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General information |
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| Name |
Hy-Point Dairy Farms
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| Country installed |
United States
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| Address |
425 Beaver Valley Rd, Wilmington, Delaware 19803, United States
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| Industry sector, NACE code |
C10.5 - Manufacture of dairy products
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| Solar thermal system owner / operator |
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| Solar thermal engineering company |
SunEarth Inc.
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| Process integration engineering company |
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| Year of operation start |
2020
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Technical parameters |
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| Collector technology |
flat plate collector
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| Collector name |
54 SunEarth 4' x 8' Thermoray (TRB-32) Solar Thermal collectors
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| Installed collector area (gross), m² |
160.0
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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 |
112.0
(Default value calculated by multiplying the gross collector area by 0.7 kWth/m²)
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| Solar energy 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 |
dairy processing
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| Unit operation |
pasteurization
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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), € |
530,020.00
(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 |
100%
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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 |
3312.63
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| Solar fraction, % |
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Lessons learned |
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| Initiative |
Total combined costs for the two projects: $592,770.
Proposed sources of funds:
Borrower cash contribution: $ 8,200
DE Green Grant: $162,000
Delmarva Power Solar Grant: $ 3,000
DESEU Loan: $419,000
Total: $592,770
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| Operation / Performance |
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