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March 2014
Company overview
Airlight Energy is a Swiss private company that supplies proprietary
solar technologies
for large-scale production of electricity and thermal energy, and for energy storage
Competitors
Oil / molten salts receiver X Potentially polluting and expensive thermal fluids
Film mirrors
Simple manufacturing, Low cost per aperture area
ETFE is a widely available industrial product, no production bottlenecks Greater resistance than glass against scratching No dust and low humidity inside the enclosure Easy to wash and total recovery of washing water
R&D test facility, Biasca, Switzerland
Did you know that ETFE (Ethylene tetrafluoroethylene) is a flourine based plastic. After their useful life as pneumatic enclosure for CSP plants the ETFE foils can be recycled in the agricultural industry as greenhouse coverings
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Large aperture (9.7 m with 2 mirrors) High optical efficiency High concentration (60 suns average) Simple manufacturing Low cost per aperture area
No production bottlenecks
Did you know that the mirror foils are made from stretched polyethylene terephthalate (PET) a material commonly used in the
R2=9,52m R1=12,20m P2 R4=6.78m R3=7.80m
packaging industry
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High operating temperatures, up to 600 C Use of conventional materials and no need for high-tech coatings or vacuum insulation Easy to manufacture Inexpensive and non-polluting thermal fluid, easy to integrate in existing processes
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Cost effective solution for thermal energy storage using concrete and gravels
Air as a heat transfer fluid makes it possible to create a simple storage that uses a closed concrete container filled with stone gravel
Continuous production, compensating intermittency of sun availability Low thermal losses in the range of 1% every 24h Highly competitive production costs Robust, fail-safe technology Locally available construction materials
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