Centro de coleccion solar para NESTLE lagos de moreno
Publicado:21 de diciembre de 2016
Por:Marco Roman
The key drivers for solar heating and cooling technologies in industrial processes
are: 1) reducing risks associated with increasingly volatile and rising prices for
coal, oil and natural gas; 2) eliminating fuel costs; 3) reducing carbon emissions;
Figure 9: Application of parabolic trough collector in a dairy processing
plant in Mexico
Photograph: Inventive Power A.S.
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and 4) energy needs due to localised production. The current costs of industrial
solar thermal systems are determined by a relatively small number of suppliers
of these highly sophisticated technologies. Although these technologies are high
performers, they are generally too costly for the global market. The experience in
the Indian market has shown that equipment manufactured locally reduces capital
costs and creates added value and local business opportunities along the supply
chain (IRENA, 2014b).
The main barriers to increased deployment of solar industrial process heat and
cooling systems are as follows:
– High investment costs and lack of finance options: All solar process heat systems
involve high initial investments in advance of a practically cost-free harvesting
period. However, proper maintenance is required to ensure that the systems
operate optimally over their full lifetime expectancy. The up-front costs particularly
hamper deployment in small- and medium-size enterprises where financing
is not available. For larger systems, the first turn-key projects are already beginning
to appear. The development of market models, where solar process heating
systems are installed and maintained by
