obtaining Denmark’s most efficient solar heating plant per m2 – says Jørn Arne Nielsen, Managing Director at Egedal Fjernvarme A/S.
With the plant in Egedal, Aalborg CSP continues its series of flat panel projects in Denmark. The system in Egedal will consist of the same type of collectors, which Aalborg CSP has successfully supplied to two other Danish district heating plants. The 13.3 m2 optimized panels from GREENoneTEC have shown the highest performance among all known mass-produced large-scale solar collectors on the international market.
Exceptional operation and high performance
Since Aalborg CSP first introduced the optimized panels on the Danish market, they have set a new standard in terms of cost-competitiveness-/performance level, their 10-year warranty as well as their outstanding documented performance results. All three factors which are of crucial importance to Aalborg CSP.
”We are happy that Egedal, focused on the plant’s actual performance, and the consistency between actual performance and calculations, when choosing their partner for the project, and look forward to helping Egedal Fjernvarme A/S towards their goal of obtaining Denmark’s most efficient solar heating plant per m2 ” - says Jes Donneborg, Executive Vice President at Aalborg CSP.
Construction of the plant will commence in the beginning of spring and the solar energy system is expected to be harvesting its first sunrays this coming summer.
Fact sheet:
- Client: Egedal Fjernvarme A/S
- Capacity of the plant: 2.629 MWth
- Annual energy production: 1,850 MWh heat
- No. of customers: 875
- Supplier of the system: Aalborg CSP A/S
- Scope of supply: Complete solar collector system, technical installations and technical house, transmission lines
- Location: Maglevad 4 B, 3660 Stenløse, Egedal
- Area: 3,458 m²
- Plant layout: 34 rows with up to 10 collectors per row
- Maximum temperature: 95 °C
- Solar collector type: GREENoneTEC GK3133 double glazed
- Expected system lifetime: 25 years
Press contact:
Sofie Lambrechtsen Larsen
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E-mail: sll@aalborgcsp.com
About Aalborg CSP A/S
Aalborg CSP is a leading developer and supplier of innovative renewable technologies aiming to change the way energy is produced today. Relying on extensive experience from some of the most efficient concentrated solar power (CSP) projects around the world, the company designs and delivers green technologies and integrated energy systems to lower the cost of energy for industries and power plants worldwide.
Aalborg CSP places strong focus on R&D activities and partners with knowledge-based companies and institutions to create leading-edge technologies. As a result, the Aalborg CSP engineering design is centred on a value-adding concept providing solutions that excel in operation, increase plant revenue and contribute to a greener future.
Headquartered in Aalborg (Denmark) and with sales & service offices in Spain, the US, Kenya, Uganda, Australia and Indonesia, Aalborg CSP has realised cost effective green energy solutions to a variety of industries worldwide.
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