Solar Water Heater And Solar Tower Added To ThetaNoon
We would like to share with information on 2 more solar energy systems that were added to our ever growing directory - ThetaNoon.
The two systems are definitely extremes as far as solar technology goes - one is a solar water heater, the most basic, simple, widely used solar technology, while the other is a huge, impressive and expansive concentrating solar tower, located in Seville, Spain.
Solar water heater, 2Kw, Dublin, Ireland
Even in e place so far from the equator (where solar radiation is the strongest), installing a solar water heater makes sense. Andy, who installed the systems, told us:
“This unit is plumbed in to a dual coil hot water cylinder, the other coil being fed from a natural gas boiler (that also does the central heating). Basically, if the solar doesn’t provide enough hot water to satisfy the controller by 5pm (at this time of year, winter) the gas system tops it up…From the docs, it’s a 30 tube solar water unit, rated at 2kwh.Manufacturer of the controller is Resol, of the tubes are Apricus solar…In Ireland, you have to chose a system from a particular list to get a government grant, which helps limit the choice, and it has to be installed by a registered installer too”.
Concentrating Solar Tower, Seville, Spain
One of the most impressive solar energy systems I have ever seen. A huge tower, with over 600 mirrors concentrating sunlight into the tower, generating electricity from the steam created by the heat. This PS10 model generates 11 Megawatts of electricity at peak capacity.
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