District heating

Etelä-Savon Energia

Mikkeli city, the home of Savosolar received the “Inspiring Solution Award” in 2018 Celsius City Summit for the Ristiina Village project. It is a green district heating energy concept with a clever combination of solar thermal and wood chips.

Savosolar was involved in this award winning project by delivering turn-key solar district heating installation to the Ristiina district heating plant.

Location

Finland

Construction status

Finished

Installation year

2018

Solution type

District heating

Number of collectors

Collector Area

118 m2
, gross

Collector Type

Savo 15 SG

Power

82 kW

Energy production

Suur-Savon Sähkö

Savosolar has been selected as general contractor to build the largest solar thermal system in Finland to date, on behalf of Suur-Savon Sähkö Oy for its district heating network in Puumala, which supplies households with healthy heating. In this hybrid installation the solar thermal system is producing both, high-temperature heat to district heating supply pipe and also low-temperature heat to improve heat pump plant COP.

Etelä-Savon Energia

Mikkeli city, the home of Savosolar received the “Inspiring Solution Award” in 2018 Celsius City Summit for the Ristiina Village project. It is a green district heating energy concept with a clever combination of solar thermal and wood chips.

Savosolar was involved in this award winning project by delivering turn-key solar district heating installation to the Ristiina district heating plant.

Issoudun

With a size over 13,000 m2, this system is the second largest solar heating system in France and the second largest solar thermal system for industrial process heating in Europe.  Savosolar has delivered the largest part of the whole solar thermal plant including the solar collector field, civil work, piping and design and delivery of heat exchange station.

Kyotherm and its affiliate Kyotherm Solar are investment companies which specialize in the third-party financing of renewable heat and energy efficiency projects. Kyotherm Solar is selling heat from this system to a malt drying factory, which is operated by Malteries Franco-Suisses.