Sep 22 2010
Alanod-Solar, a Germany based producer of absorptive and reflective solar surfaces, declared that GREENoneTEC has chosen the company for providing its mirotherm absorbers for use in a solar thermal project being built at the campus of the Princess Noura Bint Abdulrahman University for Women in the city of Riyadh, in Saudi Arabia. The solar plant is designed and built by Millennium Energy Industries, a company known for its solar power solutions.
The proposed solar thermal project, considered to be a mammoth in the world, will install solar collectors covering an area of around 120,000 square feet. The GK 3000 solar collectors designed by GREENoneTEC will incorporate the laser welded mirotherm absorbers manufactured by Alanod-Solar and each collector will occupy an area of around 32 square feet. The collectors will feature a special solar glass with a high ratio of light transmission for increased performance and the collectors were fixed using a refined system to save on space. The solar collectors are of a sturdy design to withstand adverse weather conditions which includes sandstorm. The project with a construction value of around 11.5 billion US dollars will provide hot water facility for 36,000 students and faculties located in the campus and will save around 14.8 million gallons of oil that is used for heating and save CO2 emissions to the tune of around 275 million pounds.
Robert Kanduth, GREENoneTEC’s, Founder and Managing Director, cited the flexibility and reliability of Alanod-Solar as an important element for the early commissioning of the project. He added that Alanod-Solar aided his company to produce proficient and sturdy solar collectors that can fit within the project budget and save on costs in its long term usage.
Source: http://alanod-solar.com/