The Technology

Sustainable Heating, Cooling & Electricity

The demand for sustainable energy is booming. Heating accounts for more than 65% of final energy consumption in the energy sector. Only a fraction of that heat is being produced through solar technology. Sunovate is a new award winning technology that allows our customers with existing high heating needs to save on energy costs whilst reducing their environmental impact.

How It Works

The Sunovate system produces both electricity and heated air from PV panels to create a total energy solution. The system generates 3 times more energy (in the form of heat and electricity) than a standalone PV system. The combination of the two solar technologies (PV & T) in one footprint offsets both heating and electricity costs and addresses the two main energy requirements in a range of sectors. This helps to reduce operating costs and maximize CO2 displacement.

The beauty of the Sunovate system is its simplicity. It works in conjunction with existing solar panels. It can be fitted to the back of any existing solar panel and comprises two components: a heat exchanger and cassette/mounting system.

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Advantages

Sunovate provides a simple solution to uniformly cool solar panels and increase energy output. Sunovate reduces system complexity providing consumers much greater flexibility in the way the heat by product is utilised. Sunovate can be retrofitted to existing PV's or installed new. Sunovate is a significant improvement on existing PVT technologies as its novel design creates greater efficiencies and thermal flexibility exceeding any product in the marketplace. The thermal energy can be stored or used directly and unlike other thermal systems, it can serve a number of these heating requirements simultaneously. Sunovate can be applied with heat pump technology to extend the thermal service range.

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Applications

Sunovate has a myriad of applications to suit the needs of the climatic and demographic locale;

- heat and electricity production for heat-based drying applications (agriculature, food and beverage, biomass, wood, waste, chemical processing)

- heat, electrcity and hot water production for commercial buidlings and retail domestic uses.

Apart from pure energy, heating and cooling needs, the technology can be used to harvest water, capture atmospheric condensate, utilised in district heating, applied for the production of low grade steam or process drying. 

The technology also has a role to play in emergency relief and remote/offgrid applications.

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“Renewable heating and cooling lags behind renewable electricity despite significant demand”            
(Renewable Thermal Collaborative - July 2018)

Businesses, industry and households need reliable heating without high costs and without carbon emissions. To demonstrate this, there are cities around the world that have already set 100% renewable heat targets. So clearly the desire exists to decarbonize the heat sector. The cities of Munich and Osnabrück have both set 100% renewable heating targets, whilst Helsingborg City Council is already there.

Beyond the environmental benefits, the economic imperative for using renewable heat is being driven by the rising price of gas and CO2 emissions. Sunovate aims to address the global heating and cooling demand that accounts for ~43% of final energy consumption globally. As its generation is responsible for almost 40% of energy-related CO2 emissions, solutions are needed to decarbonize the heating sector. To meet the worlds Sustainable Development Goals, renewable heat needs to increase by 4% per year between 2017 and 2030.

Whilst we know there isn’t one convergent technology platform that can address this need. Sunovate can address a significant portion of this market for customers that have a requirement for electricity and heat up to 150 degrees C. We can do this cost effectively, with limited competitors and via an internationally award-winning technology that is highly scalable. The Sunovate PVT system has been designed to service this heat requirement, as well as produce renewable electricity, providing sector coupling at its greatest.

Scalability

Platform technology with a wide range of addressable market segments, solution scales and installation configurations

High Solar Yield

Very high solar energy yield per square meter (+50% solar energy conversion efficiency)

Snow Melt

Able to melt snow off panels and significantly increase thermal and electrical yield

Night Cooling

Only known PVT system to utilize the night radiative cooling effect directly

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5kW System or Individual Panels

Small Sunovate system can be tailored for exisiting heating and energy needs; either ground or roof mounted. 

Stand Alone Integrated 20kW System

An integrated and modular Sunovate system complete with heat pump, battery and thermal storage.

Integrated 120kW Plus System

An integrated and modular Sunovate system complete with heat pump, battery and thermal storage for large scale application.