Baerbel Epp, Solar Thermal World
Photo: PrimeAsia Leather Company
Summary
A 5,000 m² flat plate collector field is currently being built at PrimeAsia Leather in Ba Ria-Vung Tau, Vietnam. The turnkey supplier of the installation is Danish-based Arcon-Sunmark, which has its own flat plate collector production facilities in this South East Asian country. According to a press release published at the beginning of last November, the solar plant is scheduled to come online in early 2018. The solar heat is said to be used for preparing the animal skins and evaporating the factory’s waste water.
“We regard the installation for PrimeAsia Leather as a truly solid reference project which may be the key to developing this exciting market,” said Hans Grydehøj, Project and Business Development Manager at Arcon-Sunmark. “Vietnam has often been called the workshop of the world, and the processing industry with mostly large heat demand plays a major role in the country.” The Danish business sees great potential for solar process heat in Vietnam’s industrial sector, as energy prices have been steadily on the rise.
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