The SolarPACES 2017 Conference was held in Santiago in Chile on 26 and 29September. On the closing day of the conference , Royal Tech CSP Limited and Wacker Chemie AG received the SolarPACES 2017 Technology Innovation Award for creation (WACKER) and commercial deployment (Royal Tech) of the world’s first commercial application of HELIOSOL, a novel silicon-based HTF.

SolarPACES ExCo Vice Chair Prof. Zhifeng Wang (left) Head of Laboratory of Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic systems of CAS presented the Technology Innovation Award to Dr. Fridolin Stary, Senior Vice President R&D, Wacker Chemie AG, Dou Huaixin, Strategy Director of Royal Tech CSP Limited, and Erich Schaffer, Director New Businesses, Wacker Chemie AG.

Royal Tech CSP Limited is specialized in the R&D of solar thermal technologies and promotion of solar thermal applications with 100% clean solutions for both electric power and process heat and cooling.

Royal Tech manufactures vacuum receiver for linear CSP projects, provides solar process heating and cooling solutions and develops CSP Trough Power Projects. Among the 20 pilot CSP projects in China, Royal Tech joined 2 of the parabolic trough ones as developer and solar field EPC. Royal Tech will realize world 1st PT commercial power plant ( 50MW ) with HELIOSOL in Yumen，China.

SENER had a visiting tour in Royal Tech on the December 5th, 2015. Both sides had a discussion about the receivers’ technology, production and a future cooperation.

SENER is a private engineering and technology group founded in 1956 that engages in the specific activities of Engineering and Construction. It also has industrial holdings in companies involved in Aeronautics, as well as in the field of Energy and Environment. In the area of Engineering and Construction, SENER has become a world leader in Aerospace, Infrastructures and Transport, Power, Oil & Gas, and Marine.

In the solar thermal industry, SENER is currently the most popular developer and EPC company, especially in Africa. In early 2015, SENER won the EPC of NOOR II and NOOR III with ACWA in Morocco. This year, SENER and Acciona won the EPC contractor bid of the Kathu project in South Africa.

During the trip, SENER had acomprehensive understanding of Royal Tech’s production equipment and process technology. Furthermore, SENER also evaluated Royal Tech receiver production lines, including the management of the production and technology.

After the trip, SENER and Royal Tech enhanced the trust and laid a solid foundation for further cooperation in the future.

In May 2012, Royal Tech constructed a standard parabolic through loop in Inner Mongolia. It was commissioned in the following year.

This place is windy and the temperature can drop down in the winter to as low as -40℃. The loop has 144 RTUVR receivers. It has been performing well without any leakages or breakages. It is currently winter and snowy in Urat. The harsh weather conditions haven’t affected the performance of the loop.

Through the construction of the parabolic trough in Inner Mongolia, Royal Tech has gained experience in the parabolic trough field. And we improve the ability of installation on site. DLR test shows that our loop behaves great and achieves the international standards. In 2013, the National Energy Board tested the loop. They showed that we have the ability of scale applications in CSP projects and reach the international level.

Recently, China has published the 1GW CSP project. Our loop provides technology and experience for the large parabolic power plant.

The ninth CSP Today conference will be held in Sevilla in Spain on November 11th and 12th, 2015. The topic is the competition in solar thermal industry and cost reductions. The famous companies and experts will be here to talk about the future of CSP.

Royal Tech is the gold sponsor and will share its technology and R&D result at the conference. This conference can help promote the industrialization and commercialization of CSP technology in China.

CSP industry has gotten new vitality with the increasing interest in the industry. In order to meet the need of the market, Royal Tech increases the investment of the supply chain of the HCEs. Royal Tech established the Joint venture “ Taixin Longteng” with “Taixing zhicheng Glass” in January 2015 to produce the glass tubes for HCEs.

Since 2009, we have devoted ourselves to the R&D of HCEs and parabolic trough collectors. At present, the annual capacity is 80,000 pieces. Royal tech increases the investment in the product line to achieve the goal of 240,000 pieces annual capacity.

Royal Tech promotes CSP projects to reduce investment and improve the efficiency of deployment through investing in technology innovation and industrialization, to allow reliable, low-cost clean energy services to the global economy and environmental protection.