District heating

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.

Location

Finland

Construction status

Finished

Installation year

2021

Solution type

District heating

Number of collectors

27

Collector Area

431 m2
, gross

Collector Type

Savo 16 S

Power

300 kW

Energy production

175
MWh/a

Palau-del-Vidre

In collaboration with Eiffage Energy Systèmes, Summa Energy is providing a solar thermal plant on trackers to supply heat to the greenhouses of Les Serres Vermeil, an organic vegetable grower located in Palau-del-Vidre, France.
Summa Energy with provide a turnkey solar thermal field of 396 Savo15S collectors, as well as all the engineering of the plant and the supervision software.

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.

Voutilakeskus

A Finnish district heating company Elenia Lämpö Oy invested in Savosolar solar thermal system to produce CO2-free energy for their customer, which in this case is a nursing home located in Hämeenlinna. The heat is used for domestic hot water and pool heating.

The installation is the biggest operational solar thermal system in Finland.