Solar Cooling – A Worldwide Proven Technology
Abstract
Worldwide located large scale solar cooling plants with a collector area up to 3900 m² represent S.O.L.I.D.’s experiences in this field. The selected references of solar cooling plants are situated on three different continents: America, Asia and Europe. Providing options between different concepts of sizing and business models (e.g. ESCO1s) allow individual solutions to meet the personal demand of the client. Every region has different framework conditions and challenges but professional experience and innovative ideas form the basis for well operating solar cooling plants and satisfied customers. Moreover future development trends of conventional refrigerants in terms of ozone depletion potential (ODP) and global warming potential (GWP), as well as raising electricity prices and weak distribution grids during peak times show that there has to be an alternative to conventional systems. Successful solar cooling project examples verify that solar cooling already is a proven technology which has a huge potential to become one of the mayor alternative solutions for the worldwide increasing demand for air conditioning!