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General information |
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Name |
Olij Kenia
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Country installed |
Kenya
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Address |
Naivasha, Kenya
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Industry sector, NACE code |
A - Agriculture, forestry and fishing
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Solar thermal system owner / operator |
Olij Kenia Investments LTD (Dümmen Orange)
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Solar thermal engineering company |
Bosman Van Zaal
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Process integration engineering company |
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Year of operation start |
2013
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Technical parameters |
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Collector technology |
flat plate collector
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Collector name |
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Installed collector area (gross), m² |
480.0
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Installed collector area (aperture), m² |
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Installed collector area (absorber), m² |
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Installed thermal power (estimated), kWth |
336.0
(Default value calculated by multiplying the gross collector area by 0.7 kWth/m²)
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Solar collector loop heat transfer fluid |
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Solar energy storage |
short-term water storage
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Storage volume, m³ |
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Kind of conventional heat source |
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Kind of fuel used |
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Process |
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Solar thermal energy used for |
heating greenhouse
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Unit operation |
heating of production halls
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Point of Solar Heat Integration |
A2b) Heating of supply line
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--> Integration how and where |
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--> Temperature range process |
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--> Temperature range solar loop (min/max), C° |
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Economic parameters |
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Total investment costs (excl. VAT), € |
1.00
(Turnkey costs including solar collectors, piping, support construction, storage, design, commissioning reduced with subsidies)
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Solar loop (excl. VAT), € |
(Solar collectors, piping, support construction)
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Solar energy storage (excl. VAT), € |
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Others (excl. VAT), € |
(Design, commissioning, others)
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Process integration (excl. VAT), € |
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Subsidy, € or % of total investment costs |
not known
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Cost for fuel replaced, €/MWhfuel |
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Calculated solar thermal system life time, a |
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Annual useful solar heat delivery, MWh/a |
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Specific annual useful solar heat delivery, MWh/am² |
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Specific investment costs, €/m² |
0.0
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Solar fraction, % |
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Lessons learned |
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Initiative |
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Integration methodology |
Bosman Van Zaal realised the greenhouse heating using solar energy for this propagator in Naivasha, Kenya. In total we installed 480 m2 solar collectors, 650 m2 PV panels with battery pack, an electric boiler and heat storage tank.
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Crucial Interfaces |
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Construction / Commissioning |
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Operation / Performance |
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Recommendations |
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Source |
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Author |
Wolfgang Gruber-Glatzl
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Company of author |
AEE INTEC
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E-mail |
w.gruber-glatzl@aee.at
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Phone |
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Homepage |
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