sulzer pumps wins csp project deals
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10 November/December 2012 | Renewable Energy Focus
Sulzer Pumps wins CSP project deals
SULZER PUMPS is to supply
pumps for several concentrated
solar power (CSP) projects in
Spain and India, the Switzerland-
based company announced recently.
The scope of supply deals covers the
design, manufacture and installation
of cooling water pumps, feed water
pumps, condensate extraction pumps
and auxiliary pump packages. The
pumps will be manufactured and
packaged from Sulzer’s global manu-
facturing network and will be
installed in 2013 and 2014.
The company gave no specifi cs
about which projects it would be
supplying, but confi rmed it will
signifi cantly increase its share of the
CSP pump market in India, which is
embarking on a huge 1GW solar
installation programme, known as the
Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar
Mission (JNNSM). The fi rst phase of
the JNNSM aims to install around
1GW of both photovoltaic and CSP
projects by 2013, in an eff ort to secure
an electricity supply and shore up the
economy.
Meanwhile, Spain leads the way in
the global CSP market, accounting for
a massive 65% of total installed
capacity. In 2011, Spain had reached
over 1GW of installed CSP capacity.
Globally, Sulzer Pumps has sup-
plied more than 550 pumps for central
tower, parabolic trough, linear Fresnel
and hybrid integrated solar combine
cycle applications since 1985.
Funding for fuel cell and hydrogen
supply chain in UK announced
THE UK’S Technology Strategy Board is launching a pro-
gramme of funding for busi-
ness-led innovation to stimulate the
development of fuel cell and hydrogen
technologies, starting with two com-
petitions for feasibility studies. The
Technology Strategy Board, through
the Building Fuel Cell Manufacturing
and the Supply Chain competition, will
invest up to £5m (US$7.9m) through
grant funding to encourage the devel-
opment of manufacturing capabilities
and novel supply-chain partnerships
to support fuel cell production.
The aim is to enable businesses to
make step changes in fuel cell produc-
tion volumes and in lifetime cost
reduction, through the innovative
application of approaches and capabil-
ities available from other business
sectors or the academic community.
Up to £1 million ($1.6 million) is
available for feasibility studies that
explore the potential for innovative
ideas and new partnerships as a
precursor to further development. A
further £4 million ($6.3 million) will
then be available for collaborative
research and development, to take the
most promising ideas forward in a
second phase that will open once the
feasibility projects have concluded.
In a second competition, Supporting
European Collaboration in Fuel Cells
and Hydrogen, the Technology Strat-
egy Board will invest up to £1m in
feasibility studies to encourage
businesses working in fuel cell and
hydrogen technologies to explore
potential partnerships with EU
businesses, as a precursor to further
development. The aim is to facilitate
collaboration with potential European
partners to enable the development of
European supply chains, strengthen
access to markets, and increase the
level of UK business participation in
EU programmes.
The competitions opened on 26
November 2012, with the deadline for
registration set for 9 January 2013.
Applications must then be received by
16 January 2013.
Envision Solar unveils its fast deployment Solar Tree design
CALIFORNIAN COMPANY
Envision Solar has unveiled a
new improvement to its Solar
Tree Array design - a pre-engineered
purlin structure that it says will
allow the Solar Trees to be deployed
much more quickly. The company’s
Solar Tree array design comprises
solar panels which can be integrated
into real estate infrastructure, for
example used as a shading canopy in a
car park, or for use alongside electric
vehicle charging points, as well as pro-
viding electricity for nearby buildings.
The new purlin structure, which is
part of Envisions’s so-called “Drag and
Drop” modular infrastructure, off ers
faster, more effi cient deployment of
the Solar Tree array product, the
company says. “Drag & Drop Infra-
structure allows us to get in and out
of customer premises with the least
amount of disruption,” according to
Envision Solar’s chief executive
Desmond Wheatley. “Our customers
don’t want their parking lots dug up
for weeks at a time.”
It has recently completed a Solar
Tree array installation in a highly
complex environment in four and half
days, he said. “Our customers get the
value of the Solar Tree structures
right away and the speed of deploy-
ment helps them get the tax incen-
tives faster too.” The fi rst of these
structures were deployed in Colorado
and California for separate customers.
Because the sections are fabricated
off -site, the pre-engineered purlin
sections arrive at the customer site as
part of a complete kit.
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