Brief
Industrial agricultural facilities require a great deal of heat. This is also the case for the chicken broiler in Harskamp by Dutch company WeNo Pluimvee. To operate more sustainably, zero-carbon heat sources such as solar heat are a great solution. Naked Energy and their regional partner VenFeld teamed up to develop an on-site solar thermal installation with a maximum capacity of 88kWp_thermal for this purpose.
Technology
The solar heat technology used in this installation are 120 vacuum tube collectors, namely VirtuHOT manufactured by Naked Energy. These solar thermal collectors are placed on a 90m2 rooftop surface and work in combination with a heat pump to provide underfloor heating and ventilated hot air to maintain the desired environmental conditions. The installation comes with a 500m³ thermal energy storage tank, which helps to meet the 24/7 heat demand of the chicken farm and keeps waste heat at a minimal level.
Thanks to this solar thermal installation, 6.89 tonnes of CO2 are prevented from being emitted every year. This meets the customer’s strong desire for operating more sustainably.
Financial Structure
This project received public funding from the Netherlands.