Aalborg CSP A/S

Concentrated Solar Power

THE COMPANY
Headquarter in Aalborg 50-60 employee From traditional boilers to the
6 sales & service locations world wide Concentrated Solar Power industry
1988- 2006- 2011- 2016
Company Entry to the CSP Aalborg CSP and Today
establishment market diversification
BK Engineering A/S Traditional boiler BK Engineering A/S More than 330MWe
BK Aalborg A/S principles applied to BK Aalborg A/S Merger supplied worldwide.
CSP market: Global leadership in
Aalborg Solar steam generators Development of CSP boiler systems and
Town well known for its Solar tower receivers portfolio for CSP power technologies
long traditions of plants and industrial Both as supplier and
steam boiler For leading CSP power and District- heating R&D developer
development. plants. plants
THE FIRST CSP PROJECT

Tower Power plants

Direct steam 20 MWe & 11 MWe
Rights from Abengoa Solar
THE 5 FOLLOWING PLANTS EACH 50 MWe

PARABOLIC TROUGH Power plants

THERMAL OIL TO STEAM 50 MWe
FROM POWER PLANTS TO DISTRICT HEATING
CSP Power Plants 18 PLANTS IN OPERATION AND 4 UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN 8 COUNTRIES

International awards
Outstanding Technology
Best Supplier

Integrated Energy Storage

National award
Most innovative company

Solar District Heating in Denmark

National award Thisted (ACSP own Taars Brnderslev

investment)
Green district heating solution of the year
CSP parabolic troughs Flat panel collectors

Flexible solar energy system High quality solar panels

Producing at low and high temperatures 10-years warranty

Sun-tracking solar collectors (parabolic troughs) Verified best performance in international tests

Defocusing function to avoid overproduction Easy and quick installation

Perfect match of two technologies Extended plant performance

maximizing solar energy production Heat storage for multiple days

Improved plant economy lowering consumer Prolonged energy production

bills
Increase efficiency on colder
Stable heat production throughout the day months

Combination Heat storage accumulation

Plant tank
 NEXT STEP

THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS

 Chart with typical daily consumption
4

3,5

2,5 Solar energy SAVING Fuel

Daily heat requirement
MWh

2
Solar energy SAVING Fuel

1,5

0,5

0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
 THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE - TES

Water tanks Thermocline District Heating - Industrial

Concrete Heat Storage - Thermal oil EL or CSP = H&P (ORC)

Concrete Heat Storage - Steam EL or CSP = H&P

Molten Salt Storage MS/Steam CSP Power Plant

Other Heat storage systems Al S - Na etc.

Aalborg CSP CSP Desalination EXAMPLE OF WATER TES

CSP Solar field - EXAMPLE Performance

Net land area 64.800 m2 Utilization solar field 100 %
Aperture area of the collectors 24.926 m2 Utilization desalination unit 66 %
Storage Tank size 3.000 m3 OPEX 0,25 /m3
Solar heat production 33.646 MWh/year CAPEX 1,70 /m3

Desalination unit
Fresh water capacity MEP-6-1000 1.000 m3/day
Fresh water production 240.831 m3/year
 Exsample of hot water storage
Green houses

CSP Solar Tower

Fresh water storage

Back-up
Steam turbine

Thermal storage
CSP Solar Field

Thermal storage

Desalination

Ocean

Integrated system for sustainable food production

 Green houses 20 Ha

Sundrop Farms, Port Augusta - Australia

 THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE TES

Water tanks Thermocline District Heating - Industrial

Concrete Heat Storage - Thermal oil EL or CSP = H&P (ORC)

Concrete Heat Storage - Steam EL or CSP = H&P

Molten Salt Storage MS/Steam CSP Power Plant

Other Heat storage systems Al S - Na etc.

 Aalborg CSP - EnergyNest

World leader in scalable solid state
thermal energy storage
Norwegian company incorporated in
2011
Head office located in Oslo, Norway
World leader in CSP systems and
integrated technologies
Danish company from traditional boiler
industry, since 1987
Head office located in Aalborg, Denmark

Direct steam to-and-

1. Thermal Energy
Storage 2. from concrete storage 3. Steam generation
systems
 Green houses 20 Ha

PARABOLIC TROUGH THERMAL OIL SYSTEM INCLUDING TES

Solar field

Turbine/Generator

Condenser

Re-heater

Concrete storage Superheater Evaporator Preheater

 CONCRETE STORAGE FOR HTF

Thermal oil as
HTF

Nom. capacity: 730 MWhth Storage media is

HEATCRETE

Heatcrete
specially
developed
concrete with
3000 m2 footprint
superior
12 meters high thermal
performance
CONCRETE STORAGE eTES and CSP with output from ORC

PV CHARGING STORAGE BY
Windmills THERMAL OIL HEATED BY RE
CSP OR BIOMASS
ALTERNATIVELY
ELECTRICAL ENERGY FROM WIND
OR PV
OR COMBINATION

Grid

Electricity
ORC
Thermal oil - Concrete TES
Electricity

Process steam
Hot water
Desalination
District heating
Cooling
 THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE TES

Water tanks Thermocline District Heating - Industrial

Concrete Heat Storage - Thermal oil EL or CSP = H&P (ORC)

Concrete Heat Storage - Steam EL or CSP = H&P

Molten Salt Storage MS/Steam CSP Power Plant

Other Heat storage systems Al S - Na etc.

CONCRETE STORAGE eTES Direct steam combined with BIO-MASS (any steam plant)

PV Biomass steam boiler

Windmills

Grid

Steam pressure
reduction valve Steam turbine generator

Steam Concrete TES

Process steam
Hot water
Desalination
District heating
Cooling

Deaerator
 Front view Nom. capacity: 90 MWhth
12 m

Normal charge by steam

Optional EL heaters

12 m
 Side view Nom. capacity: 90 MWhth

Normal charge by steam

Optional EL heaters

14 m
The future fossil free DENMARK

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 THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE TES

Water tanks Thermocline District Heating - Industrial

Concrete Heat Storage - Thermal oil EL or CSP = H&P (ORC)

Concrete Heat Storage - Steam EL or CSP = H&P

Molten Salt Storage MS/Steam CSP Power Plant

Other Heat storage systems Al S - Na etc.

 THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE BY MOLTEN SALT
PI PT PSH PSHH

MS Steam generation system

PT TT

AIR INLET
LT LI
ST DRUM

HP Steam
PT TT

PT TT

FT
ECO

PT TT

PT TT
EVA

MS Tower PT TT PT TT
FT

SH

FW
PT TT PT TT

RE HEAT
PT TT
PT TT

FT

MS storage tanks
MP Steam
MP Steam

MS OUT
MS IN
plant with storage of Hot Thermal Fluids
PV panels for electricity
during day time

Turbine/Generator
Electricity to
24 hours per

Wind turbines
Solar tower Condenser Cooling tower
HTF heater

Deaerator

Hot Thermal Fluid storage tank/tanks Feed water pumps

M M

Superheater Preheater
Evaporator