Solindustrias: Solar Process Heat In Cuenca

The City Cuenca in Ecuador is committed to its substantial development and decarbonization, aiming to scholarship an energy city (Based on the swiss energy). In Order to Fulfill This ambitious goal, an energy plan for basin was alvesting by the municipal government and the energy transition is put forward forward by implementing energy efficiency measures and renewable energy technologies, Involving All Large Energy Consumers, specially in the industrial sector. In 2019, The Industrial Sector in the City consumed 2445 Kboe, Mainly provided by fossil fuels, Thus surge to Large Amount of Greenhouse and Pollutant Gas. Industrial Companies are Constantly Exploring Alternative, Low Carbon Energy Sources To produces Heat for Their Process. The AIM of Solindustrias Project is to Demonstrate The Techno-Economical Potential of the Implementation of Renewable Solar Heating Systems for Industrial Process In Cuenca, While Exploring The Possibility of Future Scurity Up at National Level In Ecuador. SOLAR USING HEAT FOR INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES (SHIP) Will Substitute Fossil Fuels and, Thus, Decarbonize Industrial Processions and Become Less Dependent on Import Fossil Fuels (E.G., Diesel and Natural Gas). Ship uses Reliable Solar Thermal Technology to produces carbon-neutral heat up to 200 ° C at FIXED HEAT PRIZES FOR AT LEAST 20 YEARS AFTER INSTALLATION, GAING MORE ATTENTION IN THE PAST DECADE (SEE IEA TASK 64). Ship Is, Therefore, A PROMISING OPTION FOR CUENCA'S INDUSTRY BACASE OF (1) THE HIGH ANNUAL Average Solar Irradiation (GHI FOR CUENCA IS AROUND 4.5 KWH/M2/DAY) AND (2) THE LARGE NUMBER ON COMPANIES NEEDING PROCESS HEAT BELOW BELOW 100 ° C (I.E. In particular, The Food Industry Requirements Process Temperatures With Operating Temperature That Optimally Solar Thermal Between 80 ° C and 150 ° C and is therefore a promising sector that can be effffively decarbonized by solar heat. This Project Seeks to prepare the Technical and Economical Groundwork for the Successful Deployment of Ship in Cuenca by Knowledge Transfer, Pilot and Demonstration of Ship Example and Promoting these Technologies to other Industrial-End Users and local and National Government. The Main Objective of the Project is to install and evaluate Integrated Ship Solutions at The Industrial-Site from A Food Industry Facility, Develop a Replication and Up-Scaling Strategy, as well as suggest tools and testimonials to advocate to Energy Policy Makers. THE SHIP SYSTEMS WILL BE INSTALLED IN CUENCA AT ONE OF THE LARGEST FOOD PROCESSING COMPANY, NUTRI (www.nutri.com.ec), TO DEMONSTRATE THE BENEFITS AND POTENTIAL OF SOLAR ENERGY IN THE ECUADORIAN INDUSTRIAL SECTOR. The Experience and Learnings from Adopting Solar Thermal Energy in This Company Will Help To Promote Ship to other Industrial Facilities in Ecuador. To reach the main objective, we propose to: 1) Pilot & Demonstration: Install a Solar Heating System to Supply Part of Nutri's Hot Water Demand, Consideing Budget, Space and Specific Requirements From The Company, 2) Techno-Economical Study and Social Acceptance: Evaluate Economic and Environmental Impacts, and Social Acceptance of the New Heating Systems Installed, 3) Knowledge-Transfer: Develop and behavior Training Courses on The Design, Assembly and Maintenance of these Systems, Transfer Technology and Knowledge; And, 4) Replication: Analyze The Business and Policy As Could Better Promote The Uptake of Solar Thermal Systems in the Ecuadorian Industrial Sector and Provide Input for National Energy Policies and Entrepreneurship.

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